Learning Support Assistant (Cantonese Speaking)
Coppice Academy, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 9JYThis job expired on 7 June 2024
Start date details
as soon as possible
Closing date
7 June 2024 at 9am
Date listed
24 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, term time: 3 hours per day (mornings) Monday to Friday - 15 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,702 to £27,334
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Learning Support Assistant to join our team as soon as possible to support our children who have English as an additional language, specifically those from Hong Kong.
The successful candidate will:
- Have a good standard of written and spoken English and Cantonese along with a good standard of numeracy.
- Have experience of working with children
- A professional who is able to work in partnership with parents and other stakeholders
- A caring and supportive disposition
- Have enthusiasm for working with children and developing their individual skills and knowledge
What the school offers its staff
All staff work hard, supported by a committed leadership team, to provide a safe and encouraging environment for learning. The recent Ofsted report highlighted the fact that ‘Leaders have high aspirations for all pupils. They have designed a curriculum that builds pupils’ knowledge logically year by year’.
In return we can offer you:
- a positive and innovative learning culture supported by students, staff, parents and governors;
- enthusiastic students who enjoy learning and engage positively in all aspects of school life;
- a collaborative and supportive attitude amongst staff which promotes a sense of teamwork and unity;
- a Senior Leadership team who is committed to promoting the best environment and outcomes for staff and students;
- opportunities for CPD and progression as part of a Multi Academy Trust
- Teacher Pension;
- Cycle to Work scheme.
Further details about the role
Further details are available to download from the Arden Multi Academy Trust website –https://www.ardenmat.org.uk/careers/
Application forms should be completed in full and attached to a letter of application. CVs will not be accepted.
Please address all correspondence to Mrs M Green, Associate Headteacher, Coppice Academy, Coppice Road, Solihull, B92 9JY or send via email to humanresources@arden.solihull.sch.uk
Coppice Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality or religion. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure and, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, will be subject to a social media online search.
Closing Date: Friday 7th June 2024 (9am)
Interviews: Tuesday 18th June 2024
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 Coppice Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 241 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Coppice Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- humanresources@arden.solihull.sch.uk
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