Learning Support Assistant
Bourne End Academy
Buckinghamshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Bucks Pay Range 1B: (£15,084) – (£17,768) per annum pro rata (Depending on qualifications and experience)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required for March 2018
- Apply by:
- 19 March 2018
Job overview
31 hours per week (38 weeks per annum), Monday to Friday • Term time only
Bourne End Academy is an ambitious school which is defined equally by its high academic aspirations and its warmth and inclusivity. The school provides a good all round education for our students. We have gone through a period of significant and positive change, as our 2016 results show, to ensure the school has a track record of achieving consistently good academic outcomes for all. We are located in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, and situated close to direct transport links into London.
We have a vacancy for a full-time Learning Support Assistant to work within the Learning Support Department for students with Special Educational Needs (SEN). Someone with experience with Visual Impairment would be desirable.
· You will support students in the mainstream classroom as well as supporting / leading small group interventions within the Learning Support Department
· You will need to be patient, calm and assertive with good empathy skills
· Knowledge and experience of working with students with SEN is desirable though not essential, as is an ability to understand the KS3 and KS4 curriculum
· Ability to support students to access the English and Maths curriculum (up to GCSE) is desirable
Closing date: Noon, Monday 19 March 2018.
Applicants need to complete an application form and send in a covering letter. For full details and an application form, please visit our website www.bea.bucks.sch.uk or contact Lucy Gibbons lgibbons@bea.bucks.sch.uk (PA to the Headteacher). Enquiries and informal visits are welcomed.
This position is subject to Enhanced DBS (CRB) Disclosure
About Bourne End Academy
Previously known as The Wye Valley School, Bourne End Academy adopted its current moniker following its conversion to academy status in 2014, the school is now a part of the Wycombe High School Academies Trust. With around 600 pupils aged 11-18 in a co-educational setting, Bourne End Academy is smaller than the average secondary school of its type. In terms of intake, the school has a higher than average number of students with Special Educational Needs, with the school providing a specially resourced unit for students with Autism.
Headteacher
Andrea Jacobson
Values and Vision
Bourne End Academy works closely with its academy partners to provide an extensive and well thought-out curriculum. The school offers a wide range of subjects, both vocational and academic, and strives to create a structured and disciplined learning environment, the school sets high standards for both behaviour and uniform, and is not shy about encouraging its students to work independent and properly guide their own learning. Aside from their academic studies, Bourne End also strives to equip students with the necessary life skills to become responsible adults, with the proper emotional and social intelligence.
Ofsted
“The welfare and personal development of pupils is fostered particularly well. There are carefully planned activities in lessons, assemblies and whole days devoted to events promoting pupils’ personal development and understanding of diverse topics. There is a culture of safety and, as a result, pupils say they feel safe in school.”
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