Inclusion Support Assistant
Sawston Village College
Cambridgeshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Teaching Assistant Scale 2: £17,681-£18,672 pro rata. Actual salary from £14,668
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required as soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 21 January 2019
Job overview
32.5 hours per week, term-time only
Sawston Village College is a high-achieving, successful 11-16 academy, with a reputation for innovation in teaching and learning, outstanding pupil behaviour and inclusive, caring values. A founding member of the Anglian Learning group of schools, we are situated just outside the beautiful city of Cambridge, offering first class professional development opportunities to our staff and a supportive, friendly environment in which to work.
The College is committed to retaining young people in mainstream education wherever possible. To support this philosophy the College has its own inclusion facility, known as Compass House, which caters for pupils with behavioural and medical needs, as well as those on alternative education programmes. We are now seeking to appoint an Inclusion Support Assistant who will work closely with the Inclusion Manager to support the full range of young people using Compass House. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, empathy with young people, especially those disengaged with mainstream school, and will also strive to keep pupils in school while providing a firm but fair approach to behaviour management. Previous educational experience is desirable, but more important is the ability to understand and influence pupils in order to help improve their life chances.
To find out more, please download an information pack and application form from our website at http://www.sawstonvc.org. Applications must be submitted on our application form. CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date: Monday 21 January 2019 at noon
Interviews: Friday 25 January 2019
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks. Therefore, all posts within the Trust are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. The Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
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About Sawston Village College
- Sawston Village College
- New Road, Sawston, Cambridge
- Cambridgeshire
- CB22 3BP
- United Kingdom
We are a very welcoming and highly successful school, one in which all staff are valued and all contribute to our strong caring ethos. Pupils are at the centre of all that we do but we can only succeed when all professionals work together, collaboratively and supportively, to ensure a positive, safe and calm learning environment in which all pupils can thrive. We ensure our staff have the resources, development and opportunities to fulfil their roles and responsibilities. Staff wellbeing is vital to our success and we consider workload and the working environment very carefully.
Sawston Village College is an inclusive, comprehensive 11-16 academy, set on a picturesque open campus, a few miles south of the culturally iconic and aspirational city of Cambridge. It was the first purpose-built Village College in England and we are proud of the fact that it is still heralded as a model for community education and remains true to Henry Morris’ founding principles. Many members of the local community visit each week to participate in learning, sporting or leisure activities. We are also proud to be a founding member of the Anglian Learning Trust, a family of like-minded schools serving over 5500 pupils from ages 3-19 in this region. The Trust affords us opportunities to learn from each other, prosper from outstanding leadership development and build strong professional networks to achieve ambitious objectives.
Our focus is the achievement and wellbeing of our 1169 pupils within a school culture based on community, ambition, respect and endeavour. In 2022, the College achieved above national averages at all levels including 63% gaining grade 5+ in English and Maths, 44% at grade 7 or above across all subjects and a progress score of +0.4. In 2019, we were in the highest quintile for all measures. Pupils secure their preferred post-16 pathway having achieved grades significantly well above average. Academic success, of course, is only one measure and, as an Artsmark accredited school, we are equally proud of our extensive extra-curricular offer as well as our aim to help all pupils leave with confidence, enriched experiences and hope for the future. Our code of conduct demands that our pupils also understand and appreciate the need for kindness, humility, politeness and good grace.
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