School Support Assistant
Alfriston School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2TS11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
2 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
11 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,966.00 - £27,770.00 Annually (FTE) £23,996-£27,770 pro rata, actual salary dependant on hours worked
School Support Assistant job summary
Role: School Support Assistant
Location: Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Salary: Bucks Pay Range 1-2 ISN 6-15 (depending on experience) £23,996-£27,770 pro rata, actual salary dependant on hours.
Contract: Term-time only (39 weeks per year)
Hours: Part Time Hours Available
Are you caring, patient, and passionate about supporting children in education? Alfriston School, a specialist school for students aged 11-18 with Moderate Learning Difficulties (MLD), is looking for a School Support Assistant to join our dedicated team. At Alfriston, we take a creative and individualised approach to learning, focusing on wellbeing and skills for independence. Our goal is to ensure that every student is well-prepared for their future, helping them develop the confidence and abilities to succeed beyond school.
As a School Support Assistant, you will:
- Work across various subjects, supporting students in their learning
- Help create a positive and engaging classroom environment
- Assist students with their social, emotional, and academic development
- Work closely with teachers and staff to provide tailored support
- Encourage independence and confidence in all students
What We’re Looking For:
- A caring, patient, and enthusiastic approach
- A passion for ensuring children have a positive experience in education
- Experience as a Teaching Assistant / Support Assistant (desirable but not essential)
- Experience supporting children or adults with SEN (advantageous)
- A willingness to learn and develop new skills
Whether you have experience or are eager to start a new career supporting children with Moderate Learning Difficulties, we’d love to hear from you!
Commitment to safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children which will be reflected throughout recruitment. The selected candidate will be required to provide suitable references and undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before taking up the post.
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 Alfriston School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- School size
- 159 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Alfriston School website
Alfriston is an outstanding Special School with Academy status for girls aged 11-19 with moderate learning difficulties and speech and language and communication difficulties. We currently have 164 girls on roll. All the pupils have an Education Health Care Plan and are taught in small groups and with additional support. Our staff are specialist subject teachers and are experienced in working with a range of special needs and abilities.
Pupils attend Alfriston from all over Buckinghamshire and some neighbouring counties. We also have weekly boarding provision for 20 pupils.
We consider the staff team as our most valuable resource. Training and development is a high priority in the school. There is also personal support given to staff to manage the diverse and challenging work needed to support pupils with significant special needs. At present there are 70 staff employed at the school working in the teaching, support, residential and administrative teams. We are proud of the excellent standard of education provided at Alfriston.
WHY WORK FOR ALFRISTON SCHOOL?
Alfriston School is based in Beaconsfield. The school benefits from outstanding modern facilities, all of our classrooms are fully equipped with interactive screens and access to class sets of laptops or iPads. All teachers are provided with a laptop that is renewed every three years. The school enjoys a recently modernised performing arts and music facilities that include the use of a dance studio, sound/recording studio and performance space, along with our exceptional sports facilities that caters for a range of indoor and outdoor activities including mountain biking, trampolining, cycling, football and many others. The school also enjoys use of its spacious swimming pool designed by a bespoke architect, as part of an upgrade of the sports facilities at Alfriston, the architects developed a concertina-like roof structure that echoes the shape of the pitched roofs on other buildings in the area causing minimal sound reverberation which is beneficial for the use of our students with their Special Educational Needs.
Alfriston offers a wide and diverse range of professional development opportunities for staff, including the opportunity to train with Astra School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT), a local Ofsted-outstanding school-centred teacher training provider.
Alfriston School also offers staff:
• A friendly working environment
• Supportive and caring colleagues
• Excellent opportunities for professional development
• Onsite parking
• Transport links (Chiltern Line and close to the M40)
• Discount on hire of selected school facilities
• Close to local amenities
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