Learning Support Assistant

eTeach UK Limited; Swindon; On-site; GBP 21,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Swindon is looking for a Learning Support Assistant to join their team. This role involves supporting class teachers in delivering curriculum-based lessons and providing targeted interventions for students. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills, the ability to foster good relationships with children and staff, and relevant A Level qualifications. The school offers an inclusive environment and is dedicated to safeguarding the welfare of children.

Qualifications

• Ability to convey authority and earn students' respect quickly.
• Initiative with the ability to seek advice when necessary.
• Previous experience of working with young people is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support teaching and learning under guidance of class teacher.
• Provide assistance in the practical organization of interventions.
• Promote inclusion and equal access to all pupils.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to build good relationships

Strong IT skills

Good judgement

Education

Educated to A Level or Level 3 Teaching Assistant

GCSE in English and Maths at Grade C or above

Job description

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Would you like to work as part of a team in a role where you can make a difference to the lives of children and young people?

An Exciting Opportunity to join Swindon Academy; the most improved school in Swindon

Role: Learning Support Assistant — Location: Swindon — Salary: £20,127 per annum — Contract type: 33.75 hours a week, term time only

Swindon Academy are looking for an ambitious and hard-working individual to join a busy team within the primary phase. The purpose of the role is to work in partnership with class teachers to support learning in line with the national curriculum, codes of practice and academy policies and procedures. You will also provide small group interventions using specific programmes as directed.

Responsibilities

• To work under the guidance of the class teacher to support teaching and learning in the classroom
• To provide specific support to the children and the school through the provision of assistance to teachers and support staff in the practical organisation of interventions
• To promote the inclusion of all pupils ensuring they have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop
• Establish and maintain constructive relationships with parents and carers
• To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school
• Implement planned learning activities/teaching programmes as agreed with the teacher, adjusting activities according to students’ needs and responses as appropriate
• Understand specific learning needs and provide differentiated support to students individually and within a group
• Support pupils with activities which develop literacy and numeracy skills
• Promote positive pupil behaviour in line with academy policies for culture for learning
• Monitor and record pupil responses and learning achievements, resolving all but the most complex problems independently

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and be able to build good relationships with young people and adults
• An ability to deal with students and staff so that they feel they have been dealt with consistently and fairly
• An ability to convey authority and earn students respect, with the ability to make good decisions really fast
• The ability to show initiative whilst knowing when to take advice
• Good judgement over matters of confidentiality and integrity in dealing with sensitive information about students
• Strong IT skills with the ability to positively respond to training in the use of school IT packages

Other Requirements

• Educated to A Level or Level 3 Teaching Assistant
• Sound literacy and numeracy, GCSE in English and Maths at Grade C or above
• Some previous experience of working with young people is desirable
• Some understanding of how students learn or teaching experience is desirable

Additional Information

Swindon Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, therefore there is an expectation that all staff and volunteers share this commitment. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response.

Due to the high volume of applications received, the School is unable to provide individual feedback on why an application is unsuccessful. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Why choose us

At Swindon Academy, we pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students. Staff across the academy set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students, which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.

We have made significant, sustained progress at GCSE and are proud to be the top performing school in Swindon for progress over the last six years.

Swindon Academy was the first all-though academy to open in the UK and has over 1,900 pupils from the age of 2 to 19. The school is situated in purpose-built £25 million premises, benefiting from excellent, state-of-the-art facilities and situated within the beautiful county of Wiltshire, within commuting distance for Bristol, Bath and Oxford.

After a visit from Ofsted in June 2022, the academy continues to be a ‘Good’ school in all aspects of the inspection framework. Inspectors who visited the school noted that, “Warm, caring relationships are at the heart of the way that staff work with pupils.”

United Learning

Swindon Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resources, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work‑life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It’s an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.