Learning Support Assistant
Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre
Kent
- £12,225 - £12,973 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- NJC Scale 2/3, Points 3–6
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 29 January 2023
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and dedicated person to work closely with students aged 11–19 years who have a range of learning difficulties and/or disabilities. The successful candidate will be ideally confident to support student learning experiences according to need; this involves working with the classroom teachers to help students with reading, writing, verbal communication literacy and numeracy.
This is a part-time (28 hours per week), initially fixed-term position until August 2023 (term time only).
We seek to develop our staff through a professional growth model and treat everyone as an individual; we value personal strengths and qualities. Our school is set in a 55-acre site midway between London and the Channel Ports and is easily commutable via major roads and motorways from London. You will enjoy a unique working environment in the heart of the Weald of Kent, including discounts and offers with Kent Rewards. All teaching and Learning Support staff are provided with an IT device. There is also a nursery based on the school site, which offers discounts to Homewood Staff.
It’s a competitive market out there, and we want to know what it is that makes you the one we can invest in. Detail your successes in your covering letter and get us excited about you.
We are not accepting applications from employment agencies for this position but would be delighted to receive a direct application from you.
An early application is encouraged as we review applications as we receive them.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all members of the community. Tenterden Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and therefore, this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
About Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre
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- Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre
- Ashford Road, Tenterden
- Kent
- TN30 6LT
- United Kingdom
Homewood School & Sixth Form Centre is a mixed 11 – 18 wide ability school with Academy status with 2,100 students including 350 in the Sixth Form. We are part of Tenterden Schools’ Trust working in collaboration with local primary schools serving the Wealden town of Tenterden and the surrounding villages. The school is situated on the edge of Tenterden and enjoys a large semi-rural site overlooking open countryside.
Homewood has excellent facilities for all its students and our specialisms in Performing Arts, Applied Learning and the Rural Dimension underpin our approaches to learning which are designed to raise achievement across the whole student body. We aim to maintain and develop the cultural aspirations of the school community in line with our priorities of “belonging” and “respect” and offer a broad range of curriculum opportunities in all subject areas. This also extends into the local community through partnerships across primary, secondary and higher education sectors as well as non-educational community partners.
Homewood provides a secure and caring learning environment in which all students can flourish and succeed. It is a school renowned for its support for students’ wellbeing. Consideration and respect for each other is central to our work. We are immensely proud of the achievements of our students and are committed to enabling all to reach for individual excellence.
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