1:1 LSA - St Mary & All Saints CE Primary School

Overview

The Governors and Headteacher of this successful and popular school are seeking to appoint an excellent and caring Learning Support Assistant to support an indvidual with additional needs in Lower Key Stage 2.

Start date: September 2023

Job Salary: 1B Scale 7-10 (pro rata) depending upon experience

Contract Type: Fixed Term for one year (in the first instance)

Hours: Full time- 5 full school days (8:45am - 3:30pm) Start date - September 2023

Closing date for applications: 16th June 2023 @ 12:00 Noon

About us

We are a forward thinking and oversubscribed Church of England Primary School in Beaconsfield. Our friendly and supportive staff provide a stimulating and challenging learning environment that inspires our children to achieve high standards and become lifelong learners. The school is also an Initial Teacher Training School working in partnership with the Astra SCITT.

The school offers a high standard of resources and technology throughout the school. We are looking for a talented individual who shares our vision and ethos to enable all children to achieve their very best.

Please see our school website for further information about our School www.stmaryallsaints.co.uk

About the role

Our school is looking to appoint a 1:1 Learning Support Assistant to support an individual pupil's learning in the classroom with a starting date asap.

The position is full time, 5 days per week during term time (8:45am - 3:30pm) and includes a lunchtime supervision.

An ability and willingness to teach small groups of students and to support their English and Mathematics skills and individual development is essential.

About you

We are looking for a caring and patient individual who is positive and proactive to join our supportive team. Somebody who is prepared to take the time to get to know a child and really understand their strengths and areas for development. Somebody who is creative and can adapt resources to suit an individual child's needs.

We wish to employ an inspiring, thoughtful individual who is both creative and passionate about learning. An individual who is able to use their initiative and who enjoys working collaboratively as a team. A good level of English and Maths Skills is essential.

Experience working with children with additional needs would be beneficial but is not essential.

We welcome applications from experienced candidates and from individuals who are looking to begin their career within an educational setting.

Other information

Please e-mail your application form to jbarnett@stmaryallsaints.co.uk

Only applications submitted on the County’s application forms will be considered. Please contact the school for application forms and further information.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

St Mary & All Saints is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our pupils. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment, this will be reflected in the interview process. All suuccessful applicants will be required to undertake a DBS check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.