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July 2024
Dear Applicant,
We are delighted that you are considering coming to join our team. As you apply for our post we encourage you to come for an informal visit and conversation with myself or a senior colleague. We also suggest that you visit our website.
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and effective Learning Support Assistant. The successful candidate will become part of our friendly and hard-working team which is dedicated to ensuring our children learn well and are well cared for.
· Scale 3, points 5-6 £18,469.64 - £18,778.52 which is £12.69 - £12.90 per hour.
· Full time, 39 weeks, 33 hours and 55 minutes per week.
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 8:20am- 3:20pm (with 30 mins lunch break)
Wednesday: 8:20am to 4:45pm (with 30 mins lunch break)
Please note that on Wednesday the end time is 4.45pm. This is to enable attendance at our weekly School Improvement Meeting, with all other teachers and Learning Support Assistants.
· To start October 2024.
We want the very best for all our children and we place them at the centre of all that we do. Recently, we had a very positive Ofsted the outcomes of which reflect our team and family ethic and the high standards we have for the children and for ourselves.
Do you want to come and join our forward-looking team? If you join the team, not only will you get to work with some great colleagues and receive appropriate support, resources and training but you will also be given, free, 'chippy' Friday, chocolates, tea, coffee and squash, plus the chance to spend time with Otis our school dog - what more could you want?!
Ours is a rural location just twenty minutes from Colchester and ten minutes from Clacton. We are an academy with the Vine Schools Trust and so have the support of the trust and of the diocese. We also have training and other support in place for the successful applicant.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of our children and all staff share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure, suitable references, and a pre-employment medical check.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards,
Mark Carter-Tufnell
(Headteacher)
Information about the School
We are a primary school in a rural location just twenty minutes from Colchester and 10 mins from Clacton-on Sea. We are an academy with the Vines School Trust and so have the the support of this trust and the Diocese.