EXPIRED

Learning Support Assistant

Bonnygate Primary School, South Ockendon, Essex, RM15 5BA

This job expired on 29 August 2024 – see similar jobs

Start date details
September/October 2024
Closing date
29 August 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
6 August 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: Part time: 31 hours 15 minutes per week Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 3:15pm with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break 38 weeks of the year – term time plus inset days
Contract type: Fixed term - One year fixed term contract until 31st August 2025
Pay scale: Thurrock Band A Point 1-6 (£16,226.10 - £17,437.26 per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

A new opportunity has arisen for a Learning Support Assistant to join our successful team, supporting students in the classroom environment. The role will involve working with SEND children, to assist students learning and improve educational outcomes. Bonnygate Primary School are looking for inspiring and enthusiastic LSA’s who are highly motivated, creative, fun and ideally someone who is keen to progress their career. Bonnygate Primary School can also support people with a degree to become a teacher.

As part of Osborne Cooperative Academy Trust, the school is proud of its inclusive ethos and the broad and enriched curriculum that it provides for all pupils. The supportive staff have high aspirations for the pupils and strive to make a difference in the lives of the children and their families. Our schools' ethos is based on the Co-operative values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and sharing a sense of collective responsibility for supporting each other.

This position will involve:

Supporting pupils, to ensure they are engaged in learning activities
Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all students within the classroom
Act as a role model, setting high expectations of conduct and promoting positive pupil behaviour, to create a safe and inclusive learning environment
Providing feedback to the classroom teacher on the pupil’s progress against lesson plans, the conduct of the lesson and keeping pupil-related records
Dealing with any immediate problems or emergencies according to the school’s policies and procedures about health & safety, welfare and wellbeing and safeguarding
Provide additional support to the teachers in the classrooms,
To establish positive relationships with the pupils in lessons being covered

The successful candidate will:

Be passionate, creative, motivated and has a positive outlook
Be keen to support pupils with learning, emotional and behavioural difficulties
Be committed to raising outcomes of all students
Be a great communicator with excellent organisational skills and a helpful attitude
Be enthusiastic and committed to working as part of a team
Support good classroom management
Care about the welfare and achievement of every child
Be innovative and has a passion for improvement
Have excellent written skills with the ability to multi-task
Have the ability to remain calm under pressure and remain positive
Have the ability to follow safeguarding procedures and prioritise students’ welfare
Have achieved GCSE Maths and English

What the school offers its staff

Bonnygate Primary School and Nursery is a vibrant and diverse school where children are enthusiastic and motivated to achieve endless possibilities. The children are at the heart of every decision we make to ensure that they are happy, confident and that the opportunities that are provided for them are relevant to their needs both now, and in the future. The school is proud to be:

Friendly, caring and supportive school that has a one big team approach to workload
Has a strong, established & supportive SLT that creates a positive team environment
A place where pupils feel safe, happy, valued and respected
An inclusive school, where everyone works hard to ensure all pupils receive stimulating learning experiences, with high expectations for all children
A school that celebrates every child's individuality and success

Bonnygate Primary School is a member of Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust. Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, with twelve member schools within Essex. All schools in the Trust work in equal partnership and are members of the schools’ Co-operative Society. Our Co-operative Values focus on enabling all students to achieve their potential both academically and as young people.

What the school can offer:  

Two Week October Half-Term
Recognition of continuous service
Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
Excellent CPD opportunities
Career progression throughout the Trust, with the ability to progress in other schools
The support of an experienced family of schools
National Conditions of Service
Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff
Wider support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance

Commitment to safeguarding

Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This job post has expired.