Learning Support Teacher
Surbiton High Girls' Preparatory School
Kingston upon Thames
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive - Based on the Surbiton High School Pay Scale
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2023
- Apply by:
- 26 September 2022
Job overview
Job Title: Learning Support Teacher
Job Purpose: To inspire, encourage and empower our pupils with additional needs to achieve their very best.
Reporting Line: Head of Learning Support (SENCO)
Secondary Reporting Line: Head of the Girls’ Preparatory School
Start Date: January 2023
Tenure: Permanent, Part-time 0.5 (2 days per week)
Salary: Competitive – based on the Surbiton High School Pay Scale
Application Deadline: 8:00am, Monday 26 September 2022
Interviews to be held week commencing: 3 October 2022
Key Responsibilities:
Subject Specific
- To design lesson plans and resources for pupils receiving Support for Learning. Lesson plans may be subject related or skill related, and should address areas that hinder access to the curriculum
- To deliver Speech and Language interventions under the guidance of the Head of Learning Support/Speech Therapist
- To monitor progress and provide termly written reports on pupils receiving Support for Learning
- To communicate regularly with classroom teachers to discuss progress of individual pupils
- To attend Staff and Parent/Staff Consultation meetings
General
- To attend INSET days
- To contribute to the organisation and running of co-curricular and enrichment activities
- To attend staff and departmental meetings as required
- To undertake supervisory duties as required
- To conduct yourself in an appropriate professional manner at all times and support and foster the aims and safeguarding policies of the School
- To participate in the annual performance review, appraisal and development programme
- To identify and attend workshops for professional development to ensure continued upgrading of knowledge and skills and attending relevant CPD training each year
- To uphold the School’s code of conduct and the values of Surbiton High School
- To carry out any such duties as may be reasonably requested by the Principal
Person Specification
The successful candidate will be likely to fit the following profile:
Qualifications and Experience
- Knowledge and experience working with children with specific/additional learning needs, particularly in KS1
- Possess a depth and breadth of subject content in the Primary curriculum
- It would be highly desirable for candidates to be confident and willing to teach from Year 1 up to Year 6
- Qualified - SpLD Certificated / minimum Level 5 OCR Certified desired
- Familiarity with the needs of pupils with learning differences including:
- Dyslexia/Literacy difficulties
- Dyscalculia/Maths difficulties
- Attention/Concentration difficulties
- Speech and Language needs
Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organizational, administrative and ICT skills
- The ability to inspire, motivate and support pupils and colleagues
Personal Qualities and Attitudes
- A dynamic, enthusiastic classroom practitioner with a clear sense of purpose and high expectations
- Evidence of being able to work effectively within a team
- Willingness to participate in co-curricular activities
- High expectations for pupil attainment, personal development and conduct
- High levels of personal and professional integrity
- Ability to exercise discretion and confidentiality
- Positive rapport with pupils and personal warmth to gain the confidence of pupils, staff and parents
- High standards of personal presence and presentation and attention to detail
- Committed to Surbiton High School’s ethos
- Committed to professional development and show a willingness to undertake appropriate training for this role
To Apply:
Please apply online by clicking on the following: https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/2822137?cid=1567
For any queries relating to the role or your application, please email recruitment@surbitonhigh.com
Surbiton High Schools is culturally diverse and are fully committed to celebrating, respecting and learning about inclusion and diversity throughout the community.
Surbiton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please note that the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the recruitment process.
Attached documents
About Surbiton High Girls' Preparatory School
- Surbiton High Girls' Preparatory School
- 95-97 Surbiton Road, Kingston Upon Thames
- Surrey
- KT1 2HW
- United Kingdom
Surbiton High School aims to inspire, encourage and empower its staff and pupils to be the very best they can be.
We are a school where a passion and energy abound, a school with a real heart and soul, where we look beyond the A* to offer a breadth of opportunity which allows every pupil to flourish and every staff member to develop and succeed.
Surbiton High School is a school “brimming with energy and joie de vivre.” (ISI Inspection Report). We pride ourselves on being an extraordinary community where people matter, results count and where a passion for excellence drives everything we do. We feed our pupils’ minds, but we also care passionately about their character development and happiness. Our approach to education means that Surbiton High School pupils achieve the very best exam results and are also compassionate, authentic young people with strong values, keen to make a positive difference in the world.
Our inspirational staff are dedicated to delivering a rich curriculum and programme of co-curricular activities which challenge our pupils to explore ideas for themselves. Whether engaged in learning in the classroom, or through musical, artistic, sporting, enterprise or charitable activities, our pupils are constantly encouraged to connect with the wider world and embrace new experiences to build their confidence. All staff are expected and encouraged to play a full part in the academic, co-curricular and pastoral life of the School.
At Surbiton High School, we aim to bring out the ‘Best in Everyone’, and this resonates in the investment that we make in our colleagues. We recognise the importance of continuous learning and training and the School has a senior member of staff dedicated to supporting continuing professional development. We have a comprehensive whole School and individual INSET programme in place, including support for School Direct trainees as well as Newly Qualified Teachers (in our role as a regional NQT induction centre).
We actively encourage our staff to continue to develop their own expertise in the classroom and support their professional development through coaching and mentoring alongside professional qualifications such as: NPQML, NPQSL and MA courses in educational leadership. The School has a clearly developed leadership structure, offering extensive opportunities for career development and progression, including Heads of Department (Including Deputies) and Heads of Year (including Deputies) as well as Co-ordinators with specific responsibilities such as: Gifted and Talented, Oxbridge, Duke of Edinburgh and Expeditions.
Surbiton High School has approximately 1600 pupils aged between 4 and 18. Our Preparatory Schools are divided into the Girls’ Preparatory School and Boys’ Preparatory School, and the Senior School is girls only from age 11 upwards.
We are looking for applicants who are passionate about inspiring, encouraging and empowering our pupils and working with us to become the number one school of choice in South West London.
Head of the Girls’ Prep
Mrs Louise McCabe-Arnold
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