Learning Support Assistant
St Ann's Heath Junior School, Virginia Water, Surrey, GU25 4DSThis job expired on 21 June 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
2 September 2024
Closing date
21 June 2024 at 3pm
Date listed
31 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Mon to Fri 8.45am til 3.15pm includes midday supervision (30 minutes), 28.75 hours per week,
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Surrey PS3
What skills and experience we're looking for
To provide learning and support for pupils to ensure they make progress with their learning. This will involve working alongside the teacher to plan and deliver activities and support pupils with routines, transitions and behaviour management.
- Be qualified to GCSE or equivalent, including at least a Grade 4 previously Grade C in English and Maths
- Ideally, some experience of working with children
- Good literacy and numeracy skills
- Ability to build effective working relationships with pupils and staff
- Effective organisational skills
- Effective communication skills
- Ideally, good ICT skills
- A good understanding of how to support children to learn
- Active listening skills
- Ability to remain calm in stressful situations
- Knowledge of guidance and requirements around safeguarding children
- Be committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Enjoyment of working with children
- A commitment to getting the best outcomes for all pupils and promoting the ethos and values of the school
- Sensitivity and understanding, to help build good relationships with pupils
- Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times
- Commitment to safeguarding pupil well-being and equality
- Be organised, flexible and show initiative
- Capacity to inspire, motivate and encourage children and young people
- A willingness to learn and develop own practice in line with current school priorities
What the school offers its staff
St Ann’s Heath Junior School is located in Virginia Water, Surrey and has 11 classes currently. From September 2025, there will be a reduction in the number of classes due to the school becoming a two-form entry school. We offer a caring, engaging and safe learning environment where our children are able to thrive.
Our school vision is ‘Learning Together, Achieving Today, Preparing for Tomorrow’ and is interwoven through all aspects of the school’s wider curriculum. We are committed to delivering a creative curriculum which is broad and balanced and provides our children with opportunities to gain essential knowledge, skills and understanding in order to achieve their full potential.
We can offer you enthusiastic children who are proud of their school, a dedicated and friendly team of staff, a supportive governing body and a lovely school environment with onsite parking.
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.
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About St Ann's Heath Junior School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 288 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- St Ann's Heath Junior School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- helengolder@stannsheath.org
- Phone number
- 01344842900
We are currently a three form, reducing to two form, highly regarded junior school situated in Virginia Water, a short walk away from the village and a mainline railway. The school is led by two Co-Head Teachers who are committed to driving school improvement and raising standards.
Arranging a visit to St Ann's Heath Junior School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email helengolder@stannsheath.org.
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