Teaching Assistant
Littleover Community School
Derby
- £21,695 - £23,484 pro rata
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 7 July 2022
Job overview
Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding the above position. I would like to clarify that the advertised salary: Grade E £21,695-£23,484 is for full-time and therefore the 35 hours advertised, over 39 weeks, will be a proportion (pro-rata) of this.
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated person to the post of Teaching Assistant, supporting pupils with varying educational needs and join our hardworking team here at LCS. The position requires someone who:
· Is caring and patient and able to cater for the individual needs of the child - social, emotional, communication and language support.
· Can support appropriate access to learning.
· Is capable of working in partnership with teachers and parents.
· Has high expectations of children's attainment and behaviour.
· Is hard-working, flexible and a good team player.
· Preferably has some experience of pupils with ASD, Dyslexia or Physical Impairments.
Experience of working in a school environment/similar role, is desirable for this post. Excellent standards of literacy and numeracy (GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths), are essential. Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more detailed information.
Completed application forms, with supporting letter explaining why you feel you have the qualifications, experience and personal qualities required for this post, should be returned by email to: jobs@littleover.derby.sch.uk
Please note, school will only contact successful candidates.
Closing date for applications : Thursday 7th July at 12 noon
Interview date to be confirmed.
Information and application forms are available from the school website: www.littleover.derby.sch.uk
Littleover Community School is a diverse and highly successful comprehensive school, with consistently outstanding levels of attainment and progress across the curriculum. We are proud of our academic record, and of the pastoral care which maintains a feeling of community in a large and expanding school.
Littleover Community School welcomes enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. The school actively promotes equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential and welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with criminal records.
As an organisation assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Littleover Community School complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-code-of-practice
and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. Littleover Community School undertakes not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a criminal record check on the basis of a conviction or other information revealed and can only ask an individual to provide details of convictions and cautions that they are legally entitled to know about.
Where a DBS certificate at either standard or enhanced level can legally be requested (where the position is one that is included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 as amended) and where appropriate Police Act Regulations (as amended), Littleover Community School can only ask an individual about convictions and cautions that are not protected.
Littleover Community School selects all candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful candidates.
Copies of our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy, along with other school policies, are available on our website at:
https://www.littleover.derby.sch.uk/information.php#policies
We would advise anyone applying for a position at LCS to read the above documents, along with the following Keeping Children Safe in Education document:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-children-safe-in-education--2
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About Littleover Community School
- Littleover Community School
- Pastures Hill, Littleover, Derby
- Derbyshire
- DE23 4BZ
- United Kingdom
Leaders have high expectations. They have created an inclusive and academic culture. Teachers have excellent subject knowledge. They use their expertise to engage pupils. Pupils’ behaviour in lessons is calm and focused. Learning is not disrupted by any poor behaviour. (Ofsted Inspection Report – October 2022)
As a school, we are committed to continuous improvement so that we can continue to evolve to match the changing needs of our students, parents and carers, staff and wider school community. We are keen to utilise the latest thinking and technologies to ensure all our students are best equipped to achieve success in the future.
Our governors and staff are fully committed to serving the needs of our school community in these challenging social times, including continuing to develop the very strong academic performance of our school. If you feel you could contribute to this vision, we would be very pleased to receive your application.
Littleover Community School is an 11-18 comprehensive, community school. We are a Local Authority maintained school and have a positive working relationship with Derby City Council. We are not an Academy and have no current plans to join a new, or existing, Academy chain.
Our school is situated four miles to the south west of the centre of Derby, in pleasant, spacious grounds. We have a proud academic and pastoral record and the school is always popular with parents and carers looking for school places, within our own catchment area and beyond.
We currently welcome 295 students into Year 7 each year, giving us a current roll of approximately 1850, including a Sixth form of over 350 students.
The excellent examination results our students achieve are above local and national averages with a Progress 8 score of +0.46 in the summer of 2022. The attainment of our students is consistently within the top 20% of schools nationally. In October 2022, we received our first full OFSTED Inspection since 2007. We were pleased to be judged as ‘Good’ in every category with ‘Outstanding’ Sixth Form provision. We would urge anyone interested in working at LCS to read our most recent OFSTED Report, to help understand our overall school ethos.
It will always be our aim at Littleover Community School to care for all of our students as individuals. We also wish to provide each of them with an enjoyable and varied learning experience and help them to fulfil their potential. We aim to help students develop the resilience they will need to manage the challenges they may face, not only in school but also in the wider world. Our aim is simple, to assist our students to flourish now and in the future.
We have made a strong commitment to safeguarding children and young people and recognise the importance of providing an environment within school that will help children feel safe and respected, with a clear understanding of their needs and views. We have an excellent safeguarding and wellbeing team with considerable experience and expertise to promote positive mental health and to ensure that every child receives appropriate support.
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