Learning Support Assistant
The Queen Katherine School
Cumbria
- Expired
- Salary:
- Starting Salary £19,171 pa (pro rata £13,128 pa)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 17 October 2019
Job overview
LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT
Starting Salary £19,171 pa (pro rata £13,128 pa)
The pro rata salary quoted is for 30 hours per week working term time only.
Fixed term contract to 31 August 2020
We seek to appoint a well-qualified and enthusiastic Learning Support Assistant to join the Learning Support Department. The successful candidate will:
• Provide support within the classroom focused on, but not solely with, identified students to ensure the best possible learning experience and outcome and promote the health and welfare of all students, but with particular responsibility towards those students with barriers to their learning.
• Be prepared to work with students who have complex physical difficulties
• Work with Learning Support Teachers to deliver planned programmes
You will have relevant experience and a minimum Level 2 qualification in supporting children. The successful applicant will have access to additional training and support.
We offer:
• A well-established CPD and induction programme.
• A supportive and experienced department
• The chance to work in an innovative school
The school is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Services (DBS).
Please find more information about QKS on our website: www.queenkatherine.org
Closing date for applications: noon Thursday 17 October
Interview date : w/b 28 October
Start date : as soon as possible
If you have any queries, please contact
Tracy Houlden, HR Manager
tracy.houlden@queenkatherine.org
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About The Queen Katherine School
Our School
The Queen Katherine School is situated on the edge of the stunning Lake District; we are an 11-18 Academy with approximately 1000 students. The school was rated Good by Ofsted in March 2022. Our results reflect the school’s incredible success: top 7% in the country for A level (grades A-B) and top 25% for Progress 8 at GCSE. We have fantastic facilities all located on one, large site providing a vibrant and healthy learning space.
Our school culture is based around being ‘Proud to Belong’, a set of values that our whole community, students, staff, parents and governors, work to develop. We are a school that believes whole-heartedly in developing the whole child and we give equal importance to our academic and whole child curriculum. We pride ourselves not only on our academic excellence, but also on the unparalleled extra-curricular opportunities we provide to broaden students’ horizons and develop the confidence and creativity that our learners need to thrive as they move into a global community.
Our care for students is reflected in all aspects of our school organisation. We invest heavily in pastoral support so that non-teaching pastoral experts – often in liaison with teachers - can break down learning barriers to empower teachers to teach with the highest expectations. Behaviour in school is excellent so our learners reach their potential. We are proud to be an inclusive community supporting students of all abilities and aptitudes in this mixed socio-economic area.
Our teaching culture is based upon ‘excellence beyond compliance’. We believe in the power of collective teacher efficacy using a common language and being clear what it is to be a ‘QKS teacher’ but this is underpinned by a strong ethos of teacher autonomy. We invest heavily in high-quality CPD. We practise an annual Teaching and Learning focus for all colleagues in combination with separate departmental CPD foci led by Subject Leaders.
If you are looking to work in a supportive and aspirational school community absolutely committed to positive relationships and the highest expectations for all learners, you will find this at The Queen Katherine School.
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