Learning Support Assistant
Christ's School
Richmond upon Thames
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- Salary:
- NJC range 7 to 10/£18,276 (actual) - FTE £27,855 to £29,139
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- September 2024 or asap
- Apply by:
- 2 September 2024
Job overview
39 weeks a year • 8.30am - 3pm
Two posts - Maternity Cover plus another
Are you passionate about learning?
Do you love working with young people?
Are you a team player with good interpersonal skills?
Christ's School is located near to Richmond Park and is a truly inclusive and comprehensive Anglican school which provides for students of every faith and every background and has attained an excellent reputation within the local community. Its strong Christian ethos permeates all aspects of the school's work and this has had a marked impact in securing excellent outcomes in each student's personal development, based on good relationships at all levels.
We are looking for a committed person who enjoys working with young people, to join our small, over-subscribed school on the edge of Richmond Park in South West London.
The role of Learning Support Assistant is to support students with Special Educational Needs. The students will be supported mainly in the classroom with a small amount of individual or small group withdrawal work.
Applicants should have a good level of education and should be able to help students in a wide variety of subjects. Experience of supporting young people would be an advantage, but not essential, as full training and support will be provided.
Please email your completed application form and covering letter outlining how you meet the criteria detailed in the application pack, to Julia Ralph, H.R. Manager at: hr@christs.school
Closing date: 9am, Monday 2 September 2024 with interviews to follow thereafter.
Christ’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will undergo appropriate child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About Christ's School
Christ’s is an oversubscribed, Church of England comprehensive school and sixth form situated in the heart of Richmond, on an enviable site adjacent to Richmond Park, in South West London.
At Christ’s School we are committed to the pursuit of excellence in all that we do. This enables us to combine our expectations for our students’ outstanding academic achievement with an emphasis on their personal growth as well-rounded individuals. Our aim is for students to become confident, successful, responsible young people, who love learning, have a desire to lead and to serve, and are ambitious for their own futures.
Christ’s School offers a fantastic learning environment. All our departments benefit from large, well-equipped specialist classrooms and all of our school community benefits from our ICT suite, drama and dance spaces and science laboratories within our fantastic sixth form building.
Our students, and the wider community, also enjoy a very comprehensive range of sports facilities, including a full size sports hall, outdoor tennis, basketball and netball courts, a full size football and rugby pitch, a dance studio as well as an outdoor athletics track and working in conjunction with Richmond Cricket Club we have a cricket wicket, outfield and batting nets.
Whether it is by competing in the finals of the National Basketball Championships, visiting the Houses of Parliament, performing at the Carnegie Hall in New York or an action-packed language trip to France, we offer students a wide-range of learning opportunities. Academic, social, musciacl and sports clubs run every day before and after school catering for all age groups and interests.
As an inclusive Church of England school, we welcome students and staff of all faiths. Our learning environment is inspirational, supportive and happy, and based on the Christian values of Love, Justice and Peace. . ‘The headteacher provides strong, purposeful leadership founded on Christian values, and she is well supported by her staff. These values permeate every aspect of school life. Staff are proud to work at the school, and praise the school’s leadership.’’ Ofsted, 2021.
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