Learning Support Assistant with SEN Experience
Selwyn Primary School
Newham
- £21,140 - £21,459 per year
- New
- Salary:
- Scale 3 Points 5-6 £21,140 - £21,459 - Qualified
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 11 October 2024
Job overview
Selwyn Primary School
Newham Community Learning
Learning Support Assistant - must have experience of supporting children with a range of special educational needs
Job starts: As soon as possible
Salary: Scale 3 Points 5-6 £21,140 - £21,459 - Qualified
Contract type: Full time
Contract term: Permanent
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic and energetic Learning Support Assistant to join our dynamic school team.
This is an excellent opportunity for an LSA who has experience of supporting children with SEN who require a bespoke curriculum which meets their individual needs.
We are looking for a Learning Support Assistant who:
- Is positive, motivational, calm, flexible and creative
- Is committed to engaging pupils into wanting to learn, inspiring them to be confident and independent
- Is patient and sensitive to children’s individual needs
- Can motivate pupils to achieve beyond their potential
- Has evidence of experience of working effectively with children who have a range of special educational needs
- Has a strong work ethic and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and parents
We can offer you:
- Free breakfast
- Wellbeing day to be taken throughout the year
- Quality first professional development
- Curious children, who love learning
- A supportive, forward thinking, and dedicated team of colleagues
- An energetic and sociable team
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to take an English and maths test as part of the interview process.
We welcome visits from potential candidates. To arrange a visit, please contact the school office on 02084716173 to speak to our SENDCo, Katy Elliott.
Further information about our school can be found on our website - Selwyn website
Closing Date: 11 October 2024 at 9:30am
Interviews: w/c 14 October 2024
Selwyn Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all our staff to share this commitment. All staff are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check as well as qualifications and reference checks. A disqualification declaration questionnaire may be required for this post.
About Selwyn Primary School
Selwyn is a happy and successful school located in Plaistow, East London. We are at the heart of this culturally rich community where we are able to offer purposeful and exciting learning opportunities for all. Everyone within our learning community has high aspirations and we work hard to make learning fun and relevant to each individual.
We all have high expectations of behaviour and this has created a wonderfully positive and calm environment where everyone is respected and treated fairly. This emphasis on a happy, calm and focused learning environment ensures that our children can progress and achieve their potential.
Our broad and balanced curriculum, is designed to engender a love of learning that our children will take to the next stage of their education.
Our school is part of Newham Community Learning, which exists in order to provide an excellent education for all young people in our community. We are the only Trust to offer all-through provision from ages 2 - 16 within a single family of schools in Newham. Across our two primary and four secondary schools, all located in the west of the borough, we educate over 5,400 local children and young people, and employ a team of close to 700 members of staff, the vast majority of whom live locally.
To view opportunities at all our schools, please see our Trust page on TES.
Train with us - we are delighted to partner with Teach First to deliver our School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) programme. Teach First is a national charity that develops and supports teachers and leaders who are determined to make a difference where it is needed the most. As a training partner, we will be working with Teach First to deliver this one year teacher training programme, which enables participants to train and develop skills in the classroom. It is ideal for people who are eager to learn on the job and make a difference in their community from day one. Our Newham Community Learning SCITT Booklet has further information; please email traintoteach@ncltrust.net to find out more. Please note that this programme is currently aimed at secondary teaching staff.
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