Learning Support Assistant
Ilsham Church of England Academy, Torquay, Devon, TQ1 2JQ6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
3 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
20 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share): 18.75 hours per week, 38 weeks per year
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until 31st August 2025
Pay scale
- NJC Grade C (Torbay)
Hourly rate
- £11.79 - £11.98 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
This is an incredibly rewarding role where you will work alongside a highly passionate team to ensure children are cared for, inspired, and challenged. Our ideal candidate will have experience with RWInc, and supporting and nurturing the needs of children with Special Educational Needs and will be committed to making a profound difference to the lives of our most disadvantaged children.
Our Trust is dedicated to building an authentic workforce, so if you are excited about this role but your past experience looks a little different to what we’ve identified, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the perfect candidate!
We are looking for someone who is inspired by our Trust mission and can empower our children with the knowledge, skills, and confidence they need to flourish. We are proud that we are a single organisation with a shared responsibility for all children, and one where you will feel professionally nourished through our extensive development practice and strong wellbeing offer.
What the school offers its staff
Our vision at Ilsham C of E Academy is for every child to be confident and happy as we nurture their development and strive for success. We very much see ourselves as a family, working together as a community to remove barriers to learning so every child, even the most vulnerable, can flourish. Our Christian vision is:
‘To grow and flourish wherever you are planted’
We are proud of our rich and vibrant curriculum that stimulates children’s imaginations and creative thinking. At Ilsham, we provide a range of experiences and opportunities that are fully rooted in our local community.
We can offer you:
- The opportunity to make a profound different to children’s lives
- A culture that takes work-life balance extremely seriously for all its colleagues
- The chance to work as part of a collective in a values-led school Trust, a single organisation
- High quality professional development and regular training
- Access to nationally recognised Level 2 and 3 course and apprenticeships
- A strong, proactive wellbeing network across the School Trust
- The potential for future career development
- Access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
- Trust benefit schemes including tech and cycle schemes
- Generous Local Government Pension Scheme
- An impactful People Strategy that enables us to nurture, develop and support our colleagues so that they can provide the very best for our children
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Ilsham Church of England Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 177 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- people@lapsw.org
- Phone number
- 01626248800
Ilsham C of E Academy is part of the Learning Academy Trust which currently consists of 8 academies and nurseries within 3 regional hubs. We are opening a brand new primary academy and nursery, St Michael’s Church of England Academy, in Paignton in September 2020.
We work collectively to transform the lives of our children and empower our staff to develop and create successful learning environments.
Arranging a visit to Ilsham Church of England Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email people@lapsw.org.
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