Early Years Learning Support Assistant and Forest School Leader (Level 3 Qualified)

Salary: £26,443 per annum, pro-rata (actual salary for full time post £20,963 per annum, for 14.4 hours per week £8,385 per annum and for 21.6 hours per week £12,578 per annum)

Hours: Full time, 36 hours per week, term time only or Part time, 14.4 or 21.6 hours per week, term time only (two or three days per week)

Brighton Girls is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Early Years Learning Support Assistant and Forest School Leader to join our dedicated team of teachers and support staff. 

You will play a complementary and supporting role to the teacher by encouraging pupils in their learning and acquisition of skills. You’ll be working directly with young people in the classroom, supporting both neurodiverse and neurotypical pupils in and between lessons, helping them in all areas of their learning, whether that be academic, practical, behavioural or social. This part of the role will be primarily working with our early years students. 

You will play a leading role in the Forest School, planning and running outdoor educational sessions for our students in the nearby woodlands. This part of the role will be working with students across the Prep School.

The successful candidate will hold a recognised Level 3 TA qualification i.e., NVQ, NNEB, City & Guilds, BTEC or equivalent relevant experience. Please see the job description for the full list of applicable qualifications. Additionally, forest school training is desirable for this role. 

If you have relevant experience gained within an educational setting and can demonstrate evidence of establishing positive relationships with children, we would love to hear from you. 

Why join Brighton Girls? 

As a founding school of the Girls’ Day School Trust, Brighton Girls has a significance in the history of girls’ education. Located in the heart of the city of Brighton; we are as eclectic, enterprising, and creative as the city itself.

As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust, our staff benefit from our 140-year history of excellence and innovation in girls’ education, with many opportunities to share ideas and best practice with colleagues across the network. They have access to an extensive central training and professional development programme to compliment school-based INSET, and also funding grants for individual courses of study.

Benefits include:

• Competitive salaries and pay progression
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• Training grants for qualifications
• Generous pension schemes
• Free life assurance benefit
• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
• Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
• A Cycle to Work scheme
• Competitive terms and conditions of employment 

For further details about this opportunity and to apply please click the apply button.

The closing date for applications is 9am on 15th November 2024.

The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.