Learning Support Assistant
Chiltern Hills Academy, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2RG10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
30 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Special Education Needs (SEN), Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £21,879.00 Annually (FTE)
Learning Support Assistant job summary
Do you have:
- A passion for education and for lifelong learning?
- The ability to relate to young people, to support their increasing resilience, and to inspire them to become independent, enthusiastic learners?
- Excellent communication skills, a flexible approach, and a sense of humour?
- Empathy, patience, and understanding?
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who may be considering a career supporting academic and pastoral progress. You may also be interested in progressing to a career in teaching but are looking to first gain experience in a school environment. Training will be provided so no prior experience is necessary within a school setting, although this would be advantageous.
About the role
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the learning of our students and therefore must have a minimum of GCSE Grade 5/C in Maths and English.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting SEND students in class according to their needs
- Involvement in dedicated SEND interventions
- Knowledge that we are sponsored by the Oxford Diocese. We look to our staff to hold our CHA values to heart and to be positive role models for our students to do the same. Great values for general conduct & citizenship: honesty, Respect, Compassion, Forgiveness, Love, Self-discipline and Hope
- Working proactively with the rest of the SEND Team in relation to individual students, monitoring their progress, and liaising and advising where appropriate
- Helping to develop positive relationships, promoting self-esteem and resilience
- Acting as a key worker for identified individuals
- To support with exam access arrangements
- To undertake relevant professional studies to ensure current working practices are relevant and effective
- To be involved in maintaining records and being up-to-date with identified student’s needs
- Ensure inclusive practice and equality for all
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.
About Chiltern Hills Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1076 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Chiltern Hills Academy website
Chiltern Hills Academy is a Church of England, co-educational secondary school in Chesham, Buckinghamshire. There are circa 1025 students on the school roll, approximately 100 of whom study in the sixth form. Chiltern Hills Academy converted to academy status in 2011 and is jointly sponsored by the Diocese of Oxford and Buckinghamshire County Council.
We are situated in the market town of Chesham, Buckinghamshire in the Chiltern Hills, designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Situated close to the M40 and the M25, Chesham is on the end of Metropolitan line of the London Underground and is 28 miles north-west of London. There is ample parking on-site. Renting here is cheaper than in central London and if you enjoy travelling, it takes about 40 minutes by car to Heathrow.
The Elgiva Theatre, Lowndes Park and an open-air heated swimming pool are just some of the many public amenities available in the town. Chesham is renowned for its community spirit and there are many recreational and community groups catering for the diverse and active population.
Chiltern Hills Academy aims to provide an environment that excites, motivates and challenges students, encouraging lifelong learning and an interest in the world around them. The secondary school is founded on Christian values and principles, with an ethos that promotes personal responsibility, self-respect, respect for the beliefs and views of others, self-confidence and a commitment to success and achievement.
Principal
Tim Dobbs
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