Learning Support Assistant (LSA2)
Horndean Church of England Junior School, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO8 9NW8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 September 2024
Closing date
8 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 22.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23115 - £24140
Actual salary
- £12331 - £12878
Pay scale
- C Grade
What skills and experience we're looking for
Applicants must have:
- Previous experience of working in a school or supporting children’s learning and development
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools, or qualified by experience
- English and maths to GCSE level
- Effective IT skills that can support learning
Salary will be based on experience and will start within the FTE salary range of £23115 - £24140. This equates to an actual salary of £12331 - £12878. We are keen to recruit new LSAs to join us at the start of the new school year so interviews will be arranged on receipt of applications.
Closing date: 12 noon Monday 8th July 2024
Interview date: On receipt of application
Job start date: 2nd September 2024
Application Pack:
- Letter to applicants
- Staff Structure
- LSA2 Role Profile
- LSA Job Description
- LSA Person Specification
- Application Form
- Equalities Monitoring Form
What the school offers its staff
We have an exciting opportunity for someone with learning support skills and experience to join our dedicated team of LSAs in supporting the learning, wellbeing and development of children in our large Church of England junior school.
We would like to recruit new LSAs to join our successful junior school team as permanent members of staff. At our school, an LSA supports each class every morning and we have one Senior LSA (HLTA) in each year team to lead the LSA team. Our class-based LSAs work in partnership with the teacher in their class to promote learning, wellbeing and growth for every child. Our LSAs support assessment for learning strategies providing general learning support in class as well as both planned and responsive one-to-one and small group support for children’s learning and wellbeing. The National Curriculum embraces a ‘Whatever it takes’ approach and our LSAs have established strong working relationships with the teachers and children in the class they support to effectively enable every child to be successful. Our Class LSAs also support the children in their class at lunchtimes to help make them enjoyable and safe.
The role is a very rewarding one and involves working at Hampshire’s LSA 2 level which is reflected in the ‘C’ pay scale. Our vacancies are within our team of permanent LSAs who each work 22.5 hours per week from 8:30am to 1pm each day to support learning, wellbeing and positive lunchtimes in a specific class.
Our LSA contracts are for 40 weeks per year to include their contracted hours for the 39 weeks of term time, plus whole days for educational visits, Sports Day, etc. Our LSAs also work one day in the summer holidays to help ensure everything is ready for our children for the start of the new school year in September.
We are a very large junior school with sixteen class - four in each year group. As a school we are extremely proud of our successes and the effectiveness of our school improvement work has been recognised by the Local Authority. In April 2022 we secured a very positive outcome from our short Ofsted inspection, not least the judgement that our Christian Values of TLC ‘help to make the school a very special place.’ This echoed the outcome of our church school inspection in November 2019 that our Christian vision ‘successfully drives the school’s development and has an exceptional impact on the lives of pupils and adults.’
Application Procedure
If you would like to join our supportive staff team as we strive for excellence for our children, please contact us for an application pack and to arrange a visit via recruitment@horndean-jun.hants.sch.uk. Our application pack includes the Person Specification which will be used for shortlisting.
You may also like to visit our website at www.horndeanjuniorschool.co.uk
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@horndean-jun.hants.sch.uk
About Horndean Church of England Junior School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 511 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@horndean-jun.hants.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02392592236
Arranging a visit to Horndean Church of England Junior School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@horndean-jun.hants.sch.uk.
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