Learning Support Assistant

Learning Support Assistant

Salary: From £20,540.00 - £23,409.00 (actual salary)

Contract: Permanent - Term time only

Location: Salford

Closing date Monday 23rd September - 12 noon

The Vacancy

Do you want to be part of a transformational team at one of the most rapidly improving schools in Salford, with a drastic increase in Progress 8 and attainment scores over recent years? Would you like to join an Academy with an extremely positive staff survey response around Leadership support, alignment, vision and investment from staff as well as a Leadership Team who understand that work-life balance is important to getting the best outcomes for all?

Rated 'Good' in all areas by OFSTED (July 2023) the academy has a relentless focus on high standards in all that we do. Built on the values of ambition, respect and resilience we have a strong and growing reputation in our local community for very high expectations from our students in terms of behaviour and respect, whilst striving hard to be inclusive and ensure that the students are aspirational for their futures.

We are looking to recruit a Learning Support Assistant to support the integration of children with Special Educational Needs within mainstream school and to work both as part of a team and independently to support the aims of the department within The Albion Academy.

You will have a fundamental desire to work with young people. Your duties will be wide and varying and no day is ever the same. 

You will also be responsible for achieving agreed service targets. Therefore you must possess good communication skills, have ICT knowledge and be able to work on your own initiative.

The Albion Academy is located in the heart of Salford just 2 miles from Manchester City Centre. We provide high quality education to 11–16-year-olds from across the city. We are proud of our modern building with excellent facilities which were designed with learning and development in mind. We have recently undergone significant refurbishment of the site and are continuing with this work into 2024-2025 to ensure our facilities meet our ambition for students and staff.

United Learning

We are part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance. There is strong practice throughout the trust, allowing our staff to develop quickly and accelerate their career progression.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation – which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit.

What We Can Offer You!

• Free access to an on-site gym.
• Community spirit in each of our inclusive and welcoming academies.
• Talented, supportive and professional colleagues.
• Access to our health cash plan which gives you money back on essential healthcare, from opticians to physiotherapy, and guarantees you 24/7 access to an online GP.
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Employee cash Referral Scheme.
• Enhanced Parental leave options.
• Access to 250 employee benefits through Perk box.
• Bespoke career pathways for every member of staff with high quality training and development for every stage in your career.
• Start every term with an additional Inset day set aside for your own planning (in addition to the usual five INSET days - giving you eight in total).
• We provide high quality training and development for every stage of your career.
• We offer the opportunities for flexible working.
• The benefits of working in a successfully multi-academy trust and full access to ongoing CPD.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Access to a comprehensive wellbeing programme, providing support with issues from legal and financial to family and housing: access to free counselling and other wellbeing support.
• Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues in our cluster of school and central office.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

To Apply

Please complete the online application and submit by 12 noon on Monday 23rd September 2024.

Where support is better shared

United Learning comprises: UCST (Registered in England No: 2780748. Charity No. 1016538) and ULT (Registered in England No. 4439859. An Exempt Charity). Companies limited by guarantee. VAT number 834 8515 12. Registered address: United Learning, Worldwide House, Thorpe Wood, Peterborough, PE3 6SB.