Learning Support Assistant
Charles Read Academy, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG33 4NT19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time 37 hours, term time (39 weeks), Permanent
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- NJC 5, FTE £24,790 per annum, £21,775 pro rata per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we are looking for
We require, an enthusiastic and highly committed person who will be an excellent teaching assistant. The successful candidate will:
- Have English and maths GCSE equivalent at C+ or 4+ equivalent
- Have excellent organisation skills
- Be able to relate well to children and adults
- Be self-motivated, be able to work independently as well as working as part of a team
- Understand classroom roles and responsibilities
- Be able to work to policies and procedures
- Be able to support staff and students on aspects of the curriculum
- Be able to contribute to SEN team meetings and provision for students with SEN needs across the full ability range
- Have a commitment to inclusion
- Help foster a culture of high expectations and achievement within the department
- Have a commitment to the school’s ethos and vision
- Be able to establish strong relationships with students and staff
- Model professional standards across all areas of work.
What the school offers its staff
Salary & Benefits
- NJC 5, FTE £24,790 per annum, £21,775 pro rata per annum
- Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
- Regional networks of Trust colleagues and access to key leaders in Education
- Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including dedicated Employee Assistance Programme
- Rewards and Recognition Scheme
- Benefits Platform
- holiday discounts
- cinema tickets
- restaurant booking discounts
- Cycle to Work Scheme
About our Academy
We have a strong sense of purpose and are fervently committed to the achievement of every individual. We aim to provide a high-quality education in a safe, happy, caring and focused environment. We encourage all students to embody our values of confidence, resilience, ambition, courage, respect and aspiration. We are intent on developing a love of learning amongst our students, offering them a broad and balanced curriculum, enhanced by a range of enrichment activities designed to support their personal growth. We encourage all students to take responsibility for their own learning.
We are ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We are very proud of our community and believe we offer something genuinely different and exciting for those who join us. Our rural setting allows us the privilege of working in a stimulating and dynamic school that, combined with our co-educational ethos and smaller size, engenders a culture that genuinely cherishes individuality, aims to instil creativity and independence and celebrates open-minded thinking. Underpinned by our values of Confidence, Resilience, Ambition, Courage, and Aspiration we are student focused and we believe that there are no limits for outstanding learning and outstanding achievement. We have high expectations of our students and staff, high aspirations for them and demonstrate complete belief in them all.
‘This is a school where staff want the very best for all pupils. There is a strong sense of community. Leaders are ambitious for what pupils can achieve. The values and culture of the school are woven through every aspect of school life.’ - Ofsted Feb 2022
Do you want to be part of a family team who are committed to working together to deliver opportunities for all no matter what background?
‘Pupils are proud of the school and want to do well. Behaviour in the school is excellent. The atmosphere in lessons is calm. Pupils and staff treat each other with mutual respect. Bullying is rare. Staff deal with it well.’
Our schools work as a team and achieve great things through these partnerships. Our subject specialists, our trust-wide intranet, a common curriculum and our online learning resources all help us share knowledge and expertise simplifying work processes allowing staff to focus on high quality teaching.
We value our staff highly, and take work/life balance seriously; we realise a happy staff is an effective staff. The leadership of the Academy is determined to create an environment where teachers can carry out their core role of delivering excellent lessons and all staff are supported. We have a clear and simple behaviour policy that is easy to administer.
Continuing Professional Development and Support
We aim to bring out the best in you as well as in our students and we understand the importance of quality CPD. Charles Read offers a range of development opportunities, with both internal and external providers for staff at different stages in their career. We are responsive to staff needs supporting them with training and development so that they can deliver excellent teaching.
Ours is a warm and compassionate community where students explore their creativity and discover their passions working alongside staff who are committed to enriching the lives of their students. We really believe that we are starting to do something really special for our students.
Further details about the role
About the role
Work under the guidance of teaching/senior staff and within an agreed system of supervision, to implement agreed work programmes with individuals/groups, in or out of the classroom. To undertake cover supervisor duties where required by the Academy Principal. This could include those requiring detailed and specialist knowledge in particular areas and will involve assisting teachers in the whole planning cycle and the management/preparation of resources.
- Liaise with staff and other relevant professionals and provide information about pupils as appropriate.
- Take small group intervention sessions.
- Support the aims and ethos of the school.
Full time 37 hours, term time (39 weeks), Permanent
Commitment to safeguarding
The David Ross Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo vetting appropriate to the post, including a social media presence check and Enhanced DBS check. The successful applicant will be expected to adhere to all safeguarding, welfare and health and safety policies and procedures of the Trust.
All pre-employment checks are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education" statutory guidance.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Charles Read Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 276 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Charles Read Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@dret.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01509320148
The Charles Read Academy is an 11-16 school in Corby Glen, Lincolnshire and it serves the villages between Stamford, Bourne and Grantham. In 2016, we were ranked one of the most improved secondary schools in the country in the performance tables and were proud to be judged 'good' by Ofsted in all areas in January 2017.
We have a strong sense of purpose and are fervently committed to the achievement of every individual. We aim to provide a high-quality education in a safe, happy, caring and focused environment. We encourage all students to embody our values of confidence, resilience, ambition, courage, respect and aspiration. We are intent on developing a love of learning amongst our students, offering them a broad and balanced curriculum, enhanced by a range of enrichment activities designed to support their personal growth. We encourage all students to take responsibility for their own learning.
We are ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We are very proud of our community and believe we offer something genuinely different and exciting for those who join us. Our rural setting allows us the privilege of working in a stimulating and dynamic school that, combined with our co-educational ethos and smaller size, engenders a culture that genuinely cherishes individuality, aims to instil creativity and independence and celebrates open-minded thinking.
Underpinned by our values of Confidence, Resilience, Ambition, Courage, and Aspiration we are student focused and we believe that there are no limits for outstanding learning and outstanding achievement. We have high expectations of our students and staff, high aspirations for them and demonstrate complete belief in them all.
Arranging a visit to Charles Read Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@dret.co.uk.
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