Support for Learning Assistant
The Mirfield Free Grammar & Mirfield College
Kirklees
- New
- Salary:
- £16,735 (FTE £23,500)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Temporary
- Start date:
- Immediately
- Apply by:
- 20 November 2024
Job overview
The Mirfield Free Grammar
Support for Learning Assistant
Temporary Contract, 31 hours per week
Term time only
To start – Immediately
Salary - £16,735 per annum (FTE £23,500)
We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and inspiring Support for Learning Assistant to work within the Learning Support Department at The Mirfield Free Grammar.
Staff within the Learning Support Department work with students, parents and colleagues across the school, ensuring that all young people at The Mirfield Free Grammar have the best learning environment, allowing them to accelerate their learning and develop to their fullest potential.
As a Support for Learning Assistant you will be predominately working with the students which have an Education Health and Care Plan, supporting students with a range of additional needs such as Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD and Autism. You will play an essential role in ensuring that the provisions and strategies needed to help these students achieve key life outcomes are implemented.
The successful candidate will be expected to offer support that is student-centred and flexible to meet each students’ individual needs. You will be an instrumental person to the lives of the young people which you work with providing in-class support, group work and bespoke interventions.
You will be working with a team whose mission is to embed our values in everything we do.
If you are passionate and enthusiastic about helping children and can work with us to nurture their aspirations and dreams; enabling them to be the best they can be, then we would love to hear from you.
If you are interested in this role please complete our application form, as a Word Document and return to Hayley Drummond, Recruitment Officer at h.drummond@greatheightstrust.org.uk
We look forward to hearing from you.
Closing date – Wednesday 20th November 9am
Interviews - TBC
Great Heights Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought, and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, an online search, and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.
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About The Mirfield Free Grammar & Mirfield College
- The Mirfield Free Grammar & Mirfield College
- Kitson Hill Road, Mirfield
- West Yorkshire
- WF14 9EZ
- United Kingdom
Founded in 1667 The Mirfield Free Grammar and Mirfield College has a long established tradition of success and promotes values such as respect, honesty, integrity, morality and courtesy. We strive for excellence in everything we do. The MFG is a vibrant learning environment; everything we do, every decision we make is focused on the students and how we can inspire them to achieve the very best for themselves academically and personally.
We work hard to maintain a happy and well-run Academy, where students feel confident to thrive and develop. We strive to make our Academy a place of sound, stimulating and appropriate learning, where every student can achieve his/her potential. We create a caring community where great emphasis is placed upon good relationships and partnerships to encourage respect, understanding, co-operation and collaboration.
The Mirfield Free Grammar has an inspirational, positive, caring and welcoming environment, where all students can achieve their full academic, personal, spiritual and social potential.
Everyone at The Mirfield Free Grammar strives to ‘achieve excellence together’ and this vision is embedded in ‘THE MFG Character’ across our school community, alongside Quality First Teaching.
We endeavour to create well-rounded, happy and confident young people who are able to contribute positively within the community. We believe that by developing ‘THE MFG Character’ of Tenacity, Health, Equity, Morality, Flourish and Generosity in all our students it will enable us to achieve this.
Our staff lead by example and work hard to ensure that our young people feel happy, valued and secure, but equally they endeavour to enthuse them with a sense of aspiration, optimism and ambition. Work ethic is important and so is attitude. We encourage a ‘can do’ attitude in relation to both work and play, and our expectations are extremely high.
Local Information
Mirfield is a small West Yorkshire town and lies on the A644 between Dewsbury & Huddersfield. Surrounded by rolling hills and fields there are many lovely views in Mirfield, one of the nicest being from the staff room window! Mirfield has a wealth of historical figures associated with it such as Robin Hood, the Luddites and the Bronte’s. More recently, it has produced such fine actors as Patrick Stewart who is also a patron of the school. Situated very close to the M62, M1 and the A1, Mirfield is within very easy access of most of the North particularly Manchester, Liverpool, York, Sheffield and Hull. There is a lot of beautiful countryside to explore and for those who prefer the city life, Mirfield is easily commutable from the vibrant and exciting Leeds city centre.
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