Skip to main content
Tes home
SearchBack to search
SEND Learning Assistant

SEND Learning Assistant

Isaac Newton Academy

Ilford, Redbridge

Salary:
£20,599 - £25,239 pro rata per annum (actual: £8,867-£7,237)
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
A soon as possible
Apply by:
26 November 2018

Job overview

Isaac Newton Academy, Redbridge

Interim Principal: Jo Spencer

SEND Learning Assistant

New all-through mixed 4-18 comprehensive in Redbridge.

In September 2012 Isaac Newton Academy opened with its inaugural cohort of 180 year 7 students. The school will grow, year on year, to become an 11-18 academy of 1250 students with specialist status in mathematics and music. In 2014 the primary phase of the academy opened to 90 reception-aged children. This too will grow each year, until full in September 2020.  The school has been shortlisted for the TES Secondary school of the year award 2018.

We are looking for a Secondary SEND Learning Assistant to join our team of staff. They will deliver outstanding support to teachers and students to ensure that students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) learn effectively and make outstanding progress.

Our ideal candidate will:

  • have experience of establishing successful learning relationships with a variety of children at secondary age
  • have an understanding of the strategies needed to establish consistently high aspirations and standards of results and behaviour in an urban school setting
  • be approachable,  highly organised and flexible, with excellent communication and ICT skills
  • Have the skills and determination to make a significant difference to the lives of our students.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:

  • play a key role in the evolution of Isaac Newton Academy
  • support students in maintaining excellent rates of progress and behaviour both in lessons and around the academy site, as well as plan and facilitate behaviour management programmes
  • join the Ark network, with comprehensive career and professional development provisions.
  • If you are seeking a challenging and highly rewarding position, enriching the lives of the students who attend Isaac Newton Academy and members of the local community, then we are keen to hear from you.

For additional information please visit: http://isaacnewtonacademy.org/vacancies

If you have any technical issues with the application form please contact our recruitment team on 0203 116 6345 or recruitment@arkonline.org. For a candidate information pack or an informal, confidential discussion please contact Adeel Hussain, HR Officer on 020 8911 6657 or a.hussain@isaacnewtonacademy.org

Location:       Ilford, Redbridge

Deadline         Monday 26th November   09:00am      

Start date:       As soon as possible 
Salary:               £20,599 - £25,239 pro rata per annum (actual:  £8,867-£7,237)
Hours:               Term time only plus 1 week.  2 days  per week 

Ark is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Attached documents

About Isaac Newton Academy

School image 1
School image 2
School image 3
School image 4
School image 5
School image 6
School image 7
School image 8
School image 9
School image 10
School image 11
School image 12
+44 208 911 6666

View on Google Maps

Visit employer website

Isaac Newton Academy is a mixed, non-denominational, non-selective school for girls and boys aged 4-18.

Principal

Morgan Haines

Values and vision

It is Isaac Newton Academy’s aim to equip pupils with the knowledge, learning power and character necessary for success at university and beyond. We:

  • set clear, ambitious goals, and rigorously monitor our progress in achieving them
  • offer a curriculum emphasising core academic subjects, while providing the facilities and specialist staff to meet and stimulate a wider range of interests
  • employ an approach to teaching that instils knowledge, understanding, and a desire to learn
  • ensure that all students, teachers, staff and parents commit fully to making Isaac Newton Academy a vibrant learning community.


Why work for us?

Great schools are made of great staff – that is why we strive to recognise hard work and celebrate success. At Isaac Newton Academy our aim is to equip every student with the knowledge, learning power and character necessary for success at university and beyond.  Staff at the school are dedicated to ensuring that every child, regardless of their background, has access to an outstanding education and real choices in life.

At Isaac Newton Academy we believe that all students have the potential to achieve outstanding educational outcomes. This is reflected in how we teach and communicate with students. INA offers a friendly community where everyone is supported to be the best they can be. As a new and growing school, you will play an integral role in the evolution of INA.

We work hard to recognise hard work.  From complimentary tea, coffee, biscuits and fruit in the learning rooms to staff football teams, choirs and exercise classes, INA is more than a school, it is a community.  Staff come together for socials each term and every summer there is a staff residential conference.

  • We are Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ in all areas
  • We are located a 5 minute walk from Seven Kings station (zone 4), which is only 10 minutes from Stratford on TFL rail (soon to be Crossrail)
  • Our vision and ethos run through everything we do
  • We are part of the Ark Schools Network
  • We have an effective and consistently applied Behaviour Policy
  • We offer 10 INSET training days plus 3 Independent Learning days each year
  • We offer a unique family dining experience for all staff and students (complimentary for staff)
  • You will get the chance to progress your career within a growing school


Ofsted report

Ark Isaac Newton Academy was rated by Ofsted as “outstanding” in 2014.“High standards have been achieved by the inspirational leadership of the principal, members of the leadership team and governing body. The academy has established very high quality teaching where every student succeeds. The impact of the academy’s unique specialisation in music and mathematics is highly evident. The students are very proud of learning a ‘big band’ instrument and really enjoy music making.”

View Isaac Newton Academy's Ofsted report

Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.

Applications closed