Learning Support Assistant
This job expired on 19 September 2021 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
19 September 2021 at 4pm
Date listed
13 September 2021
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
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- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
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- 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4pm. Term Time + 5 Inset days.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £18,562
Actual salary
- £13,540
Learning Support Assistant job summary
We are seeking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant to join our successful SEND team to work with students who need additional support in overcoming barriers to learning. It will be an advantage if applicants have some experience of working with special educational needs, although this is not essential.
We are looking for a caring and determined individual who would like to spend at least a year in the post – possibly a graduate who is considering going into teaching. Applicants need to be positive and enthusiastic, combined with a willingness to learn and flexibility to support in different ways. Applications from those wishing to contribute to other aspects of school life outside the classroom are particularly welcome.
Hours are 8.30am - 4.00pm. Candidates are encouraged to find out more about the role by contacting Martin Monks (Deputy Head), or Mat Wilson (SENCo). Mr Wilson can be emailed on senco@hitchinboys.co.uk
Hitchin Boys’ School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be carried out for all posts. This post is classed as having a high degree of contact with vulnerable children and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Further details and an application form are available on the school website www.hbs.herts.sch.uk. Completed forms should be emailed to the PA to School Business Manager, Mrs Becky Rose at brose@hitchinboys.co.uk
Commitment to safeguarding
HBS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be carried out for all posts.
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About Hitchin Boys' School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1307 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Hitchin Boys' School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- brose@hitchinboys.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01462 432181
Background: Hitchin Boys’ School is a high achieving, all-ability, single sex school with over 1,300 pupils (aged 11-18) on roll and a mixed sixth form, which forms part of the highly successful Hitchin Schools’ consortium.
Hitchin itself is a historic market town of approximately 35,000 inhabitants in North Hertfordshire 25 minutes from London by rail line and close to the A1(M) and M1.
The school population is a truly comprehensive ability intake and reflects the demographic of the locality with some 24% of students coming from BAME backgrounds and approximately 9% of all students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Our ethos: At Hitchin Boys’ we pride ourselves on offering a warm and friendly environment where our students are encouraged to fulfil their academic potential whilst developing a solid foundation of spiritual, social, moral and cultural awareness. Hitchin Boys’ School helps all students to achieve according to their ability, and we celebrate success in many ways other than exam grades, ensuring that all our students go on to the next step in their lives with a feeling of achievement and self-worth. We are committed to caring for each and every one of our students and helping them become well-rounded, successful young adults.
Hitchin Boys’ School was judged Outstanding by Ofsted in January 2016. We believe that the inspectors accurately identified our strength as a school when they said: “The academy’s motto, ‘striving for excellence’, is reflected strongly in all aspects of school life. Pupils thrive because personal development and academic excellence are promoted equally well.” OFSTED 2016. The full report is on the school website (https://www.hbs.herts.sch.uk).
Facilities: The school is a historic site itself with Grade II listed buildings as well as state of the art facilities which opened in 2019 including a 220-seater auditorium with cutting edge recording technology
The school has consistently been over-subscribed for many years, and Hertfordshire County Council provided funding which has enabled us to increase our facilities to accommodate an additional 45 students in every new intake. This has provided some financial support to help us through these difficult times in education, it also means that there will be new roles created within the school to manage demands both academic and pastoral of these increased numbers.
Arranging a visit to Hitchin Boys' School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email brose@hitchinboys.co.uk.
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