Learning Support Assistant

Learning Support Assistant – 30 hours per week, term time only

H3 5 – 6 (£23,500 – £23,893 +£689 Fringe FTE, (£16,413 – £16,680 pro-rata))

Start Date: September 2024 or shortly thereafter

St Mary’s Catholic School is seeking to appoint one or more additional Learning Support assistants to join our excellent SEND team supporting pupils. The successful applicants will be a positive and proactive will work as part of our SEND/Inclusion team. Candidates must have strong Maths and English skills, excellent communication skills, (written and verbal), and have a sufficient command of relevant ICT to be able to support and communicate effectively with staff and pupils.

A true all rounder, you must be willing and able to support pupils in all curriculum areas, from science to PE, from English to maths, from art to computer science and every subject in between! Enthusiastic, patient and kind, you must be able to work unsupervised, be flexible, and able to engage and motivate pupils and improve the quality of pupils’ learning and to adapt practice as appropriate.

The role will include working with individual students, supporting groups of students or whole classes and other related tasks, including associated admin. This will involve making observations of the children and feeding back necessary information to the pupils’ teachers/SENDCO.

The working pattern is 8.30 – 3.15 Monday to Friday, with an unpaid break and a ½ unpaid lunch break each day.

The role is funding dependant and will be for the remainder of the 2024/2025 academic year* in the first instance. (* until 31st August 2025).

We reserve the right to interview applicants as they apply, and close the application window early, so early applications are advised.

We seek applications from those of the Catholic faith, all faiths and of no faith but who are supportive of our Christian values and ethos.

Apply in writing using the forms available on our website http://www.stmarys.net/about-us/vacancies/ Support Staff Application Form, Consent to obtain References form, Rehabilitation of Offenders Form & Recruitment Monitoring Form. Please note only applications on St Mary’s forms will be accepted. Please contact Deirdre McHugh, Interim Headteacher d.mchugh@stmarys.net or Recruitment@stmarys.net to submit an application or for more information.