Learning Support Assistant
St Benedict's Catholic College
Essex
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- £15,246.17 - £15,501.13 (actual for under 5 years' service) or £15,450.81 - £15,709.20 (actual for over 5 years' service)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 2 September 2024
- Apply by:
- 1 August 2024
Job overview
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Learning Support Assistant to join our team of staff that are committed to supporting our students with learning difficulties and disabilities.
The successful candidate will need to have GCSE qualification grade C/level 5 or above, or equivalent, in English and Maths, and the ability to deal with challenging behaviour and to motivate and encourage students. Ideally, you will also have experience in supporting autistic children.
The pay band for the role is Scale 3 (point 5 to 6), which is £23,500 to £23,893.
The hours of work for the role will be 28 hours per week, Monday to Friday (8.55 am to 3.30 pm), with a team meeting finishing at 4.00 pm on Tuesdays) and this will be required term time, plus five staff training days (39 weeks in total).
The actual salary for the role is £15,246.17 to £15,501.13 (under 5 years' service) or £15,450.81 to £15,709.20 (over 5 years' service).
The start date is Monday 2nd September 2024.
Further information can be found in the Application Pack.
We can offer you:
- A warm and welcoming college with excellent links to parish communities
- Enthusiastic and well-behaved students who are eager to learn
- Supportive, hardworking staff, governors and parents
- Opportunities to further your professional development
We are a highly respected and over-subscribed Catholic school, committed to the academic, spiritual, social and moral development of all its students. St Benedict’s is a good school with many outstanding features.
For further details about the role, please contact Mrs Kate Williams, PA to SENDCo, on 01206 549222. For further details about the college, please go to our website www.stbenedicts.essex.sch.uk
Applications will only be accepted on the college application form (which can be downloaded from our website) and should be emailed to Mrs Catherine Miller, HR Administrator, at c.miller@stbenedicts.essex.sch.uk. CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date for applications: Midday on 1st August 2024
Interviews will be held shortly thereafter.
The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people and expects all staff to share that commitment. The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Attached documents
About St Benedict's Catholic College
About St Benedict's Catholic College
St Benedict’s Catholic College is a secondary school located in the ancient town of Colchester, Essex. Originally founded in 1963 as a secondary modern, St Benedict’s exists today as a co-educational voluntary-aided school.
It is the only Catholic secondary school in Colchester. With 900 students aged 11-16, St Benedict’s is a smaller than average secondary school.
Principal
Mrs Jo Santinelli
Values and vision
As a school in the Catholic tradition, St Benedict’s holds Catholic values at the heart of everything it does. The college has a dedicated chaplaincy office, with mass being offered to all students regularly and prayer taking place in form time every morning.
The college regularly organises retreats in order to encourage spiritual reflection and team-building. Students are well supported by the chaplaincy and pastoral teams. St Benedict’s has a strong reputation for academic excellence, and seeks to preserve this by offering a wide-ranging and well-taught curriculum.
Ofsted says
- St Benedict’s is a welcoming school with a strong ethos of caring for pupils and promoting academic achievement.
- It’s more than a school: it’s a community
- Pupils’ behaviour is typically good.
- There are strong relationships between staff and pupils.
- During social times the school is calm, and pupils take part in a range of activities.
- Classrooms are calm and focused places to learn.
- The school is well led and managed.
- Leaders at all levels want pupils to succeed academically.
Section 48 inspectors say
St Benedict’s is an outstanding Catholic school having continued to improve since the last inspection. These improvements are a result of outstanding leadership at all levels within the school community. The school provides exceptional care and support for students who thrive in this highly inclusive multifaith community which has Christ at the centre of all its work.
The strong and all-pervading Catholic ethos is underpinned by highly positive and supportive relationships between all members of the school community
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