Learning Support Assistant

Goldington Academy, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 9BX

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  13 January 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,780.00 Annually (Actual)

Learning Support Assistant job summary

We are excited to be recruiting for the post of Learning Support Assistant and are looking for someone who is unapologetically passionate about supporting students, and who wants to join a school community which values the wellbeing of its staff and invests in professional development.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, empathetic and suitably experienced Learning Support Assistant to join our established, friendly and very successful team. The post is permanent and you will be required to support across the age and ability range through Years 7 to 11. The working pattern is 8.30am to 4.00pm, term time and training days, although part time may be considered.

Having achieved a 2022 Ofsted grading of ‘good’ overall, with personal development, leadership and management being recognised as ‘outstanding,’ we are determined not to be complacent and want to achieve even more for our students and staff. Our motto is ‘Engaging Minds, Nurturing Success and Inspiring Futures,’ and the school seeks to achieve this in many different ways.

Our February 2022 Ofsted report begins with the following paragraph: “Pupils are proud of their school. They enthuse about it to their parents, who know that they feel safe and happy. Pupils have many subjects to choose from, so everyone gets a chance to shine. They know that leaders have very high expectations of what they can achieve.”

We were delighted that our 2023 GCSE results confirmed we are in the top 2% of schools in the country for progress of pupils between ages 11 and 16, and that our 2024 GCSE results were also very strong. .

What can we offer you?

Full support from a dedicated team of senior leaders

Excellent teaching resources

Robust behaviour system

A range of staff benefits including a cash health plan and access to a cycle to work scheme

The school’s successes are well documented and more information about these can be found on our website Home | Goldington Academy but we believe that it is most impressive when seen in action. We welcome enquiries and visits prior to application, so please get in touch with Karen Chisnall chisnallk@goldington.beds.sch.uk for more information.

We are aware of commitments you will have made to your schools and the children therefore we can be flexible on start dates for the right candidate. We also reserve the right to close this advert early if the vacancy is filled before the closing date.

Conditions of Service

All appointments will be governed by the current Conditions of Service for School Teachers in England and Wales.

Equal Opportunities

Goldington Academy is an equal opportunities employer and therefore operates no restrictive policies in relation to age, sex or creed. It is the wish of the academy’s Governors to appoint the most suitable candidate from all the candidates offering themselves for appointment.

Safer Recruitment

Goldington Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service along with other relevant employment checks, including overseas criminal background checks, where applicable, and other pre-appointment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2023). All new trustees, employees and volunteers will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Goldington Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 929 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Goldington Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/goldington-academy (opens in new tab)

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