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Support for Learning Assistant

The Mirfield Free Grammar, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, WF14 9EZ

This job expired on 19 March 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  Immediately

• Closing date

  19 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,654.00 - £18,510.00 Annually (Actual) 31 hours per week, term time only.

Support for Learning Assistant job summary

The Mirfield Free Grammar
Support for Learning Assistant
Temporary Contract, 31 hours per week
Term time only
To start – Immediately
Salary – Scale 5 scale points 5-8

£17,654 - £18,510 per annum (FTE £24,790 - £25,992)

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and inspiring Support for Learning Assistant to work within the Learning Support Department at The Mirfield Free Grammar.

Staff within the Learning Support Department work with students, parents and colleagues across the school, ensuring that all young people at The Mirfield Free Grammar have the best learning environment, allowing them to accelerate their learning and develop to their fullest potential.

As a Support for Learning Assistant, you will be predominately working with the students which have an Education Health and Care Plan, supporting students with a range of additional needs such as Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD and Autism. You will play an essential role in ensuring that the provisions and strategies needed to help these students achieve key life outcomes are implemented.

The successful candidate will be expected to offer support that is student-centred and flexible to meet each students’ individual needs. You will be an instrumental person to the lives of the young people which you work with providing in-class support, group work and bespoke interventions.

You will be working with a team whose mission is to embed our values in everything we do.
If you are passionate and enthusiastic about helping children and can work with us to nurture their aspirations and dreams; enabling them to be the best they can be, then we would love to hear from you.

If you wish to apply for the position please go to our Trust site vacancy page at https://greatheightstrust.org.uk/employment-opportunities/ and click on the Apply Now option on the advert for HR Advisor at Great Heights Academy Trust.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date – Wednesday 19th March 2025, 9.00am

Interviews – TBC

Great Heights Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought, and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, an online search, and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.

GDPR Disclaimer: Please note and appreciate that whilst we review all CV’s and applications, due to the high volume that we receive on a regular basis, we can only respond to candidates that have been successful with their application. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within 14 working days of your application, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. In line with the General Data Protection Regulations (May 2018) (replacing the Data Protection Act 1998) we will permanently delete information for all unsuccessful applications, and we will not keep candidate information on file for future vacancies at this stage of our process.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Parents can feel confident that careful procedures are in place to ensure that all staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children within the Academy. Consistent and effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children and staff. The Academy encourages parents and children to talk freely about any concerns or worries which may affect their wellbeing. All concerns are referred to the members of staff who are our trained designated Safeguarding Officers working as the school's Safeguarding Team.

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About The Mirfield Free Grammar

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1323 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Mirfield Free Grammar website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-mirfield-free-grammar

Founded in 1667 The Mirfield Free Grammar has a long-established tradition of success and promotes values such as respect, integrity, teamwork and aspiration.

The MFG is a vibrant learning environment; everything we do, every decision we make is focused on the students and how we can inspire them to achieve the very best for themselves both academically and personally.

With excellent commuter links, we are situated just 10 minutes away from the M62 and 20 minutes from the M1.

In February 2020, Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' in all four categories, reflecting the rapid improvements made over the past year across the school.

"Pupils are clear about what is expected of them. They have positive attitudes to learning and work hard.”

"Good progress is being made in increasing numbers in coming years."

"A better curriculum has led to effective learning. Behaviour in class has improved considerably. Staff have high expectations for all pupils."

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