Fixed term contract until 31 August 2025, subject to external funding linked to your allocated student.
Term Time Only
Part time - 19.5 Hours per week
TPLTSS3 £10,593 - £10,770 (actual salary)
Plus various Company Benefits
The Priory Learning Trust (Somerset Business Award winner for Employer of the Year) is looking to recruit a Learning Support Assistant at East Huntspill Primary Academy– near Highbridge.
This is a non-teaching role focused on supporting pupils in the classroom. This will involve building strong supportive relationships with the pupils, working closely with the class teacher, assisting in planning and adapting learning activities, leading small group activities. We are a small, friendly village school dedicated to improving outcomes for all children and providing first-class pastoral and educational support for all, including those that find traditional teaching environments more challenging. We are looking for an experienced, empathetic, compassionate and motivated member of staff who is passionate about improving outcomes for children and equal opportunities for all.
As part of this role, you will:
- Support children in their personal development and progress through school by providing encouragement, rewards, advice and guidance, induction.
- Help develop positive learning behaviours, working collaboratively with the class teacher.
- Support children to be successful in our school and beyond
What you will need to succeed:
- Experience of working in a school or a similar environment.
- Ability to adhere to working procedures and policies within the school environment.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Good ICT skills.
- Patient, flexible and adaptable, meticulous and conscientious.
- Ability to manage your own time effectively.
We are a flexible employer and will do our best to accommodate all types of working, so please do apply. We are an employer who takes staff workload seriously. We work together as one team to support each other, with the added benefit of being a part of a large Trust in the local area with opportunities that reflect this. We will consider job share and flexible working requests.
About The Priory Learning Trust:
TPLT grew from an intent to bring the power of partnership and sharing to bear and provide a first-class education to a wide range of children, from all backgrounds.
At our heart is a passion to put ‘Students First’ and deliver exceptional education; beyond outstanding for every single child. We do this with a relentless drive for academic excellence, shared moral purpose and values combined with lots of fun and happiness. We believe that happy schools are also high-achieving, successful schools.
We strive for partnerships between students, families, staff and the wider community to create exceptional student outcomes. We also ‘cherish’ our staff. We believe they are amazing and are passionate to empower them through support, training, and career opportunities. With such brilliant people all aiming for the same goals, we are able to ensure every student achieves all that they are capable of and more, regardless of their background.
TPLT is also a successful Training School Alliance. This has been a great foundation on which to build for excellence. We know that this key focus on staff development will deliver exciting and effective learning to our children and young people.
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early.
The Priory Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All paid positions which involve working regularly within academies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You must declare all convictions (including convictions with Absolute Discharge), cautions or bind-overs you may have, even if they would otherwise be regarded as ‘Spent’ under this Act and where applicable any disqualifications under the Childcare Act.
The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service filtering guide.
This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity.
Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, online searches and Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.
Please see the following links to our Safeguarding and Child Protection policy and Recruitment and Selection policy.
Closing Date: 16 May 2024
Proposed Interview Date: 22 May 2024
Proposed Start Date: 01 September 2024