Learning Support Assistant
The King Alfred School an Academy, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 3EEThis job expired on 16 April 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
22 May 2023
Closing date
16 April 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
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- 18 Hours per week
Contract type
- Maternity or parental leave cover - until 26 November 2023
Actual salary
- TPLTSS3 £8,937-£9,100 (gross, actual salary, pro rata per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidates will have:
- A good standard of education / three or more GCSEs including Maths and English at grade C or above or L2 Literacy and Numeracy
- Some experience of successfully supporting children of different ages
- To be creative and good at thinking ‘outside the box’
- An ability to adapt and respond to the needs of the children
- Good interpersonal skills to communicate with the class-teacher, teaching assistant and children
What the school offers its staff
What you will do:
- Working within a learning framework set by the classroom teacher(s), provide support for the individual and collective needs of pupils, which ensures that they have equality of access to opportunities to learn and develop.
- Acting as an integral part of the school staff team, and as such to make a contribution to the overall aims of the school, working within agreed policies and procedures.
- Promote pupil well-being by encouraging them to develop good relationships with others, develop their self-reliance and self-esteem, help them to adjust to new settings and to practice good standards of health and hygiene
Commitment to safeguarding
The Priory Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All paid positions which involve working regularly within academies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You must declare all convictions (including convictions with Absolute Discharge), cautions or bind-overs you may have, even if they would otherwise be regarded as ‘Spent’ under this Act and where applicable any disqualifications under the Childcare Act.
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About The King Alfred School an Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1354 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@theplt.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01934 529357
The King Alfred School – an academy and part of the Priory Learning Trust is a thriving 11-18 mixed comprehensive with 1217 students on roll serving the towns of Burnham on Sea and Highbridge.
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