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Student Support Assistant

The Priory Ruskin Academy, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 8ED

This job expired on 21 April 2024 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  21 April 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  28 March 2024

Job details

• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 32.5 hours per week, fewer hours may be considered. 39 weeks per year.
• Contract type: Fixed term - Linked to SEND Funding
• Pay scale: PPS4

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Priory Ruskin Academy is looking for a passionate and enthusiastic individual to join our team and contribute towards the opportunities and experience of our students.

Student Support Assistants play a vital role in ensuring all of our students can effectively access the curriculum both in and outside the classroom. This vacancy would suit an enthusiastic individual who is passionate about working with students with special needs, supporting them to develop from both an academic and social perspective.

Applicants should be computer literate and have worked with MS Word, Outlook and Excel. GCSE English and Maths grade A-C, or equivalent, are essential. Previous experience of having worked with students with special needs would be desirable. This is a temporary contract, however there is no end date to the contract whilst SEND funding is in place.

What the school offers its staff

The Priory Ruskin Academy is a member of The Priory Federation of Academies Trust, an established and supportive MAT. Our scale allows both flexibility and creativity in terms of career development, with permanent and secondment opportunities across our academies allowing exciting career pathways. We are determined in our mission to improve the life chances of our students and we are equally committed to the wellbeing and development of our staff. All our support staff benefit from annual appraisals, access to CPD opportunities, our Trust Employee Benefits Programme and excellent support from our HR team.

There is a unique energy at The Priory Ruskin Academy; we are forward thinking, aspirational and dynamic but with a genuine warmth and supportive culture. 

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About The Priory Ruskin Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1406 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Priory Ruskin Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: awilson@prioryacademies.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-priory-ruskin-academy (opens in new tab)

Our Academy offers a vibrant and stimulating learning environment where every young person is challenged to reach their full potential. Our students are proud of their Academy, where outstanding teachers and dedicated pastoral teams ensure high standards of academic success and a sense of personal responsibility.

Our curriculum is varied and inspiring, reflecting our traditional core values coupled with a modern outlook that celebrates the creativity of our specialisms in the Arts and Sport. Our extensive extra-curricular provision further nurtures students’ talents, providing a variety of educational, sporting and cultural opportunities. Such wide ranging academic and personal experiences are extended to our successful Sixth Form, from where the majority of our students will continue to university.

A Priory Ruskin student has high expectations for their future success and “Aims High and Shows Respect” in all aspects of school life. We respect our learning. We respect and foster our talents. We respect our school and wider community. It is our mission to ensure that each student appreciates the excitement of learning, the rewards of personal challenge and the importance of helping others in order to become a true citizen of the world.

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