1:1 LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT
Ark Ayrton Primary Academy & Nursery
Do you have a passion for working with children in a school environment? Do you want to join a fast-growing organisation with excellent opportunities for development and professional growth? Then we have a great opportunity for you to join a vibrant Ark academy in Portsmouth.
We are looking for a dedicated 1:1 Learning Support Assistant, who will provide specific and direct one to one support to pupils, establishing a supportive and nurturing learning environment in which the pupil can make at least good academic progress. This role is a key part of our SEN initiative and the successful candidates will be people who can forge strong working relationships with staff across the academy. Our children want to learn, they work and had and shine brightly every day. Are you ready to help on that journey?
Our ideal candidate will:
• Have experience of establishing successful learning relationships with a variety of pupils
• Have a helpful, positive, calm and caring nature
• Have genuine passion and belief in the potential of every pupil
• Be able to understand and implement particular strategies and methods to help pupils to improve their learning and enjoyment of learning
• Be able to help implement the necessary routines and patterns to establish good behaviour management within the school
• Be committed to Ark Ayrton’s ethos of high expectation
LSA Job Description & Person Spec
If you don’t know us at Ark Ayrton, come and visit us to find out what we’re about. We want to give you the opportunity to meet a top, hardworking team of people, committed to being the very best for our children.
By joining the Ark schools network, you will gain access to an exclusive range of benefits including comprehensive CPD, training and best-practice sharing opportunities, reduced gym membership, large retail discounts as well as the unique opportunity to apply for international exchanges and other scholarship prospects.
We welcome applications from experienced individuals but will consider applications from those who are looking to develop their career. Just be sure you have maths and English GCSE C or above.
To apply please go to www.arkayrtonprimary.org/vacancies. Please submit your application by 4pm Friday 14th October 2022 ensuring you have provided clear contact details for referees, including full name, address, telephone number and email details. If you have any queries, please contact Lynda Miller on 023 9282 4828 or l.miller@arkayrtonprimary.org.
Deadline: 4pm Friday 14th October 2022
Please note Ark Schools communicate all correspondence to applicants through their website and emails, therefore please ensure you check your email accounts regularly for interview details and other information. Also note that when using a "free" email account such as hotmail or yahoo, please ensure you check your "junk mail" on a regular basis as well as your inbox.
For some posts, we are receiving large volumes of applications, on these occasions we may close the post early, therefore you are strongly advised to submit your application as soon as possible.
Location: Ark Ayrton Primary Academy
Salary: Ark Band 2 £18,582 - £18,886 pa pro rota.
Actual salary £16,095 - £16,359 term time only
Hours: 35.5 hours per week
Start date: ASAP
Contract: Fixed Term
Ark is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Ark is always happy to receive speculative applications from excellent teachers and support staff.