Learning Support Assistant
Westholme School
Blackburn with Darwen
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- £11.44 per hour
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Immediate Start Required
- Apply by:
- 25 April 2024
Job overview
Learning Support Assistant (2 roles available)
Immediate Start Required
Permanent Full-Time Position, Term Time.
Working Week: 32.5 hours
Grade: £11.44 per hour
Reporting to: SENDCO Lead
The Learning Support Department is a well-established, hard-working department, consisting of two specialist teachers of students with dyslexia and four Learning Support Assistants. The department work as a team, working together and also working closely with individual subject teachers to ensure that students can access the curriculum.
The role would suit someone with experience of working with children with specific learning difficulties and special educational needs; it would also suit someone who may be considering a future career in teaching who is willing to learn and embrace the area of special educational needs.
Purpose of the position:
In addition to the requirements of a class teacher, the main activities and responsibilities for this post are:
- To work collaboratively with teaching staff in meeting the personal, social and curriculum needs of pupils.
- Assist with the differentiated delivery of the curriculum and to provide feedback on progress to the teaching staff and SENCO.
- To encourage pupils to become independent learners, to provide support for their welfare, and to support the inclusion of pupils in all aspects of school life.
- To establish positive relationships with pupils and assist them to complete structured learning activities. Work may be carried out in the classroom or outside the main teaching area (supporting during exams; some co-curricular lunchtime activities or going on school trips etc).
A willingness to be involved in extra curricular activities would be very welcome.
Closing date: Thursday 25 April 2024, 5:00pm.
Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 29 April 2024.
Applicants who have any questions can email: klenkj@westholmeschool.com or HR@westholmeschool.com
How to apply:
Please download our recruitment pack and apply via the quick apply now button.
Full details are also available from the School’s website www.westholmeschool.com or via email: hr@westholmeschool.com
Charity Number 526615
Westholme School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all staff must share this commitment – please refer to our Safer Recruitment and Safeguarding policies on the website.
Westholme School is committed to equality of opportunity in all areas of its work. All individuals will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation.
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About Westholme School
Working for Westholme is a wonderful experience
Westholme is an incredible School. Pioneering the future of education, it is certainly a very exciting time to join our innovative, close-knit and supportive family of staff.
Our unique educational philosophy is predicated on providing unrivalled holistic excellence, from 4 to 18 years, placing an equal balance on academia, performing arts, sport, creative arts and technology. A plethora of experiences are offered inside and outside the classroom which fosters kind, confident, well-rounded and happy young people; they really are a joy to teach. One of the most distinctive Westholme hallmarks is the tangible warmth everyone feels from the moment you arrive at our beautiful, picturesque campus with panoramic views of the Ribble Valley – simply a stunning, inspirational and uplifting place to work every day!
Westholme has invested significantly with our newly constructed state-of-the-art Prep for pupils 4 – 11. The first-class facilities on site offer a stimulating environment to provide unsurpassed experiences for all students from 4 – 18 in our full-sized professional theatre; a new music department equipped with recording studio; contemporary INSPIRED Sixth Form; seven modern laboratories that support the three separate sciences; a 20m swimming pool; 7 hard courts for tennis and netball, a floodlit astroturf, sports pitches, and fully equipped sports hall.
The extensive co-curricular provision is the cornerstone of the education ethos with over 100 clubs, activities and societies every week.
Prep pupils are wholeheartedly empowered to exceed their potential through a ground-breaking curriculum, Senior students develop 21st century skills first through an extensive holistic curriculum and in our INSPIRED Sixth Form, currently the highest achieving Sixth Form in Lancashire, students culminate their journey with incomparable 1:1 support, leadership, networking and entrepreneurial experiences.
Westholme is more than a school and if you’d like to join a highly energised and innovative team, we would love to hear from you!
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