Learning Support Assistant

Bentley Wood High School, Stanmore, HA7 3JW

7 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  21 November 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: 36 hours per week (Mon to Fri - 8:15am to 4:00pm), term-time only H3 point 5 (£23,119) proportionate to full time equivalent of £27,030

Learning Support Assistant job summary

We are seeking an outstanding individual to join one of our teaching departments to support students across KS3, 4 and 5. Successful candidates will also become members of our inclusion team.

Excellent organisational skills, proficiency in the use of IT and a good understanding of how to enable students with special educational needs to access the curriculum are essential.

You should be committed to inclusion and the well-being of every child and be an outstanding role model in your own practice.

What we offer:

An outstanding track record at GCSE and A level

An inclusive school underpinned by our CARE values

Students who actively engage in lessons and have excellent attitudes to learning

Extensive professional development. We are the lead school for the Harrow Collegiate Alliance

Staff wellbeing activities each week, e.g. mindfulness along with staff sports and clubs

One of the best sites in London, located on the greenbelt next to Bentley Priory and set in 27 acres of woodland and fields, providing and exceptional learning environment

We continue to celebrate hugely successful GCSE and A Level results. The hard work of the students and staff alike has led to these great achievements:

33% of all GCSE grades were the highest levels of 9-7 compared to 22% nationally

57% of all students achieved 9-5 including English and Maths

95% achieving EBacc

31% of A Level grades resulted in an A or A* grade and 92% of Health & Social Care students achieved D*- D enabling many students to secure a place into their first-choice universities and degree apprenticeships.

Tours of the school are strongly encouraged, please contact the school office to arrange a tour and do visit our school website and prospectus to find out more about the school and the role.

Note: The job you are applying for is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) which requires you to disclose all spent convictions and cautions except those which are ‘protected’ under Police Act 1997 – Part V and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) and are not subject to disclosure to employers on DBS certificates and cannot be taken into account.

If you are invited to interview you will be required to complete a “Disclosure of Criminal Record” form and bring the completed form to interview. The School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and safeguarding checks including digital screening will be undertaken prior to appointment. This role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and all staff have safeguarding responsibilities.

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 Bentley Wood High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1375 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Bentley Wood High School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bentley-wood-high-school (opens in new tab)

At Bentley Wood High School for Girls we are proud of our fine record of academic achievement within our safe, caring, stimulating environment where pupils learn happily and well. We encourage each girl to develop a wide range of skills and interests, to achieve her personal best and to work co-operatively with consideration for all members of our learning community at all times.

Bentley Wood High School aims to establish a co-operative and stimulating environment in which pupils can learn happily and well. We value all members of the school community equally, seek to develop their skills and abilities, and encourage them to contribute to all areas of school life.

We aim to provide a broad and balanced curriculum for each pupil which will help her achieve her best, develop her confidence and encourage her to be a thoughtful and active member of society. We consider that our aims for our pupils are best achieved through a close partnership between school and home, and we work together with parents to ensure their daughters' success.

Janice Howkins – Headteacher

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