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Learning Support Assistants for Vulnerable Students
We are seeking professional and inspiring Learning Assistants to join our ambitious team. These colleagues will support children with their learning and social development, particularly those who find the mainstream environment challenging.
The successful candidates will demonstrate:
• A passion for helping children to achieve
• Effective team working skills
• Creativity and confidence in remodelling the curriculum for individual pupils
• An effective pro-social approach to behaviour management
• Patience, resilience and a positive outlook
• Engaging relationships and commitment to developing the whole child
• The ability to support vulnerable learners both in and out of the classroom environment
The school will offer:
• A community committed to the effective inclusion of vulnerable children
• A team of skilled practitioners with whom to develop approaches
• Support, and the resources required to be successful
• Rewarding young people who appreciate the support they receive
NPS Point 3 to 5 approximately £9.36-£9.74 per hour
Five days a week, term time
30.4 hours per week
For details contact Amanda Leung on 01206 506800
aleung@st-georgesnewtown-jun.essex.sch.uk
Closing date 12 noon on Thursday 9th July 2020
Starting September 1st 2020
All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS
The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Information about the School
We are passionate about our school. Why? … you ask.
It’s simple really. St. George’s School is at the heart our community. It is a well-established school with a sense of pride, community spirit and values.
It is also a school which is proud to be pushing forward; trying to develop increasingly effective teaching and learning strategies that support all of our children … a truly inclusive place to be.
We are focused on improving many aspects of school life. We promote a love of reading for all children, grow skilled writers and mathematicians and support children effectively in both their learning and well-being. We aim to provide an engaging curriculum for all our young learners through interest, breadth and depth, and offer excellent facilities, including state-of-the-art ICT resourcing.
Our curriculum drivers of Confidence, Aspiration, Resilience and Experience help prepare children to learn for life.
In recent years we have completed a new capital building programme which includes new classrooms, a new staff area, improved SEN areas and new libraries. Many of our classrooms are newly refurbished … lovely places to teach and learn! With capacity for 680 children, including our own nursery, we are one of the largest primary settings in the area, and provide a true team ethos in which to grow professionally.
However, we still have much to do and believe that by working in partnership to achieve a common purpose we can continue to provide a school that is at the cutting edge of educational practice. We are graded 'Good' by Ofsted (2023) and are an Inclusion Quality Mark Centre of Excellence. We have one of the highest value added progress ratings in the area.
So, as you can see, we really are passionate about our school and recognise that through enabling inspirational teaching, learning and leadership, we will set the school well on the way to improving further still.
The Headteacher and Governing Body