Learning Support Assistant
Sidney Stringer Academy, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5LY19 days remaining to apply
Job start date
14 May 2025
Closing date
2 June 2025 at 11:59am
Date listed
14 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 2 £18,031 to £18,601
Learning Support Assistant job summary
You will be employed by the trust which consists of five schools led by Sidney Stringer Academy. The schools are Radford Primary Academy, Ernesford Grange Community Academy, Riverbank Academy (Special School), Sidney Stringer Primary School and Sidney Stringer Academy.
We are looking to appoint a Learning Support Assistant to join our Learning Support Team. As a Learning Support Assistant you will be responsible for working with classes and small groups of students outside and inside the classroom. You will be given the opportunity to work with our young people and make a real difference every single day.
You will be part of a large, motivated and supportive learning support team and will work closely with members of this team as well as with teachers in departments. You will also be expected to be a co- tutor, which means that you will provide support to a form tutor and belong to one of our five houses.
Approximately 20% of the students at the Academy are identified as SEND and within this there is a varied spectrum of additional needs. We strive to ensure that all students have equal access to a broad and balanced curriculum and our LSAs are integral to this.
Job overview
As a Learning Support Assistant, you’ll provide personalised SEN provision on a 1:1 basis, supporting the pupil in accessing the curriculum at an appropriate level and adapting the learning to make it accessible for students with specific needs. This role also involves providing pastoral support, and you’ll monitor progress to feed back to the class teacher whilst working closely with relevant staff to ensure an individual can achieve to the fullest extent.
Job requirements
- Good numeracy/literacy skills
- Evidence of having worked with children in some capacity
- Ability to work on own and as part of a team, with strong communication skills
- A drive to improve the life outcomes and opportunities for our students through education
- General understanding of National Curriculum and other basic learning programmes
Why join us?
As a Learning Support Assistant within Sidney Stringer Academy, you’ll be able to make a key difference to a pupil’s educational experience as a crucial part of the wider team, and will have the opportunity to develop your skillset with key training and development opportunities available.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.
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 Sidney Stringer Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1478 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sidney Stringer Academy website
Our Trust consists of five schools led by Sidney Stringer Academy. The schools are Radford Primary Academy, Ernesford Grange Community Academy, Riverbank Academy (Special School), Sidney Stringer Academy and Sidney Stringer Primary Free School.
All of the schools in the trust are working together with the ambition of becoming outstanding. As the Trust develops we are exploring the opportunities of creating shared posts and services across the schools so that we can benefit from economies of scale.
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