Learning Support Assistant (SEND)
Dr Challoner's High School
Buckinghamshire
- £12,207 - £14,648 per year
- New
- Salary:
- Bucks Pay
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- December 2024 / January 2025
- Apply by:
- 6 November 2024
Job overview
Learning Support Assistant (SEND)
20 - 24 hours a week over 3, 4 or 5 days. Term time only, 38 weeks/year.
(Some flexibility with start and finish times.)
Pay range 3 (£27,310 - £29,295 FTE / Actual Salary £12,207 for 20 Hours or £14,648 for 24 hours.
We have a wonderful opportunity to work as a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) as part of our friendly and very capable special educational needs (SEND) and pastoral team. The role will provide learning support to individuals and groups of students, with a particular focus on supporting a student with visual impairment. It is essential that the successful candidate has the ability to modify lesson resources using IT and can complete other routine record keeping and admin. The post will suit someone with a friendly and supportive disposition and with a real commitment to providing the best possible support for young people, and an enthusiasm to develop SEND knowledge and expertise. The girls are a real privilege and joy to work with!
Within the Challoner’s High community you will experience:
- A great place to work with excellent facilities and IT resources and lots of purposeful and community-minded people around you (unlike working from home!)
- Use of staff gym; free staff yoga and fitness classes on site; staff discounts at local shops and restaurants in Little Chalfont, local theatres discounts when available, two-week October half term
- Onsite counsellor; free flu jabs; some free food
- Membership of Local Government Pension Scheme
- Qualified daughters of staff are given priority in the schools over subscription criteria after 2 or more years’ service
- Excellent train links to London (on the Metropolitan line)
Dr Challoner's High School is a leading selective state grammar school for girls, with a strong academic tradition and an ambitious outlook for the future. The school has a broad vision for education and is characterised by a highly purposeful pursuit of personal bests with a keen sense of fun bubbling under the surface. Challoner’s girls are articulate, courteous, sparky, hard-working and achieve highly in all areas. The school was graded Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2023 and was rated as ‘Leading’ in all areas by Challenge Partners. The best advert however for working at Dr Challoner’s High School will always be our hugely rewarding students.
Responsible to: The Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO)
Salary / Allowances applicable: Pay range 3 (£27,310 - £29,295 FTE / Actual Salary £12,207 for 20 Hours or £14,648 for 24 hours.
Start Date: December 2024 or January 2025
Application Deadline: Noon on Wednesday 6th November
Interview Date: TBC
An information pack is available from the Vacancies section of the school website or from jo.barnes@challonershigh.com
Informal visits to the school are welcome
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and those interested in job-sharing.
Dr Challoner’s High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Please refer to our website where you can view our Child Protection and Safeguarding, Recruitment and Equalities. This is a regulated activity.
Policies; all of our polices are available at www.challonershigh.com
The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
Attached documents
About Dr Challoner's High School
- Dr Challoner's High School
- Cokes Lane, Little Chalfont, Amersham
- Buckinghamshire
- HP7 9QB
- United Kingdom
We are a selective girls’ grammar school and have a tradition of excellence that will never change but we are also passionate about breadth of aspiration and opportunity. At the heart of our inspirational school we strive to free girls to be themselves. We pride ourselves on our sense of community spirit and a school where all can be confident and courageous. www.challonershigh.com
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