Learning Support Assistant: Senior
Mayfield School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 0RHThis job expired on 12 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
12 April 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
14 March 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 30.5 hours per week/ 41 working weeks (Term Time only)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Band 3, £16,688-£16,976 (£22,737-£23,130 full time equivalent)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Mayfield School seeks to appoint a candidate to this challenging and fulfilling role. We expect our Learning Support Assistants to have excellent communication skills and be confident in a classroom setting. You will be enthusiastic, empathetic, patient and approachable, with a genuine commitment to supporting children’s learning.
The successful candidate will have Grade 4/C or above in Maths and English at GCSE level.
What the school offers its staff
Mayfield School is at the heart of a thriving and diverse local community. We are one of the first single-site, all-through maintained schools in the country, which we believe provides us with a unique opportunity to improve and shape the lives of all students (Year R – Year 11) in our community. We strive for all students of Mayfield School to receive a high quality education, in a safe environment where all children are valued, supported, inspired and future ready!
We are afriendly, vibrantschool with high standards and expectations. We pride ourselves on the positive relationships we foster, knowing every young person as an individual and challenging each of them to have the highest possible aspirations through our ambitious and inclusive curriculum. Our ambition is to build on our excellent pastoral care with high standards and expectations so that young people are able to flourish and to achieve their very best.
Mayfield School started a new era with the opening of ourbrand new state-of-the-art building in 2021. This has provided our school community with new facilities, such as a large sports hall, new drama rooms, new assembly hall, a large canteen and café area.
Feedback from a recent anonymous staff survey in Learning Support:
- I feel valued because of our learning support department's leadership. It's very supportive.
- Communication is strong and I feel part of a friendly team who support each other.
- The LSA department is very welcoming and friendly. Evey body listens to each other and wants to support each other.
Mayfield School is currently embarking on a rapid school improvement journey with the support of Salterns Academy Trust.
Mayfield School Employee Benefits:
- A supportive ethos and concern for wellbeing of all colleagues
- Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression
- Employer contribution to the Local Government (LGPS) or Teacher Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to an Occupational Health provider
- A genuine opportunity to make a difference to the benefit of pupils and their local community.
- An exciting and vibrant environment in which to work.
- A fantastic community of parents and children who deserve the best.
- A highly skilled and driven team of committed teachers and support staff to work with.
‘There is a well-planned programme of continuing professional development (CPD) which is tailored to the needs of the individual members of staff’
‘There is generally a calm and orderly atmosphere around the school, both in and out of lessons.’
Ofsted, November 2023
To Apply:
Commitment to safeguarding
Mayfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. New members of staff will be required to apply for Disclosure Service certification as part of the School's staff recruitment process. Under the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1075, applicants for teaching posts are among those who are not entitled to withhold information about any previous criminal conviction.
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About Mayfield School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 16
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1474 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Mayfield School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@mayfield.portsmouth.sch.uk
Mayfield School is at the heart of a thriving and diverse local community. We are one of the first single-site, all-through maintained schools in the country, which we believe provides us with a unique opportunity to improve and shape the lives of all students (Year R – Year 11) in our community. We strive for all students of Mayfield School to receive a high quality education, in a safe environment where all children are valued, supported, inspired and future ready!
We are a friendly, vibrant school with high standards and expectations. We pride ourselves on the positive relationships we foster, knowing every young person as an individual and challenging each of them to have the highest possible aspirations through our ambitious and inclusive curriculum. Our ambition is to build on our excellent pastoral care with high standards and expectations so that young people are able to flourish and to achieve their very best.
Mayfield School started a new era with the opening of our brand new state-of-the-art building in 2021. This has provided our school community with new facilities, such as a large sports hall, new drama rooms, new assembly hall, a large canteen and café area.
Mayfield School is currently embarking on a rapid school improvement journey with the support of Salterns Academy Trust.
Arranging a visit to Mayfield School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@mayfield.portsmouth.sch.uk.
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