Foreign Language Assistant

Job Description

THE STANWAY SCHOOL

FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSISTANT

Pay Range: Local Government Pay Scale 4, Point 7 - 8

Actual Salary from: £2,073 - £2,111

Start Date: January 2024

The Role

We are seeking to appoint a foreign language assistant to support the work of the Modern Languages department under the supervision of the teachers to boost the learning, confidence and achievement of all pupils.

This post is 4 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time, plus non-pupil days)

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

· Support in Language lessons, working with small groups of students and with the class teacher from time to time.

· Prepare learning activities to help improve students' speaking ability and outcomes for GCSE oral exams.

· Help improve students' spoken fluency and confidence.

· To maintain Staff and Pupil confidentiality

· To undertake other responsibilities within the overall purpose and scope of the post

(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Person Specification).

We're looking for you if you have:

· Have a friendly and approachable manner; are punctual and well organised.

· Have a high degree of fluency and accuracy in Spanish suitable for the current AQA GCSE course and some understanding of the GCSE requirements.

· The ability to give clear and concise verbal feedback according to the GCSE criteria

Why work for The Sigma Trust, The Stanway School?

We can offer you:

· A Competitive Salary

· Robust school CPD training programme that enables you to flourish

· Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships

· Employee Benefits: Employee Assistance Programme, Pension Scheme, Perkbox, Cycle to Work Scheme and Discounted Gym Membership at selected local gyms

Please note that an integration period applies to all new staff joining the Trust, to support introduction into the organisation.

Additional Information:

For additional information about the Trust and this school, please visit our website www.sigmatrust.org.uk

To Apply

To apply for this post, please follow the URL link provided below:

https://careers.sigmatrust.org.uk/Apply/U2l39596nbWEgQXBwbGljYXRpb24gRm9ybSBOb3ZlbWJlciAyMDIzfDQxfDQ4NTY2MnwxfHxGYWxzZXwyMTIyfDI2ODgwOTZ8MA%3d%3d?i=xm2vuGvUrVY%3d

Please note that only fully completed application forms will be accepted and any CV's and accompanying covering letters will be disregarded. A Notes for Applicants document is attached for further information.

Closing date: Midnight, Monday 27th November 2023

Interviewing date: Monday, 19th December 2023

The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.

The Sigma Trust is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristics. This is embedded in our vision 'To Be Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts', where we believe we are strong and more successful working together, creating a workplace which celebrates diversity.

Information about the School

About The Stanway School The Stanway School is a heavily over-subscribed 11-16 comprehensive school with over 1,300 students currently on roll, the vast majority of whom live in Stanway and the surrounding villages to the west of Colchester. The school is a specialist school in Humanities and Maths & Computing. We have undertaken a huge rebuilding programme and the Creative Arts block, the latest phase of our expansion project, opened in September 2018. By 2021, all year groups will be full with 280 students following this expansion of the school buildings. This is an exciting time to join an already successful school that is looking to continually improve practice: staff are enthusiastic and many take part in voluntary research groups into key areas of school life; students are well-behaved and achieve results above expectation; the culture of the school is calm and purposeful. In March 2012 The Stanway School converted to an academy and in September 2016 joined the newly formed Sigma Trust, a partnership of schools located in North East Essex covering both Colchester and Tendring.

Jonathan Bland Headteacher The Stanway School

Safeguarding The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.