Learning Support Assistant - Subject Specialist for Years 7-13

Salary:  £18,034 to £21,357, Grade 5 to 6, Cheshire East Council NJC Pay Structure

Progression from Grade 5 to 6 is dependent on experience

Job Start Date: ASAP 

Contract Type: 32.5 hours per week, term time: 38.2 weeks per year

Contract Term: Permanent

 Suitable for ECTs: N/a

 losing Date: Wednesday 6th November 2024 - 12:00 Noon

 Interview date: WC Monday 11th November 2024

Wilmslow High School

School age range: 11-18

Number on roll: approx. 2,000 (including 500 sixth form)

We have a number of opportunities to work within our Learning Support team. For information on the other opportunities please see Learning Support Opportunities at Wilmslow High School below.

Salary at appointment will depend upon experience. If appointed at the entry-level salary, appropriate training will be offered to support pay progression.

If successful, you will work within the Learning Support Team and Sixth Form Team, undertaking a subject specialist role using relevant subject specialist expertise supporting students with Special Educational Needs in Years 7-13.

The team is a significant part of the school. The team helps a large number of students with Education, Health and Care Plans to be educated in a mainstream setting, with an emphasis on inclusion and growing independence. The work of the team encompasses the whole school and includes students in every year group and subject.

Wilmslow High School has two small SEND classes in KS3 and KS4 for students whose complex learning difficulties mean that they require an alternative curriculum for English, Maths, Science and Life Skills, alongside the mainstream curriculum for practical subjects. The groups are taught by specialist SEN teachers and subject specialists and are supported by specialist Learning Support Assistants.

You will take into account students’ special needs and ensure their access to lessons and lesson content through appropriate clarification, explanations, equipment and materials.

You will bring experience of working with young people with complex Special Educational Needs; and an understanding of effective approaches to supporting them.

Young people only get one chance at education; so at Wilmslow High School we are committed to the pursuit of excellence for every student, every day. We do this through our dedication to learning, by being guided by values and in striving to serve.

We offer a happy and caring environment rooted in our core values, in which staff and students can flourish, whilst challenging ourselves to pursue excellence for all our students. The school is set in extensive grounds, ideally positioned between the thriving city of Manchester and the open countryside of the Peak District.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to respect this commitment. A consideration of the person’s suitability to work alongside children is part of the selection process. 

If invited for interview, you will be:

• asked to complete a self-declaration form answering questions in relation to any criminal record or other information that would make them unsuitable to work with children.
• subject to an online search. This is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which we may wish to explore at interview.

If successful, you will be subject to:

• an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
• pre-employment checks which will include References, Health, Right to Work in UK, DBS and a Declaration that neither they nor anyone who lives in the same household is a disqualified person under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2009.

Current or previous employers will be contacted and information requested will include:

• disciplinary offences relating to children, including any for which the penalty is ‘time expired’.
• whether the applicant has been the subject of any child protection concerns.