Learning Support Assistant & Midday Supervisory Assistant
St Katharine's CofE Primary School, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 3BG6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
6 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12.26 - £13.05 Hourly LSA - NJC SCP 5-6 (£12.85-£13.05p/hr)/ MDSA - NJC SCP 2 (£12.26p/hr)
Learning Support Assistant & Midday Supervisory Assistant job summary
Total Hours - 28.75 hours per week /term time only
Split LSA 24.75 hrs per week / MDSA 3.5 hrs per week
Fixed term until July 2025 – start ASAP
LSA Scale point 5-6 - from £12.85 per hour, depending on experience.
MDSA Scale point 2 - £12.26 per hour
St Katharine’s is a thriving primary school in the heart of Savernake Forest. We are looking to appoint a confident and enthusiastic LSA/MDSA to join our supportive, hardworking and dedicated team, who is interested in working with children across the Primary phase. This post has arisen out of unplanned and unforeseen circumstances and as such we are offering this on a fixed term basis in the first instance until July 2025. Prior to the end of the summer term, this contract will be fully reviewed with the strong prospect of a more permanent role. The successful candidate will need to work closely with the class teacher and others to deliver an excellent learning experience for all children.
We are looking for someone who:
- Is interested in the process of learning.
- Is interested in their own development and learning.
- Enjoys working with children.
- Is calm, organised and flexible.
- Can employ strategies to manage behaviour effectively and positively.
- Can work collaboratively as part of a team and is able to use initiative.
- Shows integrity and confidentiality.
- Can enthuse and motivate children.
- Has a GCSE pass in English and Maths (or equivalent).
- Experience of a previous role working with children is desirable.
In return we offer:
- a warm, professional workplace where everyone is valued.
- motivated, engaged and willing learners.
- a unique and beautiful environment to work in.
- staff who are excited by their work and possess great team spirit and a sense of fun.
- a strong commitment to your on-going professional development.
Visits to the School are welcomed. Please telephone the school office to make an appointment.
Application Deadline: Wednesday 5 February 2025 midnight
(We reserve the right to close the advert early if enough applications are received so early application is encouraged.)
Interview Date: Tuesday 11 February 2025
Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust’s recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About St Katharine's CofE Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 96 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
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