Learning Support Assistants - The Grange School

Buckinghamshire Council; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

The Grange School in Aylesbury is accepting applications for Learning Support Assistants. This permanent role supports students with physical and/or learning disabilities, providing individual and pastoral care during 39 weeks per year, 8.15 am to 3.15 pm, Monday to Friday (term time plus staff training days).

We are a Good School (Ofsted, April 2024) and offer a welcoming, supportive environment with robust staff well-being resources and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the needs of students with learning difficulties/physical disabilities.
• Experience of working with students of secondary school age (preferably in an education setting).

Responsibilities

• Provide individual support and personal/pastoral care for students with physical and/or learning disabilities.

Skills

Learning needs knowledge

Secondary school experience

Job description

Learning Support Assistants - The Grange School

Location: Aylesbury

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 39 weeks per year, 8.15 am - 3.15 pm Monday - Friday (term time only plus staff training days)

About us

Judged to be a Good School by Ofsted in April 2024, we are a mixed, non-selective 11-18 Foundation secondary school situated in the market town of Aylesbury and ten minutes from the Chiltern Hills - an area of outstanding natural beauty. We are close to Oxford, High Wycombe and Milton Keynes and surrounded by delightful market towns and characterful villages. The students and staff at The Grange School make it a fantastic place to work. Our students are friendly and confident, and we strive to ensure that they achieve the success that they deserve. Together we have created a successful community school, where students learn the skills for success.

We support our staff with a robust staff well-being programme. All staff have access to a wealth of free support resources and materials to ensure they feel supported and happy.

We provide an excellent induction programme and a wide range of development opportunities for all staff.

We require Learning Support Assistants to provide individual support and personal/pastoral care for students with physical and/or learning disabilities.

About you

It would be desirable for the successful candidates to have the following, however, training will be given:

• Knowledge of the needs of students with learning difficulties/physical disabilities
• Experience of working with students of secondary school age (preferably in an education setting)

Visits to the school are welcomed. Further details are available from the school website.

The school is committed to ensuring that safeguarding is a top priority and will consider carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of their due diligence. Online searches solely aim to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school may want to explore with the applicant at interview. Please follow this link for more details: https://www.grange.bucks.sch.uk/contact-us/vacancies/online-searches-on-shortlisted-candidates

We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or religion. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students, thus an enhanced DBS disclosure will be required.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.