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27 hours per week term time only. (8.45am - 3.00pm Monday - Thursday, 8.45am - 2.30pm Friday)
Salary 3 (Actual salary, £11,674 - £11,908).
We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant to work within Connected Learning Multi Academy Trust, based at Templars Academy.
Applicants should have experience working with children in a school environment. It is essential that you have GCSEs (grades A-C) in both Maths and English, or hold equivalent qualifications in this area.
We are looking for someone who has previously worked with EYFS and KS1 pupils, you will be supporting the transition from Infant to Junior school, particularly working with SEN pupils.
Successful applicants will join our friendly, caring and highly competent team of learning support staff.
Visits are warmly welcomed. Please contact Michelle Smith, HR Manager at HR@connectedlearningmat.co.uk to arrange a visit to Powers Hall Academy.
Powers Hall Academy is a busy but friendly school, with lots going on.
Powers Hall Academy is a very vibrant, busy community where teaching and learning is exciting, enthusiastic and effective. The positive atmosphere within our school is much commented on by visitors and reflects our aims and ethos. At the heart of this is our passionate belief in Inclusion and the Every Child Matters agenda.
A particularly pleasing statement in our latest Ofsted report is 'Pupils feel safe. They know they can pass concerns on to adults in the school, either directly, or through a 'worry box'. They know adults take bullying seriously, and pupils do not consider bullying to be a concern at this school.'
The mission statement of Powers Hall Academy is 'Igniting Young Minds'
Our pupils are very active and passionate learners and their behaviour is exemplary. They are proud of who they are, what they achieve in all the different aspects of school life and are proud to celebrate their own and others' achievements.
Powers Hall Academy is part of the Connected Learning Multi-Academy Trust, a primary only multi-academy trust with 5 schools. Please see www.connnectedlearningmat.co.uk for further details.
Connected Learning Multi-Academy Trust are committed to:
- Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, of children and young people;
- Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
- Promoting the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs;
and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share this commitment. It is recognised that this can only be achieved through sound procedures, good inter-agency co-operation and the recruitment and retention of competent, motivated employees who are suited to, and fulfilled in the roles they undertake.
The appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, medical clearance and satisfactory references.