Learning Support Assistant (Part-Time)
Wetherby Senior School
Westminster
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- In line with the Alpha Plus pay-scale
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Immediate Start
- Apply by:
- 27 September 2019
Job overview
Job Description
The post holder will be a member of the staff at Wetherby School and will work under the SENDCO to provide support to a member of Year 10 for ten hours each week, spread over three days.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to provide Learning Support to a deaf teenage boy. The successful candidate will be a friendly and outgoing self-starter who understands and appreciates teenage boys and is able to support with a range of academic work.
This is a chance to make a difference to a teenage boy within the supportive and proactive working environment of an independent boys’ secondary school as he moves into Year 10 and begins his GCSE courses. The successful applicant will be required to liaise with the SENDCO, the boy’s form tutor and his subject teachers as appropriate as well as working the Local Authority specialist teacher of the deaf who currently visits three times each term. The job provides relevant and proactive experience of a number of specialist fields.
Reporting to: Deputy Head Academic & SENDCO
The LSA’s role will be to support the student with the following:
• To ensure the student’s academic progress and attainment reflect his strong academic profile (he is in the top quartile for the year group).
• Organisation, planning and acting on initiative, particularly to ensure that homework is completed on time and to the best of his ability.
• The student’s handwriting and typing skills
• The student’s conversational and listening skills
• The LSA has provided in class support as agreed with the SENDCO and parents (in Year 9 support was in French, English and IT).
• To take responsibility for the logistics and proper functioning of the equipment Ben uses to support his learning.
Qualifications/Experience/Qualities
The successful applicant will have the following skills and qualities:
• A friendly, outgoing personality with great communication skills
• Be organised and proactive when 1:1 with the student and when organising and putting in place support
• Proven ability to relate well to teenage boys and adults
• Looking for an opportunity to learn and develop valuable skills relevant to a number of future professional options.
Attached documents
About Wetherby Senior School
Wetherby Senior School is a thriving independent day school for boys aged 11-18 situated in the heart of London. Since opening in 2015 the School has grown and in September 2018 we welcomed our first cohort of Sixth Form pupils following very successful GCSE results. The School combines a rigorous academic education with an emphasis on developing the whole boy by giving him a broad educational experience and strong pastoral care.
We are an academically selective school and the main points of entry are 11+, 13+ and 16+. The School is divided into the Lower School (Years 6 to 9), Middle School (Years 10 to 11) and the Sixth Form with Heads of Section taking responsibility for each age group.
Wetherby Senior is a welcoming and dynamic place to work with a strong sense of community. The school invests in its staff with a programme of continual personal development. We seek to employ highly professional teachers with the ability and commitment to enhance the life of this School and to work effectively and collaboratively with all members of the School community to further develop the School. Our emphasis on educating the whole boy means that all members of staff, in due course, will be expected to contribute to the pastoral care of a group of students as a Form Tutor as well as contributing to the School’s co-curricular activities.
Headmaster
Robert Garvey
Our Vision
Our vision at Wetherby Senior is to provide an outstanding, progressive all-round education, supporting our pupils to achieve academically and to develop as people, fully preparing them to meet the challenges of being a young man in the twenty-first century.
Academic excellence is central to Wetherby Senior, complemented by our aim to nurture a genuine enjoyment of learning and intellectual curiosity. Our curriculum is underpinned by a learning philosophy centred on the belief that a person’s talents, ability and performance can be improved. There are currently 410 boys and individual attention is fostered through small class sizes and dedicated teaching staff.
Location
The School occupies two campuses – One on Marylebone Lane and the second on Manchester Street. Our location in the heart of London enables us to access everything the city has to offer in terms of the arts, culture, business, science and technology. We also enjoy the use of excellent sports grounds at Ealing Trailfinders.
Ofsted report
“Leaders have prioritised establishing the best possible climate for learning, the highest quality of teaching, arrangements for ensuring pupils’ welfare, health and safety, and ensuring equality of opportunity for all pupils.”
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