Learning Support Assistant for Secondary/Alternative Provision
Northampton International Academy, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 1AAThis job expired on 9 April 2021
Closing date
9 April 2021 at 9am
Date listed
22 March 2021
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- SCP 3-7 £18,562 - £20,092 FTE, £15,875.11 - £17,183.64 pro rata
Learning Support Assistant for Secondary/Alternative Provision job summary
Learning Support Assistant for Secondary/Alternative Provision at NIA
Permanent: 37hrs per week, 39 weeks a year
Salary: SCP 3-7 £18,562 - £20,092 FTE, £15,875.11 - £17,183.64 pro rata
Start date: ASAP
Closing date: 9th April 2021
Northampton International Academy is a part of East Midlands Academy Trust and we have a number of opportunities to join our successful team as a Learning Support Assistant in the Secondary phase of the school. We are seeking to recruit driven, enthusiastic, and ambitious Learning Support Assistants to our fantastic team!
If you have the desire to raise standards for all children, then you are our candidate!
We are a diverse vibrant and multicultural school thriving in the heart of the Northampton town centre community.
The successful candidate will:
Have previous experience of working with children in an educational setting.
Enjoy being with children and have a real desire to help them achieve.
Believe all children can do well.
Be passionate, flexible, and proactive in providing a creative and inspiring curriculum for pupils
Be able to work collaboratively, but can also act with initiative
Be self-motivated and keen to develop your skills.
Northampton International Academy is part of the East Midlands Academy Trust, it is an all through school, 4–19, and opened in September 2016. In July 2019, the academy achieved an Ofsted rating of Good.
It is a fantastic time to join NIA as it has its first Year 11 and 13 intakes, as well as further groups in the primary phase and by September 2021 the school will have over 2000 pupils. This will make NIA one of the largest free schools in the country.
The children and staff at Northampton International Academy are currently completing the opening chapters of its history. The DNA of NIA is set by our High Expectations and Global Vision and we are building into the curriculum for all year groups our Character Drivers: Collaboration, Responsibility, Respect, Care, Excellence and Aspiration. By instilling these characteristics in our learners, they will flourish both within school and beyond as they set out to create their own histories
By working for our Trust, you will be able to take advantage of a wealth of professional development and support opportunities, as well as a range of employee benefits.
These include:
Continuous professional development and training opportunities
Dedicated support from our school improvement team
Career and leadership opportunities within our growing family of schools
A Trust employee forum with representatives from across the organisation
A confidential 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
Childcare vouchers scheme
A corporate eye care plan
For more information about this position please contact Lorna Stockwell on 07500 559281 or email lorna.stockwell@emat.uk
EMAT reserve the right to withdraw this advert before the closing date if a suitable candidate is found
EMAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this post.
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.
About Northampton International Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Through schooljobs
- School size
- 2056 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- lorna.stockwell@emat.uk
NIA is one of the UK’s fastest growing schools. From September, we will have EYFS to year 4, years 7 through to 11 and a full sixth form. By 2021, we will have over 2,200 pupils, making us one of the largest free schools in the UK.
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