Learning Support/Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant
Learning Support Assistant/Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant – 8.30am-3.00pm or Mornings or afternoons, five days a week, term time only
To start as soon as possible
We are looking to appoint a smiley, cheerful, charismatic person who communicates well and has an optimistic disposition and can join our fabulous team of learning support staff at Knightwood.
If you have the personal presence to engage, enthuse and support our children effectively with their learning, you may be just what we are looking for. Above all, in line with our vision statement “Always Learning”, we are seeking someone who is an effective learner with a track record of self improvement and personal growth.
If you have compassion, patience, flexibility and resilience and always put children first, you may well be the one for us!
We are an Ofsted rated “Outstanding” Primary School with an excellent team of skilled and dedicated practitioners looking for similar like-minded professional people to join us.
If you are interested in working in a “School where ambition to be excellent is at the heart of all it does” and where the “Climate for learning is outstanding” (Ofsted 2015) you will obviously have to be able to demonstrate in your written application that you are a high quality person who has fully considered the importance of this role and have a clear understanding of how children learn.
This position is two fold and is both to provide learning support either on a 1:1 basis or within one of our classrooms (as directed) and also to support children’s welfare and needs during the lunchtime period. The successful candidate will have had recent experience of working in a school setting or previous working experience as an LSA or teacher.
Salary will be dependent upon previous experience and is pro rata for the hours worked and term time working.
Grade B/C (18,562 to 19,941 FTE) pro rata for LSA
Grade A (17,842 to 18,198 FTE) pro rata for LTSA
As we are unable to show you around our school, we have produced a short video clip that is available on our website for you to view. If you like our school and think you are likely to apply, we can organise a 10 - 15min Zoom conversation with our headteacher on Thursday 1st October or Thursday 8th October subject to availability.
For further information or to arrange a Zoom conversation please contact the school office on 023 8026 1900
Please note, we can only accept applications completed and submitted on a Hampshire County Council Application Form. Applications and Equalities Monitoring Forms can be posted to the school or emailed to s.mussell@knightwood.hants.sch.uk
The closing date is 12.00 Noon on Monday 12th October 2020 with interviews being held on Monday 19th October 2020.
Please see below for the application pack