Job Description

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; developing 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.

Our school is one that has been on an exciting journey of development. Formed from previous separate infant and junior schools in 2021, our newly formed primary school serves the community of New Town and beyond, and is committed to be inclusive of all.

Many of our classrooms are newly refurbished and are 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. In the last available value added benchmarks we were one of the highest rated schools in the locality.

We know that success is drawn from professional cooperation and partnership. We are therefore trustees of the Child First Trust, participants in Partners in Excellence (PiXL) and active members of a local schools’ partnership, newly launched in April this year. These networks enable teachers and leaders to learn from each other, and provide mutual support across schools. We encourage our teachers to develop themselves further through national qualifications, and give them a real and meaningful voice in the advancement of our practice and curriculum offer. Professionally, it is a great place to be.

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