Learning Support Classroom Assistant

Learning Support Classroom Assistant

Salary: £100+ per day

32.5 hours per week (Term time only)

Start Date: ASAP

This role as Teaching Assistant is ideal for a graduate interested in a career as a teacher. Many of our previous post holders have utilised the post to develop experience in the education sector before progressing to PGCE courses, educational psychology and working with educational charities.

The successful candidate will work alongside and under the guidance of the SENCo and will be required to support individual students and small groups. This exciting and rewarding role requires someone who is patient, flexible, adaptable, a team player and who is also able to show initiative, both in the class situation and with groups/individuals.

Our school is a popular and highly successful non-selective 11-18 school that is federated with three local primary schools, based in Lewisham and Bromley. We have approximately 1,000 students on roll, including a mixed sixth form.

Results at GCSE and in the Sixth Form are significantly above national averages and the school was graded Good with Outstanding Leadership & Management in its most recent Ofsted inspection (March 2018).

We are proud of our innovative and forward-thinking learning culture and our partnerships enable us to provide a wide range of opportunities for career development.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• An exciting job in an outstanding multi academy trust.
• Fantastic support from your line managers and the Senior Leadership Team.
• A guaranteed CPD plan which is tailored to individual requirements including financial support for 'M’ level study.
• Excellent location with fast rail and bus links to London and the surrounding area.
• Free on site parking.
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Employee benefits such as cycle to work scheme and retail discounts.
• Access to an Employee Wellbeing Programme including counselling and mentoring.
• An enthusiastic Staff Association.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL:

• Place the learner at the centre of everything they do.
• Be able to work effectively as a member of a team.
• Have a calm and approachable disposition when dealing with students and staff.
• Be well organised and efficient; keeping to deadlines and encouraging others to do so.
• A willingness to learn to effectively use Google Classroom and related systems.
• Have high personal standards and the ability to motivate others to sustain those standards.

Please send your up-to-date CV to Chloe at Clarus Education. Please note that if shortlisted for the position you will be contacted within 48 hours. This post does not have the ability to sponsor overseas candidates.

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