Learning Support Assistant
Old Swinford Hospital
Dudley
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 22 August 2017
Job overview
Old Swinford Hospital is seeking to appoint two enthusiastic, hardworking and patient Learning Support Assistants (LSA). The LSA will work with individuals or small groups of children under the direction of teaching staff and SENCO to provide support to pupils with moderate learning, behavioural, communication, social or physical difficulties.
Old Swinford Hospital is one of the country’s leading state boarding schools. Over fifty per cent of the School’s students are boarders who come from a wide range of backgrounds in the UK and also the EU and overseas. OSH looks and feels like a very British school. The atmosphere is calm and orderly, and also very relaxed because for the majority of our pupils their school is also their home. Parents, pupils and staff are all on the same side and pupils want to learn. We have just had two very favourable Ofsted visits, one for boarding and one for curriculum.
We enjoy a very good academic reputation and regularly feature in the lists of the most academically successful maintained schools. We’re not about league tables, however. This school prides itself on a balance of academic achievement and outstanding opportunity for our pupils to develop as well rounded people. Our extensive extra-curricular programme contributes to our pupils becoming happy, healthy and interested young people, for whom sport, music, art, drama, outdoor pursuits and DofE feature strongly.
From Years 7-11 Old Swinford Hospital admits boys. Our Sixth Form is mixed.
For further details and an application form please visit our website:
http://www.oshsch.com/vacancies/ or contact Alison Davey, our HR Manager, on 01384 817367.
Old Swinford Hospital is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants are required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.
About Old Swinford Hospital
Old Swinford Hospital is a voluntary-aided state boarding, aged 11 - 18 years.
We are a Church of England school and pleased to welcome children of any faith or, indeed, none at all. We want the very best for all of them because we believe that they all have exciting potential and an important contribution to make.
The School has a long history. It was founded under the name Stourbridge Hospital by industrialist Thomas Foley in 1667, in order to teach boys the skills and attributes to become responsible citizens – an aim that still applies in the 21st century.
Headmaster
Paul Kilbride
Values and vision
Old Swinford’s message to its pupils is “Discover who you can be”. It encourages students to embrace themselves as individuals and develop their own strengths. The school atmosphere is diverse and tolerant, welcoming children of all faiths and none to contribute to its happy and vibrant environment.
Ofsted reports
Ofsted January 2022:
Pupils learn together, live together and thrive at Old Swinford Hospital. Pupils behave well. They are polite, respectful and studious. Pupils know that staff expect them to work hard and do their best. In lessons, they listen to their teachers and work together productively and collaboratively. Pupils’ academic and wider study prepares them for life after school.
To view our most recent Ofsted report click here
And Ofsted boarding July 2022:
Outcomes for children who use the boarding provision are outstanding. Children make excellent and sustained progress in many areas of their lives. Children learn to become more responsible, to be trusted to be self-disciplined and commit to the daily routines of boarding life. Their experiences contribute to a marked improvement in confidence, social skills and independence, which will be a strong benefit for later life.
To view our most recent Ofsted Boarding report click here.
You can find out more about Old Swinford Hospital and its community at www.oshsch.com
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