Prep Learning Support Assistant (Maternity Cover)
St Edmund's College
Hertfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 10 October 2023
Job overview
(Required for as soon as possible)
St Edmund’s College offers modern facilities in a magnificent country setting in rural Hertfordshire, providing a safe and stimulating environment for young minds. St Edmund’s is England's oldest Catholic school offering an all-round co-education for students from 3 to 18 and for families from all faiths.
We require a Learning Support Assistant to support the pastoral and academic care of the students of our Prep School. The role involves supporting the students and providing general support to teachers in the management of students’ learning in and out of the classroom.
The Prep School prides itself on its high levels of pastoral care.
The successful applicant must have high professional standards as well as good communication skills. The role requires a good degree of flexibility as well as a sense of humour.
The role is 5 days per week, term time only, hours as follows:
Monday to Friday – 8.30am to 4.30pm (flexibility with the finish time for the right candidate)
The post will involve close contact with, and a high degree of responsibility for, children and young adults. The majority of this will be regulated activity.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. As with all College staff members, you will therefore be responsible for providing a safe environment in which children can learn.
If you would like to apply please visit our website in order to download an application pack http://www.stedmundscollege.org/information/job-opportunities/
Closing date for applications when all forms must be received by HR is: Midday, Tuesday 10th October 2023.
Interviews to take place: As soon as possible after the closing date.
Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and we reserve the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.
Telephone: 01920 824335
Email: hr@stedmundscollege.org
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Candidates will be required to undergo relevant Safeguarding Checks. We may seek references on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children and may approach previous employers for information to verify particular experience or qualifications before interview.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
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About St Edmund's College
The College has an incredible sense of community among its staff which can be felt immediately. The fascination of our setting is lasting and the Good Schools Guide describes the College as: “A successful, flourishing, dependable school with real spiritual heart.”
Our 400 acre site with its large leafy grounds, impressive playing fields and attractive school buildings offers modern facilities in a country setting, providing a safe and stimulating environment for young minds. With excellent transport links and only 30 minutes by train to central London stations, the College is 20 minutes’ drive from junction 25 of the M25, immediately off theA10. Also within easy access is London Stansted airport, which is a 20-minute drive.
At St Edmund’s we strive to:
- Provide a rounded education for the whole person – intellectual, physical, emotional and spiritual.
- Encourage students to demonstrate care and concern at home and in the wider community.
- Reflect the scholarship of St Edmund with a balanced and challenging curriculum for each individual.
- Show concern for all within the College community, demonstrate our collective commitment to be truly Christ-centred in all we do, and ensure that the students’ experience of relationships within the College reflects the Gospel maxim, “Love thy neighbour as thy self”.
- Build on our enriching Catholic heritage, making prayer, worship and liturgy a central part of our lives and our community.
- Create meaningful interaction between the College, home and the wider community and prepare our students to make their way in the world while making a difference to the world.
The ISI regulatory compliance inspection in November 2019 recorded that all eight parts of the standards were met.
Rooted in Christ and Catholic tradition and under the guidance of our patron, St Edmund, we aim to realise the God-given potential, in body, mind and spirit, of all members of our community through service and leadership.
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