Learning Support Assistant
Beacon Academy
Loughborough
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Pro rata salary £12,626.16 (AET Salary Grade Scale Points 11 to 13)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 23 November 2018
Job overview
Fixed Term until 18/07/2019
Monday-Friday – term-time only (39 weeks)
At Beacon Academy, consisting of a Nursery, Primary School and 40-place Specialist Provision, we focus on developing a love of learning from ages 2 to 11. Through a creative, innovative curriculum and use of new ideas and technology, we want our children to develop the knowledge and confidence that will empower them to make their best better.
“The headteacher is ambitious for the school and is striving for Beacon Academy to ‘make its best better’.” – Ofsted Oct 2017
We are looking for enthusiastic, hard-working, flexible and conscientious people who have a passion for working in a school environment. You will be expected to support our TEAM vision and to work in partnership with class teachers to assist pupils with their learning, in line with the national curriculum, codes of practice and school policies & procedures. You will prepare the classroom and resources ready for children to learn, under the direction of a class teacher but you will be expected to be proactive in ensuring children feel happy, safe and nourished. You must have high values in your own performance and be willing to widen your experiences. One role works with pupils with specialist needs (SEND) and one role will be a more general role in KS1 and/or KS2.
We offer:
- Excellent career prospects across the network, with a culture of looking to promote from within
- Something we take very seriously is staff WELLBEING. That’s why we have partnered up with BHSF to provide support and employee benefits, such as a health cash plan scheme to support healthcare, discounted gym membership and a employee assistance programme
- A generous annual leave allowance
- The opportunity to use Google Suite, which allows you to do your best work, all in one suite
AET believes that each and every child is inspired to choose a remarkable life. Our mission is to gather and motivate inspirational people committed to delivering an excellent education that launches children into remarkable lives.
Our values are:
- Be unusually brave
- Discover what’s possible
- Push the limits
- Be big-hearted
This position is required as soon as possible. Interviews are scheduled to take place during the week commencing 1st December 2018.
Closing date: Friday 23 November 2018.
Interviews will take place on 30 November 2018.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV’s. Find your remarkable, apply today.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.
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About Beacon Academy
- Beacon Academy
- Woodthorpe Road, Shelthorpe, Loughborough
- Leicestershire
- LE11 2NF
- United Kingdom
About Beacon Academy
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We are a large primary school on the edge of Loughborough with an MLD Special Provision and Nursery.
Beacon is a great place to be where children are at the centre of what we do. We work closely as a team to improve the life chances of our children who come from all over Loughborough, including Shelthorpe Estate. Our intake is mixed; with a high number of children with EHCPs and over half our children are entitled to free school meals. Therefore everyone who works at Beacon has a drive to make sure that our children get the best education they possibly can, this has its challenges but is incredibly rewarding.
We endeavour to work closely with other schools locally and have a number of links to Ashmount Special School through the Loughborough Learning Alliance (LLA). The LLA provide local professional development and enable us to moderate our work within the Loughborough Area. Nationally we are linked to Lift Schools where we are able to use nation research and resources to impact our teaching and learning.
The staff at Beacon are our greatest resource and we will nurture and develop you throughout your career. Being part of Lift Schools means every employee at every level is able to access tailored CPD and opportunities to work across the group as they progress.
We warmly welcome visitors and hope that you will come and see for yourself just what we are about and whether or not working here is right for you.
Thank you for your interest in our school; we can't wait to meet you!
General Information
Beacon Primary Academy is a 2 to 11 aged community academy in the Shelthorpe area of Loughborough.
The school originally opened in 1933 as an infant and junior school and was later amalgamated into a single school. The Nursery building was opened in 2005. The school also benefits from an extensive field space for outdoor activities. In December 2012 it became part of a network of schools sponsored by Lift Schools.
It is a larger than average-sized primary academy with 309 pupils. Included in this figure, is a 40-place Moderate Learning Difficulty (MLD) resource provision for children with an Education & Health Care Plan (EHC) or a Statement of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Our popular 80-place full-time equivalent (FTE), term-time only Nursery includes a 6 FTE Severe Learning Difficulty (SLD) resource provision.
There are various clubs and activities that take place on site during the evenings and at weekends for adults and children within the community. There is a weekly Family Learning group that works alongside one of the teachers and children in Key Stage 1. The area has good transport links and the Academy is close to Loughborough University. Housing is a mixture of council and affordable dwellings. This is a community that is growing as can be seen from the high numbers of pupils in Key Stage 1.
Ofsted
We are a rapidly improving school and we were last inspected in November 2021. To view all our Ofsted reports please click here.
Who is Lift Schools?
Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.
Our mission:
- We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
- With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
- We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.
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