Learning Support Assistant

The Langley Academy, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 7EF

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  May 2024

• Closing date

  17 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 23451.00 - 25304.00

Learning Support Assistant job summary

We are seeking to appoint ambitious and highly effective Learning Support Assistants to join our strong support team here at The Langley Academy with an outstanding ethos where staff are supported to become the best. Training will be given and no previous experience is necessary. We are looking for colleagues to start asap

Our students benefit from a wealth of opportunities to develop, learn, and lead. This can be from the classroom to cultural visits, sports, music, and arts. The education and experiences equip our young people with the leadership skills, team spirit, resilience, and confidence to become outstanding citizens. 

 You should have enthusiasm for education and the desire to make a real difference, an excellent command of English, good interpersonal skills as well as energy and commitment.

 Beyond the department, here is a flavour of what life is like at The Langley Academy:

• Pupils demonstrate positive attitudes to learning in lessons and achieve well in many subjects. Students report that it is easy to be yourself within this inclusive culture with high levels of respect for diversity.’ Ofsted, 2023
• Strong, supportive leadership team – mentoring and 1-1 coaching from leaders across the Trust
• Part of the Arbib Education Trust providing access to unique resources and pioneering museum learning, including on-site museum exhibitions

  What we offer:

• Work-life balance – innovative approach to providing flexibility around how you work, as well as social activities, early finish Fridays and a Trust Day offered in term time
• Enhanced funding for personal development – to support our learning culture with mentoring and 1:1 coaching
• Staff Discounts – including staff discounts from Vivup Benefits and access to private healthcare
• Healthy body and mind – free on-site gym, cycle to work tax free scheme, free annual flu jab, professional counselling, and wellbeing resources
• On site parking facilities and transport links

 You don’t need to just take our word for it, watch our video to hear why our colleagues love working here.

 For an informal chat or to arrange a school visit, contact our HR Manager, Rashida Adamjee on rashida.adamjee@langleyacademy.org

The Trust reserves the right to appoint ahead of the deadline.

Commitment to safeguarding

We have a strong culture of safeguarding where it is in our DNA, where we ALWAYS, without hesitation, act in the best interests of the children and students in our care. This is underpinned by high quality practice and policy.

Please follow the link on our website for wider safeguarding information:- https://www.langleyacademy.org - Safeguarding

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About The Langley Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1154 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Langley Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-langley-academy (opens in new tab)

The Langley Academy is a popular, oversubscribed, forward-thinking school offering a broad and rich curriculum.  Providing the backdrop to our success are the state-of-the-art facilities, including our museum learning school, fully equipped theatre, extensive sports facilities and our science pods designed to deliver outstanding practical science.

Our vision

To provide an exceptional education for every child in the Trust through high aspirations, the belief that anything is possible, and the pioneering use of museum learning encouraging curiosity, exploration and discovery.

Here at the Langley Academy, there is no ceiling to achievement. Anything is possible!

Our ethos

‘One community. Many ideas. Everyone’s Future’

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