Learning Support Assistant
Fulbrook, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, MK17 8NP2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
7 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £18,603.00 Annually (Actual) 32.5 Hours Time Term Time Only plus inset days
Learning Support Assistant job summary
Purpose of Job:
Under the direction of SENCo/teaching staff, to assist with the care of individual or groups of students, to support their learning and development and ensure their safety.
Specific Responsibilities:
To promote and support the inclusion of all students in the learning activities in which they are involved.
Plan, deliver and assess small group or one to one interventions as directed by the SENCo or subject teachers.
Communicate effectively with parents and carers of students you will be supporting.
Provide clerical and administrative support.
Attend regular meetings with other departments eg morning briefings.
Occasionally attend meetings after school hours eg twilight sessions.
Attend and participate in relevant meetings as required.
Participate in training, other learning activities and performance management as required.
Assist with the supervision of students out of lesson times eg during lunchtimes.
Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes.
Create and maintain an attractive, purposeful, orderly and productive working environment.
Timely and accurate preparation and use of specialist equipment/resources/materials as required by staff/curriculum/lesson plans etc.
To attend to the educational, personal and social needs of students and any other requirements depending on an individual student’s special needs and, wherever possible, make these part of the learning experience (this may include toileting, other hygiene needs, help with dressing and/or assisting with feeding if necessary).
Under agreed school procedures, assist with programmes of special care such as physiotherapy or speech therapy under the direction of the appropriate specialist.
To assist teachers with educational activities in the classroom to support students’ learning and development.
To work with individuals and groups to support expectations of acceptable personal and social behaviour and on basic tasks, to help to make these part of the learning experience
To assist with record-keeping on students as required, including information on student progress.
To assist the class teacher in delivering provision plans and target setting as required.
Provide occasional cover for teaching staff in emergency situations.
Provide verbal and written feedback and review for teachers and outside agencies as required.
Support for the school
To work effectively with colleagues as part of a team; at all times working within the school’s policies and procedures.
To assist in the general efficient operation of the school, including providing cover for other support staff where necessary and as directed by the Head Teacher/SENCo.
To attend staff meetings, participate in appraisal arrangements and undertake training and development activities.
To maintain confidentiality at all times in respect of school-related matters and to prevent disclosure of confidential or sensitive information.
To undertake tasks of a similar nature and level, as directed by the Head Teacher/SENCo.
Please note part of the working hours includes a 20-minute lunch duty each day.
Other Information:
Kingsbridge Educational Trust and schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. All employees are expected to share this commitment, to follow the school’s safeguarding policies and procedures and to behave appropriately towards children and vulnerable adults at all times, both in work and in their personal lives.
All school based posts are defined as Regulated Activity and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check.
Commitment to safeguarding
Fulbrook is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; all staff are expected to share this commitment and all applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with previous employers, prior to interview. An enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check is required for all successful applicants.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Fulbrook
- School type
- Academy, ages 9 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 503 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Fulbrook website (opens in new tab)
Fulbrook is a very popular, high achieving school, which is now an extended secondary school, providing education for Years 5 – 9 and extending the offer to Year 11 by September 2024. Please visit our school website to learn more about the school vision. The future is coming… Come with us!
Set in a magnificent green field site, just within the county boundary of Bedfordshire, the school is close to the exciting and vibrant city of Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire. Our current number on roll is 470. As a 9-16 extended secondary school, we shall have approximately 720 pupils on roll by 2024.
We are a school, where everyone is known, valued and supported to achieve personal success.
We offer a very popular cash back health insurance package, providing dental, optical, diagnostic consultations, scans and various therapies including physio, chiropractic and osteopathy.
Fulbrook is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; all staff are expected to share this commitment and all applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with previous employers, prior to interview. An enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check is required for all successful applicants.
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