Deadline is tomorrow

  • Start date details

    3rd January 2024

  • Closing date

    15 December 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    29 November 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

Special Education Needs (SEN)

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£16,290.00 - £17,074.00 Annually (Actual) Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 3:00pm, 30 Hours per week, Term Time Only, Scale 2&3 Points 3-6

Learning Support Assistant job summary

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Learning Support Assistant (LSA) to join our team. As an LSA, you will play a crucial role in supporting students with diverse learning needs, ensuring they can fully participate in classroom activities and achieve their full potential. This is a rewarding opportunity for someone passionate about education and making a difference in young people's lives. Experience is desirable but a willingness to learn is essential as well as having good numeracy and literacy skills (GCSE A-C Maths and English is required).

Some of the responsibilities include:

  • Working with individuals or small groups of children under the direction of teaching staff
  • Support pupils with activities which support literacy and numeracy skills
  • Support the use of ICT in the classroom and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use
  • Promote the inclusion and acceptance of children with special needs within the classroom ensuring access to lessons and their content through appropriate clarification, explanation and resources
  • Promote positive pupil behaviour in line with school policies and help keep pupils on task

For more information please see the attached Applicant Information Pack

We offer our staff an excellent induction programme within a friendly and supportive environment, and are committed to providing high quality professional development. This enables continuous improvement in teaching and learning.

The Appleton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Appleton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

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About The Appleton School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1602 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19

About The Appleton School:

At The Appleton School, we value the inclusive history of the school, which stretches back to the establishment of the first comprehensive schools in Britain in the 1960s. This still provides an inspiration for us and sits alongside our absolute commitment to provide the best for our community in the 21st century.

The Appleton School is a mixed comprehensive school for students aged 11-18 and is a supportive community with strong values in which every student matters. The Appleton School, recognised as a Good school by Ofsted, delivers an ambitious, inclusive and broad & balanced curriculum, enhanced by extra-curricular activities to help broaden learning experiences. In 2023 our students achieved well above the national average for attainment at GCSE 9-4 and 9-5 grades with English and Maths.

We offer our staff an excellent induction programme within a friendly and supportive environment, and are committed to providing high quality professional development. This enables continuous improvement in teaching and learning.

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