Learning Support Assistant

Churchfield Primary School, London, N9 9PL

2 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 December 2024

• Closing date

  15 November 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Scale 3

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Alongside the class teacher, to assist in the education process by working directly with children in particular:

• Ensure a warm, welcoming and safe environment is maintained and a high quality of physical, emotional, social and intellectual provision is made for children in the setting.

• Ensure that a high quality learning environment is maintained.

• Plan and facilitate appropriate learning experiences for children based on their developmental needs and interests

• To establish and maintain appropriate contact with parents, specialist support staff, and other adults involved in the education of children.

• To follow, maintain and promote the school core values of respect, responsibility, kindness, honesty, and determination

  Main duties and responsibilities

  • Assist the class teacher in the education process, by participating in the planning and development of the curriculum.

  • Agree and establish programmes of complementary activities and promote pupil development, both individually and collectively.

  • Take an active role in supporting the sports development and active play needs of the children across the school.

  • Observe and monitor pupil progress, adapting an agreed approach to meet particular needs, and assisting with maintaining records of the children’s development and attainments.

  • Assist in the provision of a full range of stimulating activities for children and encourage their physical, intellectual, emotional and social development.

  • Promote the development of numeracy, language and speech, PSE and physical development including providing additional support to children with special needs or to bilingual learners, by working alongside the teacher.

  • Under the guidance of the class teacher, contribute to the assessment of pupils’ progress and the maintenance of appropriate written records.

  • Maintain secure relationships with pupils, ensuring the care, health and welfare of the children at all times.

  • As directed, provide additional care for pupils with particular needs as part of a planned programme and help maintain formal records.

  • Share the school commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people

  • referring safeguarding concerns to the appropriate designated person for further action.

  • Assist with maintaining good discipline of pupils throughout the school at all times. When directed, escort and supervise pupil(s) on planned visits.

  • Maintain supportive relationships with parents

  • Any other duties required by the Class teacher/ SENDCo/SLT/Headteacher within the scope of this post.

  • The postholder shall ensure that the duties of the post are undertaken with due regard of the School’s Health & Safety Policy and to their personal responsibilities under the provision of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and all other relevant subordinate legislation.

  Ivy Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding the wellbeing of our pupils and young people. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS and online social media check. Further information about the disclosure can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service.

  Employment at Ivy Learning Trust is also subject to:

  • Satisfactory references

  • Barred list check (regulated activity roles)

  • Section 128 check (for applicable roles)

  • Overseas criminal records check (where required) D

  • Identity check

  • Right to work in the UK

  • Evidence of qualifications applicable to the role

  • Confirmation of registration with applicable registered body where applicable

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.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Churchfield Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 527 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Churchfield Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/churchfield-primary-school-london (opens in new tab)

Ivy Learning Trust is a small, inclusive family of community schools based in North London and Hertfordshire.



We believe in a fair and just society. That is why we offer the very best education to all our children

In all our schools our learning culture creates reflective and resilient pupils who love, and take ownership of their learning.

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