Student Support Assistant
Southfield School for Girls, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6HEThis job expired on 31 January 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
31 January 2023 at 9am
Date listed
18 January 2023
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Perm
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Orbis Scale Points 10 – 14 £20,522 - £22,653. Actual pro-rata salary £18,861 - £20,820
What skills and experience we're looking for
We have an exciting opportunity for a Student Support Assistant to join a friendly and supportive pastoral team based at Southfield School. We require a proactive individual to support and address the needs of students who require particular help to overcome barriers to learning including behaviour and attendance.
What the school offers its staff
Do you want to join a vibrant, forward-thinking school that places significant value on professional learning and career development? Southfield is an exceptional girls’ school with a mixed Sixth Form. With very strong outcomes that sustained over recent years, this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of our ongoing journey of expansion and development. Our new Sixth Form building has recently opened with state of the art facilities, including a lecture theatre, bespoke coffee shop and a dedicated Professional Learning space for our staff.
Ethical leadership is at the core of all decision making at Southfield. As such, staff are valued, treated with respect and afforded a diverse range of opportunities that come with professional trust. We place significant emphasis on working collegiately as a staff to share our expertise and subsequently enhance the learning experience with our students.
Staff wellbeing is important to us, and we offer a range of benefits to support our employees including:
- Westfield Health Plan
- Discounts at retailers and holiday companies
- Free Parking
- Onsite gym
- Flexible working opportunities.
- Staff Wellbeing Day
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Professional Development
Further details about the role
The successful candidate would ideally have experience working with children, be an excellent communicator with strong safeguarding knowledge who will maintain confidentiality at all times whilst working to achieve the best possible outcomes and wellbeing for our students.
Further details including a full job description are available on our website www.southfieldsch.co.uk To apply for this post, please complete an application form and submit this along with a covering letter on not more than one side of A4.
Commitment to safeguarding
Southfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This means that we have a Child Protection Policy and procedures in place which we refer to in our prospectus. All staff (including supply staff, volunteers and governors) must ensure that they are aware of these procedures. Parents and carers are welcome to read the policy and other related policies to be found in the statutory information section.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Southfield School for Girls
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1186 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Southfield School for Girls website
- Email address
- recruitment@southfieldsch.co.uk
Southfield School for Girls is a high performing girls school that admits boys to the sixth form.
Consistently in the top 5% in the country for Progress 8 scores we offer a rounded education where the 'whole' student is a top priority and academic excellence is matched by high quality pastoral care and excellent opportunities for every student to be outstanding both in and out of school.
A licensed DofE provider - we live what we teach.
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