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This job expired on 7 November 2024

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    7 November 2024 at 8am

  • Date listed

    23 October 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

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Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Part time: Monday-Friday 8.15am-3.30pm. Term time plus 2 Inset days

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

SCP3-4 (£24,027 - £24,404 FTE)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking an exceptional Learning Support Assistant with the energy, passion and creativity to work as an LSA in the Primary phase of our thriving All-Through school. Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the deadline.

The successful candidate will be expected to support children with their learning and personal development both individually and in groups. You will be calm, flexible and have the ability to use your own initiative as well as be able to work as part of a team. You will need to have the equivalent of a grade C or 4 in English and Maths at GCSE.

You will:

  • be a skilled and competent professional who is enthusiastic and totally committed to the ethos of the School
  • readily establish excellent relationships with both staff, pupils and parents
  • have an up-to-date awareness of current issues and challenges in education
  • possess drive, expertise and enthusiasm
  • possess an optimistic and resilient style when faced with pressure
  • be able to communicate well with children and young people, having an understanding of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people
  • Fostering good behaviour and care and consideration for others and the learning environment
  • Providing focused 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 pupils’ 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)


Further information, including a Person Specification, is included in the job pack.

Early applications are encouraged, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the deadline.

What the school offers its staff

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 over 150 pupils currently on roll in this year group.

The School joined Sussex Learning Trust in September 2023 – 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. In May 2024 we received a very strong full graded Ofsted Inspection – graded at least a strong Good in all areas and Outstanding in Personal Development. 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.



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
Phone number
01243 792690

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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