Learning Support Assistant

Ranikhet Academy, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4ED

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  9 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  17 October 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: £23,500.00 - £25,979.00 Annually (FTE) RG3 (SCP 5 – 11), Actual salary approx. £19,035 - £21,043 , 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

Learning Support Assistant job summary

Ranikhet Academy is a successful primary school and we are currently seeking a Learning Support Assistant to provide help and support to our amazing children. The Learning Support Assistant role is vital to the school and involves supporting children with a variety of needs.

In particular, successful applicants should have:

• At least one years experience of working with children in the primary age range
• Experience of working with children in a friendly, busy environment
• An understanding of children with SEN needs
• Level 2 qualification in play work/childcare
• A current food hygiene certificate (desirable)

You should:

• Have excellent communication skills
  

• Have the ability to build effective relationships with students, parents and other staff
  

• The ability to relate in a firm and friendly way with a wide range of personalities
  

• The ability to use initiative
  

• Be willing to undertake direction and guidance
  

• Have a good understanding of behaviour management strategies
  

• Be able to work as part of a team

For further information about the role come and visit our school! To book your visit or for an informal discussion, please contact the school office. School visits are encouraged but are by appointment only.

Why work with us:

There are over 60 schools within the Trust which means we can offer opportunities including:
 
▶️Collaboration across other REAch2 schools, both locally and nationally.
 
▶️ Specialist curriculum support and training from our Trust experts - providing a flightpath for professional development
 
▶️ A support package for staff wellbeing

You’ll be working for a Trust with big ambitions for all our schools to be 'great'. We want to be national leaders in sustainability; to transform our teaching and learning through digital transformation and to ensure social justice is at the heart of what we do.

Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection 

At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.  

We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.

For more information about our safer recruitment processes, please click here for our Safer Recruitment Policy.

All information is stored securely, and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy. 

The Trust ensures all applicant data is stored and processed appropriately. For further details on how your information will be managed during the recruitment process please refer to our Privacy Notice for Job Applications.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

About Ranikhet Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 247 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Ranikhet Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ranikhet-academy (opens in new tab)

Our school belongs to the staff, the children and the community. We have an inclusive culture where we celebrate our diverse community. We have 3 school rules – Be Ready, Be Respectful and Be Safe. All our children, staff and families follow these 3 rules so that we have an inclusive learning environment where we all feel Proud to Belong.

Our school sits in the heart of a community. We warmly welcome visits from members of our local community to build relationships, support local causes and encourage our children to have high aspirations. Parent and pupil voice is incredibly important to us and feedback we get from children, parents and community directly influences our practice.

Our children experience a rich curriculum with excellent teaching and learning. Classrooms are inclusive and we have high expectations of all children. We plan the curriculum that our children need which includes key learning experiences and collaborative projects inside and outside the classroom.

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