Learning Support Assistant
Royal Grammar School
Newcastle upon Tyne
- £26,000 pro rata
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- January 2023 to July 2023
- Apply by:
- 5 December 2022
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, knowledgeable support assistant to join our excellent learning support department in our newly refurbished Learning Support Base.
You must have experience of working in schools, either the state or independent sector, and a willingness to work closely with young people across all school ages to help develop their learning. Knowledge of additional learning needs and experience of working with individuals who have specific needs would be desirable, though training would be given to support the specific requirements of the post. If you feel that you can show initiative, resilience and good independent working skills, then we would love to hear from you. You must be a team player willing to fit into a small and close-knit team.
Working Hours: This is a fixed-term, term-time-only position which ends in July 2023 (to be reviewed prior to the end of the fixed term). The school timetable works on a two-week cycle. The working hours for this role will be 13.25 hours during Week A and 8.75 hours during Week B (an average of 11 hours per week). This equates to 2.5 days per two-week cycle.
Salary: The full-time salary for this post will be circa £26,000 gross per annum on the RGS Support Staff Salary Scale, depending on experience and qualifications. As this role is part-time and term-time only, the salary will be pro-rated to circa £6,000 gross per annum. The actual salary for an anticipated January 2023 to July 2023 contract would be approximately £3,500 gross. We offer other excellent benefits, including generous holiday entitlement, a support staff pension scheme, a life assurance scheme, an optional healthcare plan and the use of school leisure facilities.
For full details and an application form, please visit our website via the Apply button.
Closing date: 9.00am on Monday, 5th December 2022.
RGS is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Whilst all applications are considered on merit, we would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in our staff community.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts are subject to pre-employment checks, pre-interview references and an enhanced DBS check.
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About Royal Grammar School
- Royal Grammar School
- Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Tyne And Wear
- NE2 4DX
- United Kingdom
Thomas Horsley, the original settlor of the Royal Grammar School Newcastle (RGS) pledged his legacy to the School in 1525. Almost 500 years later, RGS continues to flourish as the premier independent school in the North East of England and as one of the country's leading schools, and the Sunday Times’ North East Independent School of the Decade 2020. Most recently, RGS was awarded the Sunday Times’ 2023 North East's Top Independent Secondary School for Academic Performance. We regularly lead all northern schools in national league tables and pride ourselves on academic excellence, a high level of pastoral support, involvement in a wide range of sports and other co-curricular activities, and our commitment to bursaries and partnerships.
The RGS has grown substantially in recent years. There are now some 1,320 students, over 260 of whom are in the Junior School. The Sixth Form of 330 students is one of the largest in the independent sector. We became coeducational 20 years ago and girls now comprise 46% of the school.
The school is based in the heart of the City, immediately opposite Jesmond Metro station. The school occupies over 30 acres of land and has state-of-the-art facilities, including five brand new art studios, a new library, a new Sixth Form Centre, a 25m swimming pool, two Sports Halls, a Performing Arts Centre, outdoor football/rugby pitches at Mooracres, an artificial turf pitch for hockey and the former County Cricket Ground.
Academically the school is highly selective. Students are assessed for entry at the key entry points (Y3, Y5, Y7 and a handful at Y9, plus sixth form). The biggest entry points are Y3 (60 students), Y7 (c.75 students) and Y12 (c. 45 students). Beyond the academics, in Junior School (Y3-6) entry is assessed through activity days whilst at Y7 students are assessed through online tests and an interaction day. Sixth form entry is through interview only. Students sit baseline tests in Y7, Y10, and L6 – the average GLA CAT score for both the current Y7 and L6 is 117.
Academic selection and excellent teaching means the school’s results are exceptional. The published figures for 2023 are on the school’s website. For A Level, 34% of A level grades were at A*; 71% A*- A; and 89% A* - B. For GCSE, the proportion of grade 9s was 41.2%; 9 – 8 was 67.8%; and 9 – 7 was 85.8%. These results placed the RGS 51st, nationally, in The Sunday Times Parent Power survey, up from 73rd place in 2022.
In 2021 The Sunday Times Parent Power survey judged RGS Newcastle to be the North East Independent School of the Decade. Since then, the RGS has consistently ranked first for academic results in the North East. In 2023, as well as receiving accreditation for the Wellbeing Award for Schools, the RGS was awarded the overall title of Independent School of the Year for the whole of the UK, following winning the category for Outstanding Educational Partnerships. We have more recently been awarded the title of Sunday Times Parent Power North East Independent School of the Year for 2024.
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