Start date: ASAPAdvert closing date: 03 January 2025Interview date: 14 January 2025Hours: A range of hours available, minimum 11 hours 15 minutes per week. Salary: Minimum actual salary £6,591.68pa for 11 hours 15 minutes. Pay grade: E3 – FTE £24,790 per annum, actual salary will be pro-rota based on hours and term time only plus inset days, if different from above.An ELAN LSA is positive, a team player, motivational, flexible, creative, and innovative with a supportive nature, as well as being confident, calm, consistent and resourceful with experience supporting pupils in a classroom environment, with Special Educational Needs or disabilities (SEND).
You will work 1:1 with children and closely with the class teacher to resource and adapt planning and support high quality teaching and learning across all subjects. You will have experience of working with children who have Social Emotional Mental Health (SEMH) needs and help to create learning environments where pupils can expand their knowledge. You will work with the school community to uphold our trust and school values.
You need to be proactive, energetic, and committed to engaging pupils, developing their desire to learn. You will help to inspire them to be confident and independent. You will also need to be calm, patient, sensitive and able to comfort children when they’re upset.
Mendip Green Primary School is a large school for 4-11 year-olds in the Worle area of Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset. We work to be at the forefront of education, giving our pupils a spectacular education and creating well-rounded people who are willing and capable of making a positive contribution to their community. To achieve this we are looking for inspiring staff to be a champion for all children, with a passion to see every child become the best that they can be. We are an inclusive school and can offer you the opportunity to work with children from different backgrounds and with a range of needs.
What we offer you:a supportive and collaborative environment where all staff are valued and empowered to achieve their best and always be proud of who they are and what they doa central team with education specialists in school improvement, innovation and development, SEND and education welfare
a diverse and inclusive group of academies where every child is valued and celebratedWhy choose ELAN
We have a strong set of values built upon collaboration, integrity, respect, innovation, and a commitment to providing an extraordinary education for all pupils.
We have high expectations and aspirations for all of our children. Nurturing high aspirations in children is crucial for their growth and development, but it's equally important to ensure those aspirations are grounded in reality. We help our children to learn about themselves and their potential; overcoming setbacks and challenges. We want all of our children to access an extraordinary education because we all care.Team and community are paramount to everything that makes our schools function well. Our shared purpose and strong focus on collaboration and mutual support means that you'll have access to a wide network of colleagues who can offer guidance and support, both professionally and personally.We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. As we are unable to sponsor anyone requiring a visa for this role candidates must therefore be able to provide their own right to work in the UK.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.