Job Description

We are looking to appoint Learning Support Assistant to work at Silver End Academy.

This position is for 15 hours per week, term time only. Working pattern Monday - Friday 8.45am - 12.00pm, this includes a 15-minute unpaid morning break. Scale 3 point 5, actual starting salary £8,652 per annum. This position is initially fixed term for the Academic year linked to funding, however there is a possibility of extension.

Applicants should have experience working with children in a school environment. It is essential that you hold GCSEs (grades A-C) in both Maths and English, or hold equivalent qualifications in this area.

Successful applicants will join our friendly, caring and highly competent team of learning support staff.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the following:

• Enthusiasm to work with children with a variety of different personalities and skill levels.
• Able to engage well with pupils.
• Able to work under your own initiative.
• Smartly presented and with excellent time management skills.

We offer a supportive and enjoyable working environment with a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children.

'Grow, shine, succeed

At Silver End Academy we all share a common vision for every child and their individual needs. We provide a welcoming environment where children are accepting of others, develop positive relationships and see the school as part of an expanding, wider community, and ultimately, a bigger world.

As a school we value the relationship we have with parents and the wider community and feel that building strong links helps us to achieve our mission together.

We welcome and encourage visits to Silver End Academy are encouraged, please contact the school office on 01376 583353 to arrange an appointment.

Inspires MAT 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 difference backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
• 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.

The appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, medical clearance and satisfactory references.