Learning Support Assistant
The Elms Academy, London, SW4 9ETThis job expired on 14 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
15 June 2024
Closing date
14 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 May 2024
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
- Term time: 37.5 hours per week, 40 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,086.21 Pro rata of £28,346 FTE (37.5h/w, 40w/y) per year
What skills and experience we're looking for
About the role: The role of Learning Support Assistant (LSA) is a valued one here at The Elms Academy. Ensuring that the academic and pastoral needs of students with special educational needs are met is a key priority for us and we welcome applicants who would like to contribute to this vision. LSAs work closely with classroom teachers to support students’ progress in class and also support pupils in 1-to-1 sessions. The role also entails being a keyworker for students with an EHCP, overseeing their progress and maintaining IEPs (individual education plans). You will be directly accountable to and fully supported by the SENCo.
As part of their in-class support, our LSAs co-plan directly with class teachers,creating high qualityresources. LSAs also provide 1-to-1 interventions,run small groupsessions andtake responsibility for delivering programmes of support in both literacy and numeracy.
Our LSAstake part in whole school staff training and get regular input from the Speech and Language Therapist, the Borough EAL Coordinator and Educational Psychologist in how to best support the needs of our students.
About the Person: You will be enthusiastic about working with young people within a school environment to help them to fulfil their academic ambitions. You will be determined, dynamic and inspiring and will demonstrate high professional standards and high expectations of all students at The Elms Academy.
You will need to have a good general education to CSE/O/GCSE level 2 or equivalent, including English and Maths.
The successful candidate will need to be able to work independently as well as part of a team. You will need to have excellent communication and organisational skills and demonstrate a strong commitment to supporting students with SEN.
Thisis theideal opportunityfor aspiring teacherstoexperiencelife in a secondary school.Alternatively, you may be looking to build on current experience of supporting students and looking to develop your skill setas an LSA.If this is you, then please get in touch.
About The Elms Academy: The Elms Academy is a very diverse and vibrant community situated on Clapham Common. In 2022 our A level results were ranked the first in United Learning Academies. A tremendous 79% of students achieved a grade 4 or above in both English and maths, with 60% achieving grade 5 or above in the two subjects. At the higher levels, nearly 30% (actual figure is 28%) of all students achieved a grade 7 or above in English and Maths. Our progress 8 score was +0.73 which put us at the top of the Lambeth borough.
These results are due to the unique culture and community that has developed at The Elms Academy. The highest expectations of students and real academic rigour are combined with a strong focus on developing the whole child. There is a culture in which every single child matters, and must be supported to achieve their full potential. Unlike local selective schools, our pupils are from a variety of backgrounds and are mixed gender, meaning that Grammar Stream pupils will learn how to socialise and communicate effectively with others. 41% of our students are pupil premium (nearly twice the national average) and so we are working to help some of the UK's most disadvantaged students achieve the best GCSE results possible and thus change lives. All staff at the academy are driven by a strong mission to provide educational excellence to students with the least privilege.
Our results show that The Elms Academy is a place where students from all backgrounds thrive academically and socially in an atmosphere of mutual respect, tolerance and diversity.Our academic approach is for every student in every lesson to enjoy their learning.We strive to ensure that our teaching standards are exceptionally high, and that children feel safe and supported in school. Lessons follow a knowledge-rich and academically rigorouscurriculum, and we place a significant emphasis on teachers inspiring their students to love their subject through strong personal subject knowledge and a passion for their subject.
The Elms Academy is a close-knit and diverse community that learns together, has fun together and continues on our journey towards all-around excellence for each individual student year after year.
Here is the
opportunity for you to join one of the most happy and successful schools in
United Learning and to be part of the incredible journey that The Elms Academy
has been on.
Additional information: For an informal discussion about the role please e-mail Cristina Popa at cpopa@theelmsacademy.org.uk
It is important that all applicants complete the full application process.
Safeguarding
info:
The Elms Academy are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure
and Barring Service check is required for all successful applicants
What the school offers its staff
The Academy has cultivated a friendly and welcoming environment for all its staff, with a strong collaborative culture that has community at its heart. Our teachers feel empowered, supported and are provided with the highest-quality professional development and effective performance management. We pride ourselves on ensuring that every member of staff is supported to be the best they can in the classroom and to achieve their career aspirations. That helps us to build our own talent pipeline. We have made staff wellbeing a priority by promoting good physical and mental health and listening to the feedback from all staff.
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 The Elms Academy
- School type
- Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 754 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Elms Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- cpopa@theelmsacademy.org.uk
School: The Hurlingham Academy
About The Hurlingham Academy: The Hurlingham Academy is a very special community. The school was officially recognised as outstanding in March 2023 and inspectors saw that ‘pupils behave exceptionally well and achieve highly.’ In 2022, our GCSE results were ranked the highest in United Learning Academies, the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and the school was ranked ninth in the country for progress. A tremendous 93% of students achieved a grade 4 or above in both English and maths, with 88% achieving grade 5 or above in the two subjects. At the higher levels, nearly half (48%) of all students achieved a grade 7 or above in English and maths.
These tremendous results are due to the unique culture and community that has developed at The Hurlingham Academy. The highest expectations of students and real academic rigour are combined with a strong focus on developing the whole child and embedding a culture in which every single child matters, and must be supported to achieve their full potential. 42% of our students are pupil premium (nearly twice the national average) and so we are working to help some of the UK's most economically needy students achieve the best GCSE results possible and thus change lives. All staff at the academy are driven by a strong mission to provide educational excellence to students with the least privilege.
Our results show that The Hurlingham Academy is a place where students from all backgrounds thrive academically and socially in an atmosphere of mutual respect, tolerance and diversity. Our academic approach is for every student in every lesson to enjoy their learning. We strive to ensure that our teaching standards are exceptionally high, and that children feel safe and supported in school. Lessons follow a knowledge-rich and academically rigorous curriculum, and we place a significant emphasis on teachers inspiring their students to love their subject through strong personal subject knowledge and a passion for their subject.
The Hurlingham Academy is a close-knit and diverse community that learns together, has fun together and continues on our journey towards all-around excellence for each individual student year after year. The Academy has cultivated a friendly and welcoming environment for all its staff, with a strong collaborative culture that has community at its heart. Our staff feel empowered, supported and are provided with the highest-quality professional development. We pride ourselves on ensuring that every member of staff is supported to be the best they can in the classroom and to achieve their career aspirations. Here is the opportunity for you to join one of the most happy and successful schools in United Learning and to be part of the incredible journey that The Hurlingham Academy has been on.
As part of United Learning, some of the benefits of working at The Hurlingham Academy are enhanced rates of pay, additional planning days, shared curriculum resources, access to subject advisers and networks, 20% PPA time across an average working week, enhanced parental leave, wellbeing support, access to free and confidential counselling support, excellent CPD offer and career progression opportunities within school clusters.
The Hurlingham Academy is a mixed secondary academy based in Fulham, West London, located just 10 minutes from Parsons Green tube station; adjunct to South Park and within a stone’s throw of the River Thames.
Closing date: noon, 24th May 2024
Safeguarding info: The Hurlingham Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for all successful applicants
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