Learning Support Assistant
Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School, London, SE18 5PW15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
6 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Special Education Needs (SEN), Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,000.00 - £21,000.00 Annually (Actual) NCJ Scale 2, subject to recent cost of living increase. Approximate actual salary will be £20k
Learning Support Assistant job summary
Monday to Friday 8.30am-3.30pm/8.45am-3.45pm
St Mary Magdalene C of E School is the only all through school in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. We are looking to recruit LSAs to join our secondary phase team.
This is a superb opportunity for committed and enthusiastic Learning Support Assistants to work offering classroom support and also to work with children with special educational needs & disabilities (SEND).
All applicants must have Learning Support/Teaching Assistant experience and, preferably, some experience of working with secondary-aged students with SEND (this experience may have been gained within a mainstream education, in a specialist provision or maybe outside of education).
We offer successful applicants the opportunity to work as part of a friendly and multi-disciplinary team.
We welcome applications from candidates who:
Have experience of working as a Learning Support/Teaching Assistant, preferably at Secondary level.
Have experience of working with children who have SEND.
Have NVQ Level 2 qualification (desirable)
Have knowledge of ASD (desirable)
Are able to prepare and teach effective interventions taking into account the individual needs of learner
Have a professional manner
Are enthusiastic and have a friendly approach
Have good literacy and numeracy skills
About the school:
St. Mary Magdalene is a popular and successful outstanding all through school with two school sites; our primary site in Woolwich and our all through site on the Greenwich Peninsula. St Mary Magdalene leads a federation with another primary school in Greenwich (SE10), Christ Church.
Please note that there are no parking facilities at the school, but we are lucky to be served by a number of transport links (North Greenwich - Jubilee Line - is a short walk away and the following bus routes stop within a very short walk of the school 108, 129, 132, 161, 188, 335, 422, 472, 486). Please consider this before applying.
We can offer:
- a supportive leadership team and vibrant professional community
- a positive school culture
- a commitment to continuing professional development
- energetic and enthusiastic high attaining pupils
- a supportive, Christian ethos across our school communities
- a very well equipped gym onsite that staff can use before and after school and in the holidays.
Applications will be considered on receipt and shortlisted candidates will be contacted to attend an interview and undertake a task.
The Koinonia Federation is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. All post-holders are subject to a satisfactory DBS checks and references.
Koinonia federation is committed to positively tackling discrimination in all its forms and works to ensure that all sections of the community have fair and equal access to and experience within employment. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, in particular those that are currently underrepresented in our workforce; we are respectful of all individuals’ race, age, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, caring responsibilities, disabilities and cultural background.’
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 Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 3 to 18
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1714 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
St Mary Magdalene C of E School is a co-educational, all-through school based in Greenwich, south-east London. The school has both primary and secondary phases. The secondary phase has approximately 560 students aged 11-18 and 80 staff.
St Mary Magdalene C of E School is part of the wider Koinonia Federation – a federation of two schools located over four sites that work together as one team. Facilities include a sports hall, library, science labs, drama and dance studio. Religious Studies, the school's specialism, is a central element of the curriculum. Extra-curricular activities include sports, food technology, STEM club and Bible Club, which all students can attend.
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