Inclusion Base Support Assistant (p/t - 30 hrs p/w)

The Cherwell School; Packmoor; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cherwell School in Oxford is seeking a motivated Support Assistant to join the Inclusion Base, helping vulnerable students in a positive learning environment.

You will assist GCSE revision and coursework, supporting literacy and maths requirements, and work as part of a friendly team with colleagues and teachers.

The River Learning Trust and The Cherwell School are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children; informal discussion via HR email.

Qualifications

• Understanding of literacy and mathematical requirements at GCSE level.

Responsibilities

• Support vulnerable students in the Inclusion Base to maintain a positive learning environment.
• Assist students with GCSE revision and coursework to meet literacy and maths requirements.
• Work flexibly as part of a team to support students and staff.

Skills

Flexible and positive approach

Job description

The Cherwell School are seeking to appoint a motivated Support Assistant to work within the school’s Inclusion Base. The Inclusion Base supports vulnerable students in a positive and nurturing learning environment, as well as helping students address behavioural issues as appropriate. As such, this post presents a range of opportunities to work with young people at different stages of their school career. Some of this work involves supporting students to complete GCSE revision and coursework, so an understanding of literacy and mathematical requirements at this level is essential. The successful candidate should enjoy working with young people, have a flexible and positive approach and be able to work as part of a team..

About our school

We are a high performing and oversubscribed comprehensive school in Oxford with approximately 2,000 students on roll, including 680 in the Sixth Form. We are delighted that we were judged ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted (October 2022), as we feel this is a fair reflection of the school, not least as we recognize that we have the capacity to develop and improve further. We consider ourselves to be a school which has at its heart “opportunity, responsibility, excellence” and we aim to make this a deeper reality for all of our students and staff in the years to come.

If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, prior to application, please email [e-mail] or ask to speak to a member of our HR team on 01865 558719.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION

is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’

is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’

is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including

• extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities
• wellbeing and staff networks
• access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff

For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our "Working in RLT" guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The River Learning Trust and The Cherwell School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered