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This job expired on 1 March 2022

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    1 March 2022 at 5pm

  • Date listed

    14 January 2022

Job details

Job role

  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time, part time: 33.75 hours (5 days) OR 20.25 hours (3 days) per week. Term time only plus 2 inset days. Monday - Friday 08:15 - 15:30.

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£17,842

Actual salary

£12,565 OR £7,540

Learning Support Assistant job summary

The Governors and Principal are seeking to recruit Learning Support Assistants across the school. The roles available are working predominantly 1:1 in either primary or secondary, or as classroom support in primary. The part time roles are currently Monday – Wednesday or Wednesday – Friday, but there could be some flexibility. Previous experience is desirable but not essential. The successful candidate would have a passion for nurturing, challenging and inspiring pupils so all make excellent progress. You need to be able to work as part of a small team and be expected to contribute to its development, have a positive attitude towards personal development and the ability to maintain confidentiality. The role of a Learning Support Assistant includes:  Supporting children with their learning and personal development both individually and in groups  Fostering good behaviour and care and consideration for others and the learning environment  Providing focussed support for children with identified special needs  Support teaching and learning inside and outside of the classroom by working with identified children and focus groups  Delivering intervention programmes set by the class teacher and report on the progress made by pupils  Contributing to the assessment and progress of pupil’s learning and the maintenance of records  Supporting school events, trips and visits  Supporting the classroom teachers as required, such as maintaining the learning environment, presentation of pupil’s work and assisting with the planning of activities  Undertake break, lunch and other duties as required  Deliver basic first aid if needed (training will be provided).    Supporting the school achieve its aims by:    being aware of and following relevant school procedures and policies   promoting positive links between home and school and the wider community  respecting the sensitivity and confidentiality of information about the pupils and the school in general  being aware of daily and forthcoming events  Implement and support the daily routines within the school  being a positive role model for the pupils and parents  maintain positive professional relationships with all colleagues  actively promoting the ethos and vision of the school   attending relevant training  take appropriate action to support child protection and the safeguarding of children    The successful candidate will:    Have the flexibility to work across all school ages, but will be supporting pupils predominantly on a 1:1 basis in the secondary phase of the school  Have a desire to support and engage pupils in their development academically, socially and emotionally  Have the ability to work well with either individual pupils or with a small group  Have the ability to remain calm and confident in all situations  Be able to develop and maintain good team working relationships with colleagues and a willingness to help.  Develop and maintain good relationships with parents and the local community  Be able to use their own initiative.     All staff at CFS commit themselves to contribute fully to the ethos and life of the School in and outside the classroom. 

Commitment to safeguarding

CFS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In accordance with our Child Protection Policy we are unable to process applications without a fully completed application form. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as ‘spent’ must be declared when applying. The applicant may post such a declaration in an envelope marked ‘Private & confidential for the Principal’. The successful applicant must obtain List 99 clearance and DBS clearance at enhanced level.

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About Chichester Free School

School type
Free School, ages 4 to 19
Education phase
Through
School size
1063 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 19
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School website
Chichester Free School website
Email address
hr@chichesterfreeschool.org.uk
Phone number
01243792690
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CFS is now entering its second decade and is fully established in our state-of-the-art facilities on the Carmelite Convent Site on the Hunston Road in the south of Chichester. Our PAN is 60 in Primary, and 120 in Secondary; in almost all year groups we are oversubscribed with waiting lists. Due to demand, we have a bulge intake of Year 7 who started in September 2023, with 150 pupils currently on roll.

The School joined Sussex Learning Trust last September – a move that we personally initiated through the desire to collaborate with a like-minded family of schools. The Trust is currently small and based in Haywards Heath; CFS are well placed to launch a new Chichester Hub of the Trust, which is really exciting.

As a Free School, we are the same as any other academy; we are both held and hold ourselves to the same exacting and rigorous standards as all state-funded schools. We follow the national curriculum, and are proud of our ambitious, inclusive and varied curriculum offer. Our pupils engage with SATs and GCSE assessments. Since 2013, CFS has achieved two ‘Good’ Ofsted Inspections. As a school we are now striving for excellence in all areas, and to achieve above average outcomes in both phases.

CFS is open to pupils of all abilities. We do not have a catchment area, thus ensuring the School is fair and inclusive. We take part in the West Sussex County Council (WSCC) admissions process. As a school we benefit from longer holidays, specifically at October half term, Christmas and during the summer.

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