EAL Assistant

Small Heath Leadership Academy; Hay Mills; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Small Heath Leadership Academy in Birmingham is seeking a dedicated individual to provide tailored support to our pupils. You will help create an outstanding learning environment and assist learners with language and literacy needs, including those with limited English.

You will work as part of a supportive team, using strong ICT skills to organise resources and track progress, while building positive relationships across our school and the Star Academies community.

Qualifications

• 5 GCSEs including English and Maths at grade 9-4/A-C.
• Recent experience of working in a school or other organisation with children of relevant age to promote learning.
• Understanding and knowledge of issues relating to students who have little or no English.
• Knowledge of how to access support from internal/external agencies.
• Good ICT skills for word-processing, use of learning software and accessing on-line resources.

Skills

Organisational skills

Technical skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

5 GCSEs including English and Maths

Tools

Word processing

Learning software

Online resources

Job description

We're looking for a dedicated individual to provide tailored support to our pupils. You will be committed to making a positive difference to young people's lives and in supporting and developing their learning. Your intervention will help enable an outstanding learning environment for our young people, providing the support they need to succeed. The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to effectively support learning and teaching, and to develop relationships across our school and the Star community. You will have:

• 5 GCSEs including English and Maths at grade 9-4/A- C.
• Recent experience of working in a school or other organisationwith children of relevant age to promote learning.
• Understanding and knowledge of the issues relating to studentswho have little or no English.
• Knowledge of how to access support from internal/ externalagencies.
• Good ICT skills for word-processing, use of learning software and accessing on-line resources.
• Small Heath Leadership Academy is a secondary school in Birmingham. We joined Star Academies in 2018 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism. The school was rated 'good' in all four areas of the inspection framework during its inspection in May 2022. We are an ambitious school with high expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.