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Vacancy Position
Learning Support Assistant
Location: Friars Primary School & Nursery, Constable Way, Shoeburyness, Essex SS3 9XX
Salary: Salary Range: Level 4, Points 4 to 7 £25,185 to £26,403 pro rata (£18,752 - £19,659 per year actual salary)
Hours of work: Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 3.30pm (with 30 mins unpaid lunch break), totalling 32 hours and 30 minutes a week, term time only.
About the Role
Come and join the lively and dedicated team at our popular school. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic LSA with experience of working with children in a school setting - ideally as an LSA. We offer an extremely supportive community and a full range of professional development opportunities. Our children deserve the best, so if you are passionate about supporting our staff and children with our high expectations then we would love to hear from you.
The successful candidate will need to:
· be passionate about learning
· possessschool-based experienceof working with children
·be passionate and keen to work with children
·excite and inspire our children
·promote high standards and challenge
·work as a flexible member of a team
·display energy, imagination and initiative
·manage the physical demands of a busy role working with active children
·keen to work with children with special educational needs
As part of Portico Academy Trust, Friars Primary School can offer you:
·A friendly and supportive atmosphere where everyone is valued and everyone matters
·A nurturing environment with wonderful children who want to learn
·High quality professional development
·Opportunities for cross phase work
·Support and collaboration across our Trust
·A well-resourced school
Visits to the school are welcomed and strongly encouraged. If you would like to learn more about Friars, please contact our school office who will book a time for you to come and see us. Tours of the school will be with a member of our Senior Leadership Team.We are a very inclusive school and pride ourselves in treating every child and family as individuals. We encourage all our children to achieve their best and grow into thoughtful, kind and considerate members of the school community and society as a whole. We take great pride in sharing our school's many achievements and special awards to advance our skills and support others too.
For further details, please contact HR by sending us a message through MyNewTerm or on 01702 987890 orrecruitment@porticoacademytrust.co.uk
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and shortlisted candidates should be aware that the school will consider carrying out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.
Information about the School
Friars Primary School is part of Portico Academy Trust.
Portico Academy Trust aspires to be at the heart of the local communities it serves. We aim to deliver to local families an excellent primary education and create new opportunities for our pupils.
Set in the heart of the community, Friars Primary School offers a welcoming environment that provides a rich curriculum, where children can enjoy learning and where achievement in all aspects of life is celebrated.