Learning Support Assistant
Poynton High School, Stockport, Cheshire, SK12 1PU8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2024
Closing date
8 July 2024 at 9am
Date listed
28 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £18,412.00 - £19,689.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 5 Salary Range for FTE - £24,294 - £25,979
Learning Support Assistant job summary
We seek to appoint a well-qualified and enthusiastic Learning Support Assistant to join a highly successful and innovative team. This position offers someone with good communication and interpersonal skills a fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious and forward-thinking school. Applicants must be committed to delivering high standards of teaching and learning. NVQ level 3 in Childcare or equivalent is essential. You will be supporting our teaching staff and working with other support staff to enhance the development and education of our students across all year groups.
The Learning support team is made up of 12 Learning Support Assistants (LSAs); Specialist Teacher and Lead Primary School Practitioner.. We are an inclusive mainstream secondary school which prides itself in supporting young people with a wide range of needs who are able to demonstrate capacity for accessing the mainstream curriculum with differentiation and support. All of our dedicated Learning Support Assistants work with small groups of students or individuals to meet particular learning or physical needs.
Our school has served the families of Poynton, Disley, Adlington and surrounding areas since 1972 and we lie at the heart of this community’s learning needs. We pride ourselves on our vision as a school which serves our whole community and which works in partnership with our colleagues in other schools. We have approximately 1500 students in Years 7 to 13 and offer a wide range of A levels in our successful Sixth Form.
We are exceptionally proud of our staff and the dedication they display every day to support our students to reach their potential. Whether a member of our Leadership Team, Teaching Staff or Support Team – all have a vital role to play in providing an environment where we can provide world class education where all can achieve.
We offer highly competitive salaries, pension scheme membership, free on-site parking and regular social events. All staff are able to access discounted gym memberships and other negotiated benefits across the Trust.
The Trust provides an Employee Assistance Programme which offers a wide range of services including legal and wellbeing support for employees and their families.
Please see attached job pack for more information.
Commitment to safeguarding
The TRUE Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Our schools are a safe place for children, where our responsibilities for safeguarding children are taken seriously. As a Trust, we are responsible for ensuring that all our schools have thorough and robust child protection and safeguarding policies and procedures.
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About Poynton High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1457 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Poynton High School website (opens in new tab)
Our school has served the families of Poynton, Disley, Adlington and surrounding areas in Cheshire since 1972 and we lie at the heart of this community’s learning needs. We pride ourselves in our vision as a school which serves our community and look to establish a 0 – 90 Learning Village in partnership with our primary, secondary colleagues. We have approximately 1500 students within Years 7 to 13 and offer a wide range of A-Levels in our Sixth Form.
The school motto is INSPIRE ACHIEVE CELEBRATE and we apply that to every element of school life. Our role as staff is to ensure that we inspire every student to achieve the best they possibly can in everything they do, whether that be academic, sporting, cultural or spiritual and at the heart of our culture is a celebration of that achievement.
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