SEN ALPS + Learning Support Assistant
Wilmslow High School
Cheshire East
- £15,109 - £16,355 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Cheshire East Council NJC Pay Scale, Grade 5
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 September 2022 or sooner if available
- Apply by:
- 11 July 2022
Job overview
Interview Dates: Thursday 16 June; Thursday 23 June; Thursday 30 June; Thursday 7 July; Thursday 14 July
Wilmslow High School
- School age range: 11-18
- Number on roll: approx. 2,000 (including 500 sixth form)
Term-time only, 32.5 hours per week, 38.2 weeks per year
Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 3.30pm
We have a number of opportunities and will be interviewing weekly, so you are encouraged to get your application in early.
If successful, you will work within the Learning Support team, specifically in the ALPs+ Skills Provision, supporting students with complex special educational needs.
Wilmslow High School has small SEND classes in KS3 and KS4 for students whose complex learning difficulties mean that they require an alternative curriculum for English, Maths and Life Skills, alongside the mainstream curriculum for practical subjects. The groups are taught by specialist SEN teachers and subject specialists and are supported by specialist Learning Support Assistants.
You will take into account students’ special needs and ensure their access to lessons and lesson content through appropriate clarification, explanations, equipment and materials.
You will bring experience of working with young people with complex Special Educational Needs (SEN); and an understanding of effective approaches to supporting them.
Young people only get one chance at education; so at Wilmslow High School we are committed to the pursuit of excellence for every student, every day. We do this through our dedication to learning, by being guided by values and in striving to serve.
We endeavour to preserve a happy and caring environment that is rooted in our core values, and in which staff and students can flourish, whilst challenging ourselves to pursue excellence for all our students.
The school is set in extensive grounds, ideally positioned between the thriving city of Manchester and the open countryside of the Peak District.
The school is committed to Equal Opportunities in Employment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The school expects its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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About Wilmslow High School
Rated as Good by Ofsted in 2019, Wilmslow High School is heavily oversubscribed in both the 11 – 16 sector and the sixth form. Student numbers have increased with more and more students from outside the town and from the independent sector of education seeking places. As the only state secondary school in the town. It enjoys good relationships with the partner primary schools in Wilmslow, Handforth and Alderley Edge, from where the majority of our students come
Headteacher
Mrs Christina Kane
Location
Wilmslow, a pleasant commuter town with a population of about 32,000, is situated on the southern outskirts of Manchester. It is within easy reach of attractive countryside both locally and in the nearby Peak District. The town is well served by the motorway network and by rail; Manchester Airport is nearby. A wide variety of housing is available in south Manchester, Wilmslow, Macclesfield and the surrounding Cheshire countryside. The town is mixed socially, with many areas of affluence and some communities of relative social deprivation.
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