Learning Support Assistant

Grafham Grange School, Guildford, Surrey, GU5 0LH

41 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  to be confirmed

• Closing date

  6 September 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Term time: 36 hours per week, Term Time only (8.30am – 4.15pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am – 4.00pm Friday with 30 minute unpaid break).
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Scale R3 12 – 18: £22,315.15 - £23,880.47 per annum (FTE £26,060 - £27,888.00)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to recruit Learning Support Assistants to support students both within and outside the classroom either within a teaching group or on a 1:1 basis. It is desirable, but not essential, that you have experience of working with students with SEMH and associated complex learning difficulties, but we also welcome applications from inexperienced candidates and will provide thorough training for all new colleagues.

What the school offers its staff

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details on the role and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.

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

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

Apply for the job by following the link below

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Grafham Grange School

• School type: Academy, ages 10 to 19
• School size: 74 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 10 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Grafham Grange School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: mollyking@orchardhill.ac.uk
• Phone number: 01483 892214
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/grafham-grange-school-guildford (opens in new tab)

Grafham Grange School is a special school set in 42 acres of beautiful Surrey countryside in Grafham. Our school offers education and care for up to 52 students, referred from local authorities across the South of England from the age of 10 to 16 (Year 6 to Year 11).

All our students have Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) with SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) as their primary identified need, though the majority of students have additional special educational needs such as autistic spectrum conditions; speech, language and communication difficulties; ADHD; opposition defiance; medical conditions and attachment disorders.

Arranging a visit to Grafham Grange School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mollyking@orchardhill.ac.uk.

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