Student Support Assistant - Personal and Physical

Old Buckenham High School, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17 1RL

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  19 June 2023 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 April 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support, cover supervisor or tutor
• Working pattern:
  • Part time - 30 hours, 50 minutes per week
• Contract type: Fixed term - The post is student specific funded and will cease when the student leaves the school or no longer requires this level of support
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,575 per annum
• Actual salary: £16,956 to £17,259 per annum
• Pay scale: Support Staff Scale Point 5

What skills and experience we're looking for

Applicants will help prepare a specific pupil to get them ready for learning and provide general support to the rest of the class when in lessons. The successful candidate will be expected to support the physical/general welfare and personal care needs for a specific student. Applicants will need a good basic education, good communication skills and an interest in working with young people.

What the school offers its staff

Old Buckenham High School is a small/medium-sized high school set in the heart of the beautiful Norfolk countryside. We currently have around 500 students aged between 11 and 16 years with an average of 24 students in each classroom and we are committed to ensuring that we provide all our students with an inspiring and challenging learning experience based around excellent teaching, traditional student standards and values as well as high quality pastoral care, guidance and support. Our school is firmly built upon a strong and positive community ethos of mutual respect and high standards for all. The school will use the curriculum, pastoral support programme, wider life of the school and local and wider community to comprehensively and positively promote the key fundamental British values. It is our intent to have high success rates in terms of academic achievement, we are efficient in delivery and cost effective providing diverse and rich experiences that develop students academically, socially and culturally to ensure they are fit for the 21st Century, responding to the local, regional, national and global challenges. Our strong leadership team and continuous improvement approach was recognised by Ofsted in our last inspection where we were rated as ‘Good’ in all aspects.

Further details about the role

Applications considered on receipt.

Interview date to be confirmed.

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Recruitment Information Sheet 2023.pdf - 123 KB (opens in new tab)

JD SSA Personal and Physical.pdf - 148 KB (opens in new tab)

About Old Buckenham High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 500 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Old Buckenham High School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: B.Brabbins@setrust.co.uk
• Phone number: 01953609012
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/old-buckenham-high-school (opens in new tab)

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