LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT 

JOB TITLE:  Learning Support Assistant 

BASED AT:  Samuel Whitbread Academy

SALARY/GRADE RANGE:   NJC Scale 2A Points 3-4 pro rata (FTE £22,737 - £23,114 - actual £16,052 - £16,318)

RESPONSIBLE TO: Head of ASC Provision & Learning Support / SENCO

HOURS:  30.00 hours per week, term-time only including 5 pro rata designated staff training days.  Fixed term contract linked to visually impaired named child

The Bedfordshire Schools Trust (BEST) is a multi-academy trust providing exceptional education across our community of 10 schools and five nurseries. Since forming in 2016, we have grown significantly into one of the largest single employers in Central Bedfordshire. We now educate more than 5,000 children across the area, from nursery age to advanced level study.  It is our aim to grow the BEST in everyone, and everything we do is driven by our values, but our aims can only be achieved if we recruit, retain and develop the highest quality workforce – and we want those we employ to be valued in the workplace.  The first five years of BEST has been a real success story – and we are looking forward to an exciting future, too.

Do you enjoy supporting young people to achieve? Are you enthusiastic, proactive and positive about education? If so, Samuel Whitbread Academy is looking to appoint a candidate to work with a visually impaired pupil, although you may be required to work with other pupils as well.  You will join a large, welcoming team, who are integral members of our school community.

You will have the ability to coordinate with Teachers regarding work and learning materials that may need to be converted into Braille. Ideally, you will  be able to read/write in Braille, or a willingness to learn this skill.

We expect our Learning Support Assistants to have excellent communication skills and be confident in a classroom setting. The successful candidate will have Grade 4/C or above in Maths and English at GCSE level.  Personality, charisma and resilience are more important than experience in a school but we do also love experience!

We encourage applications from all communities as we want to have a workforce that reflects the social, cultural and ethnic diversity of our students.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

This role will involve working closely with the pupils at Samuel Whitbread Academy and you will be engaging in regulated activity with children.

CLOSING DATE: Midnight, Sunday 30th June 2024

INTERVIEW DATE: w/c Monday 1st July 2024

For general enquiries about this role, please contact Elle Rees-Rinaldi on 01462 628021 or erees-rinaldi@bestacademies.org.uk

Information about Samuel Whitbread Academy can be found on the school website https://www.samuelwhitbread.org.uk/  

Applications may be made online via the MyNewTerm website, If you would prefer a Word Application Form, one may be obtained by directly emailing Samuel Whitbread Academy via the contact details provided below. 

We are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children's welfare and offers of employment are subject to DBS clearance and two satisfactory references.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Strictly no agencies.