Learning Support Assistant (PE Coach)
Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School
Slough
- £25,741 - £33,115 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Slough School Levels 4-5, SCP 8 to 23. FTE Salary
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 31 October 2024
Job overview
Learning Support Assistant with coaching skills required to work under the direction and management of the PE Teacher
30-35 hours per week
Term Time Only
Pay Scale £25,741 - £33,115 (FTE) (Level 4 – Level 5) inclusive of London Fringe (pay award pending)
Actual Salary: £20,407 - £26,253 Pro-rata based on 35 hours/week term time only
Required ASAP.
‘Better Never Stops: Community, Kindness, Respect and Excellence’
We wish to appoint a highly motivated, energetic and passionate Learning Support Assistant (LSA) to teach Sport and PE lessons under the direction of our PE teacher.
The successful applicant will be passionate about working with all children, helping them to access physical activity and sport enthusiastically and successfully. They will show willingness to work in partnership with teachers, LSAs and other professionals to give our children a high-quality PE curriculum. They will need to work under the direction of the PE teacher but must demonstrate that they can work on their own initiative. The successful candidate’s salary will be set to reflect skills and qualifications and their competence to work alone, out of sight from the assigned class teacher/PE teacher/leader or off-site.
The duties include supporting play and sporting provision at break and lunchtimes, ensuring that children have access to physical exercise and that they develop social skills and positive play competencies through group and individual activities.
The post holder will possess effective communication skills and will interact professionally with children and our staff team to ensure that children get the most out of provided learning activities and play. We are looking for candidates with a can-do attitude who show a good understanding of young people and can work with pupils, responding to particular approaches to engage them successfully.
We are ideally looking for someone with a good standard of education – English and Maths minimum GCSE grade C.
Previous experience of sports coaching or work with young people would be an advantage but training and mentoring will be provided. The post holder may be required to undertake first aid training. This post might suit someone with aspirations to teach in the future and an openness to further training and development.
Application packs are available on our school website https://www.pennwood.slough.sch.uk/vacancies-1/ Please send completed forms to enquiries@pennwood.slough.sch.uk
Interviews will commence upon receipt of suitable applications (If you have not received a reply 4 weeks after the submission of your application you have not been successful).
Our School is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory ‘Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Check’.
Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School operates in line with the Equality Act 2010 and associated public sector equality duties to protect people from discrimination.
About Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School
- Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School
- Penn Road, Slough
- Berkshire
- SL2 1PH
- United Kingdom
Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School is a mixed, mainstream school in Slough, Berkshire, that caters for three- to eleven-year-old pupils. It has approximately 670 pupils and has received the UNICEF Rights Respecting School Award, the ICT Quality Mark and Think Schools accreditation. In addition, it is a Centre of Excellence for Talk for Writing.
Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School was founded in 1996 as William Penn Nursery School. It now has a Governing Body, Inclusion Team and Specials Needs Team to provide a caring and secure environment for every child.
Headteacher
Claire Fletcher
Vision and values
Our dedicated, stable and highly-effective staff team have the highest expectations for the learning and behaviour of all children and for their own professionalism. The experienced and skilful Board of Governors work closely with leaders to steer the school and our talented staff team work hard to realise the Penn Wood vision: 'Better Never Stops'.
Our central courtyard is home to the 'Tree of Life', a magnificent symbol of growth at the heart of our school. It stands firm over us and grows strongly from deep foundations. Like our children, the tree started as a tiny seed and flourished, becoming deeply rooted in and connected to our community. The tree, also a welcoming home to wildlife, reminds us that we grow together from strong roots, branch out with the support of each other and gain wings to fly.
Our core values of Community, Kindness, Respect and Excellence are reflected in the kindness and strong sense of belonging which includes everyone here at Penn Wood. Our ethos encompasses the fundamental British values of Democracy, the Rule of Law, Individual Liberty and Mutual Respect and Tolerance for those with Different Beliefs. We foster a deep sense of respect in all and of all to create an inclusive and respectful community. In addition to this, our well-being curriculum promotes the very strongest behaviours for learning, strength of character and develops each and every one of us to be the best we can be.
Our curriculum offers learners in all year groups a deep and rich education in the full range of subjects in the Primary National Curriculum and beyond and strives to to lay the foundations for every child to go on to realise their potential and make a positive contribution to their community, identifying and developing their own passions and interests. Specialist teaching is provided in music, drama, computing and Physical Education and the professional learning of our staff team is paramount in ensuring that children receive the best teaching possible in all subjects. We are proud of the achievements our children gain and the strong standards which we continue to build on.
At Penn Wood, we believe that books open a world of possibilities, build imaginations and equip children with the language and vocabulary to become confident, competent storytellers themselves. High-quality books drive our curriculum and the school's strengths in reading and writing are underpinned by a long-standing commitment to the work of Pie Corbett's 'Talk for Writing’. We are extremely proud to be a Talk for Writing Training Centre.
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