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Support Assistant (Enhanced Inclusion Programme)

Support Assistant (Enhanced Inclusion Programme)

Kenton School

Newcastle upon Tyne

  • £19,346 - £20,939 per year
  • Quick apply
  • Expired
Salary:
Grade N5, pay award pending
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
Apply by:
10 January 2022

Job overview

Kenton School is a vibrant and inclusive secondary school at the heart of the community we serve. With just over 1,800 students, we are amongst the largest schools in the North East. 

At Kenton, we are passionate about providing the very best education possible for young people in our city, our region and nationally, and our strong and committed team share our vision of ensuring all our students not only reach their potential but that they are confident, happy and resilient students who treat each other with compassion and respect.

An exciting opportunity has arisen through the establishment of a new provision at our school. The In-School Enhanced Inclusion Programme will have the core aim of ensuring students who are disengaged from mainstream education have their curriculum needs met through bespoke and high-quality intervention and support.  

We are seeking a capable and inspiring Support Assistant to work within our In-School Enhanced Inclusion Programme alongside the Programme Manager, Teacher and subject leaders to help raise standards of achievement, supporting students both whilst in the provision and with their reintegration to mainstream.

In this role, you will work 37 hours per week, term time only + 5 training days. We are open to job-share/part-time applications.

If you are the person we are looking, for you will possess:

  • a proven track record of undertaking pastoral work in a secondary school environment, ideally working with children and young people with SEMH needs;
  • knowledge of a range of behaviour improvement and engagement strategies; 
  • excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to provide a balance of challenge and empathy;
  • the ability to work effectively with colleagues, stakeholders and other agencies;
  • the ability to deliver strategies and approaches to support students to achieve and return to mainstream provision.  

In return, we offer fantastic developmental possibilities due to our size, facilities and a forward-thinking management. 

Supporting information is available to download below. To apply, please click on Quick Apply where you will be taken to the application form.

Closing date: Noon on 10 January 2022

Kenton Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families. 

This post does involve engaging in regulated activity as defined in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2021 and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (as amended 1975, 2013 and 2020).

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About Kenton School

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  • Kenton School
  • Drayton Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Tyne And Wear
  • NE3 3RU
  • United Kingdom
+44 191 2142200

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Kenton School is a mixed, mainstream, non-denominational secondary school in Newcastle upon Tyne. It caters to students aged 11-18 and has 2,010 pupils at full capacity, including 300 in the sixth form.

Kenton School was opened to pupils and staff on 17th March 1961 as a maintained comprehensive school. After 47 years in the original buildings, the school moved into new state-of-the-art premises in 2008.

Kenton School converted to academy status in 2012. In 2014, it formed Kenton Schools Academy Trust. This multi-academy trust opened Studio West, a new studio school, in West Denton in 2014.

Principal

Sinead Green

Vision and values

Outstanding teaching and learning for all students, so that knowledge is embedded and disadvantage is not a barrier to learning. All students reach their potential, so that they are well placed for life beyond school. Ensuring confident, happy and resilient students, who treat others with compassion and respect.

Ofsted report

“The school’s work to promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural education of pupils and to prepare them for life in modern Britain is also a real strength. Pupils discuss current affairs regularly through the systematic personal, social and health education (PSHE) curriculum.”

View Kenton School’s latest Ofsted report

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