Specialist Learning Support Assistant for pupils with visual impairment

Job Description

St Clere's School

Butts Lane, Stanford Le Hope, Essex, SS17 0NW

Wishes to appoint

Specialist Learning Support Assistant for pupils withvisual impairment

One-year fixed term contract

1st September 2024 until 31st August 2025

Salary: Band B Point 7 - 12

(£18,442.29 - £20,056.36 per annum)

32 hours 30 minutes per week

Monday - Friday, 8:15am - 3:15pm with a 30 minute unpaid lunch break

38 weeks of the year - term time + five additional days to be worked over the year, during school closure periods, to be agreed.

Start Date:September 2024

We are seeking an enthusiastic and flexible Specialist Learning Support Assistant to work with young people with a visual impairment. The successful candidate will work with and support young people with a visual impairment. This post is based in the Sensory Service Resource base for Key Stage 3 and 4 students at St Clere's School, however you may be required to work across the primary and secondary age range.

Primarily, you will provide learning support for pupils with vision impairment ensuring their inclusion in the classroom and on the playground/sports field. You will also carry out 1:1 intervention sessions within the Resource Base, under the guidance of a Specialist teacher and may be asked to carry specialist equipment for students if necessary.

'Persequi Optima' (the pursuit of excellence) is our school motto and our mission is to provide a high-quality, comprehensive and meaningful education for all learners. We do this by providing an engaging curriculum in a safe and inspirational environment where high standards and expectations encourage success. We aim to empower our learners so they can apply their acquired skills or knowledge and confidently express themselves throughout their lives and future careers. Our high standards are achieved through effective leadership, outstanding teaching and committed stakeholder engagement from the Trust, Governance and community. 

St Clere's School is a member of Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust a Multi-Academy Trust, with twelve member schools within Essex. All schools in the Trust work in equal partnership and are members of the schools' Co-operative Society. Our Co-operative Values focus on enabling all students to achieve their potential both academically and as young people. 

What the school can offer:  

· Support from highly experienced SLT members, the wider trust network and collaboration with our other schools  

· Support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance   

· Career progression throughout the Trust, with the ability to progress in other schools  

· Recognition of continuous service   

· Excellent CPD opportunities through the school and the trust   

· Fully Subsided Employee Assistance Programme    

· Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff  

· National Conditions of Service  

· Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme 

If you feel the school would suit you, and you have the passion, drive and commitment to work with us to make all aspects of our school outstanding, please apply now or you can request a visit of the school or for more information speak to Abbie Stonehouse hr@osborne.coop or 01375 648901. 

St Clere's is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on our formal application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. As a Trust, we recognise the value of, and seek to achieve a diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Please refer to our recruitment & selection policy statement (www.osborne.coop/working-with-us) for more information.    

If you would like to be considered for this post, application forms are available via our website, Vacancies in our Trust (osborne.coop)   

Closing date: Friday 2nd August 2024, Midday

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. 

Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Information about the School

St Clere’s School is a secondary school and Co-operative Academy with an ethos that promotes excellence for all. Everything we do is underpinned by Co-operative values that guide and develop our students through their education to become successful, responsible and confident adults. We work in partnership with a family of schools including East Tilbury Primary School, Stanford-le-Hope Primary School, Thameside Primary School, Arthur Bugler Primary School and Brentwood County High School. Due to our excellent Science facilities and results, we were awarded Specialist Science College status in 2010. We have since been awarded a second specialism in Sport because of our outstanding amenities and standards.

We have over 1100 students here, who are busy finding out that learning can be enjoyable and will bring them greater opportunities in life. Our well-qualified staff teach with great energy and expertise in an environment that has exceptional standards.

St Clere’s School is located on the edge of Stanford-le-Hope, a short distance from the A13, and is surrounded by a large expanse of playing fields, which enable us to enjoy a vast array of sports. We have a range of facilities including a state of the art Drama studio, an Apple Mac suite, fully refurbished Science labs, Sports Pavilion, 3G all weather floodlit pitch, tennis courts and an exceptionally well-stocked Library with research and quiet study space. In addition, we have classrooms with up-to-date ICT resources, which enhance the teaching for all students and provide a comfortable environment in which to learn.

Our reputation is one of very high academic standards and outstanding pupil conduct. St Clere’s School has gone from strength to strength and the past few years, St. Clere's School pupils have achieved significantly above national results. The Maths department have continued their trend of results, high in the 80s where one third of pupils left with a top grade of 7 to 9. The English department has also mirrored that success with results high in the 80s and significantly above national. Additionally, our progress score continues to be a solid positive and our Ebacc results are above national. Both ICT and separate sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) were 100% A* to C. These results are significantly above national figures and some of the best results in the history of our school, demonstrating: high quality teaching and learning; continuous dedication of staff and the engagement for learning of our pupils. All of this is evident on a daily basis at St Clere’s School.