Learning Support Assistant
Goldington Academy, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 9BXThis job expired on 22 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
TBC
Closing date
22 April 2024 at 10am
Date listed
12 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,737.00 - £23,500.00 Annually (FTE)
Learning Support Assistant job summary
Would you like to join a forward-thinking, progressive and friendly school? Goldington Academy prides itself on ambition – for all. Driven by our value statement, “ENGAGING MINDS. NURTURING SUCCESS, INSPIRING FUTURES”, our aim is to ensure that today's students are tomorrow’s successful adults who challenge themselves to achieve their best, are confident to try new activities and who contribute to their community with sensitivity and respect. We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant with similar values and a progressive mindset to join our journey in the support, provision and attainment of success of students from a range of backgrounds and needs.
The post of Learning Support Assistant is to provide academic and emotional support, and to assist with inclusion and integration of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). A Learning Support Assistant will also support pupils who are underachieving in other pupil groups (e.g. Pupil Premium, pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL); underachieving boys, etc.) to enable them to maximise their potential within the academic and extra-curricular opportunities available at GA.
It is important for the successful candidate to be:
an effective communicator with children and adults alike
calm, personable and pleasant
organised and able to cope with conflicting demands
trustworthy and reliable
able to work to a high standard
able to take initiative when necessary
able to follow guidance and instructions
a team player
This is a good opportunity to join an energetic and enthusiastic staff team. Previous applicants need not apply.
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.
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
- School website
- Goldington Academy website
School location
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