Learning Support Assistant
Broadland High Ormiston Academy, Norwich, Norfolk, NR12 8QN8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 September 2024
Closing date
8 July 2024 at 9am
Date listed
25 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £17,178.00 - £17,755.00 Annually (Actual) Actual starting salary based on FTE salary of £22,737
Learning Support Assistant job summary
Required for a September start, we are looking for a Learning Support Assistant to work with our students in individual, small group or classroom-based settings to support progress across the curriculum. The successful candidate will work with students of all ages but have a specific focus on our transition from Year 6 to Year 7 and play a key role in our catch-up literacy programme.
Working for up to 32.5 hours per week (8.15am-3pm), 39 working weeks per year (school term time plus 1 week), you will have a genuine passion and belief in the potential of every pupil and be able to relate to young people and adults within the learning environment and be versatile, resilient and able to adapt your practice wherever necessary to support across all key stages.
At Broadland High Ormiston Academy, we are committed to providing a safe, happy and inspiring learning environment in which all students and staff can grow, develop and flourish. We have high aspirations for every student both in their academic studies and their wider curriculum.
Our academy has a proud history of academic success and pastoral care. We value our staff highly, through support for continuing professional development and through a focus on what really makes a difference to our students. We want every student and member of staff to aspire to achieve excellence in all that they do. Our academy consistently performs above national averages in both attainment and progress at the end of Key Stage 4. This success is driven through our unwavering focus on high quality teaching and learning in every lesson, every day for every student. We fully prepare our students for life beyond the academy with a broad, rich, and cohesive curriculum that enables them to become well-rounded and responsible citizens, ready to pursue their future ambitions with passion and integrity.
Our new colleague will also benefit from being part of Ormiston Academies Trust, a MAT of 43 primary and secondary academies. The Trust’s vision is for all young people to have access to the highest academic, social and practical skills required to achieve their full potential. OAT support all staff so that they can enhance and develop their professional skills whatever their role within the trust.
If you are excited about the opportunity to work with a great team of staff and students and believe you have the right skills, we encourage you to apply. Full detail of the role can be found in the job description.
Please submit your application before the closing date of 8th July 2024. Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a suitable candidate be found.
Apply now to join our dedicated team and help us inspire the next generation!
Broadland High Ormiston Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.
All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
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.
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About Broadland High Ormiston Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 745 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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