Learning Support Assistant

Salary:  H3 Pt 5 to H3 Pt 6 (£23,500 – £23,893 + fringe £988 pro-rata) 

Actual Salary: £17,628.91–£17,911.83 including fringe 31 Hours per week, Term Time only + 5 INSET days

Required for September 2024 

Rickmansworth School is judged to be an outstanding school (September 2023). We are an 11-18 heavily oversubscribed co-educational partially (35%) selective academy with around 1540 students on roll, increasing to around 1575 students over the next year. Academic results are strong at KS4 and KS5 with the vast majority of students securing their first choice university destinations.

The School is in a very strong, stable financial position with over £6M recently spent on school expansion including a new Sixth-form centre, performing arts theatres and an Innovation & Design Centre. The School is also supported extremely well by a fantastic PTA and Foundation. Our outstanding staff well-being programme includes access to our fitness suite and swimming pool, flu vaccinations, complimentary eye tests and a fortnightly wellbeing afternoon. Our students enjoy learning and are an absolute pleasure to teach. We believe every child deserves the best and we aim to achieve excellence in all aspects of school life. The School’s admissions criteria gives preference to staff members’ children

The Successful candidate will:

• Ideally have experience of working as an LSA or TA with SEND / disadvantaged students

• Have experience of or an interest in working with children with dyslexia and / or ADHD

• Be passionate and committed 

• Possess excellent interpersonal skills

• Have the ability to relate well to students, parents and other adults

We can offer you:

• Excellent CPD opportunities

• A school where students’ behaviour is exemplary

• A professional working environment where teamwork is highly valued

• A partially-selective school with a focus on academic achievement (Progress 8 in 2023 was +0.55)

• Admission criteria where preference is given to staffs’ children

• A school which invests heavily in the future with £6M recent school expansion and strong ongoing financial support from our Foundation and PTA

• A hugely talented and cohesive support staff

• An outstanding wellbeing programme 

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and are an equal opportunities employer.  Applicants must declare any criminal convictions and submit to a check with the Disclosing and Barring Service as the post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.  Further details can be obtained from the website www.rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk, by calling the School on 01923 773296 or by email to applications@rickmansworth.herts.sch.uk.

We are required for only shortlisted candidates  to conduct online searches about an applicant as part of our shortlisting process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance 2023  in order to identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online.  On signing the declaration on application  you will be agreeing to the acknowledgement that such searches will be conducted as part of the shortlisting process.

Deadline for applications: 08:00 Wednesday 10 July 2024

Interviews:                   ASAP

We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.