The School Calthorpe Park School is a highly successful place to learn and grow. The school recent growth has created many ongoing opportunities for staff to develop, enhance and advance their careers within the same institution. We pride ourselves on the excellence of our exam results but our ethos is to support all students to have the opportunity to succeed and the experience of success in a culture of care and consideration; challenge and commitment; respect and responsibility; integrity and impression. These four are the tenets of ‘The Calthorpe Way’. We aim to educate the whole child for the whole of their life; no ceilings or parameters; aspiring to excellence in everything we do. Our centralised disruption free learning behaviour policy insures calm and purposeful lessons for all our students and teachers. Job / Person Summary We require an LSA to join an excellent team who support our students in their learning and daily school life. We are looking for candidates who are caring, and who have experience of working with children and young people in either a voluntary or paid capacity. Experience of working with children with Special Educational Needs would be an advantage but is not essential as training will be provided. This is a term time appointment and the working hours will be from 8.50am – 3.05pm daily, including CPS INSET days. This role is for 27.9 hours per week, 40 weeks per year. Salary: £15,894 per annum (FTE: £24,027 per annum). We consider flexible working. We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria. Prior to interview, an online search will be conducted to identify any past or current incidents or issues that might affect your suitability to work with children and undertake this role. This is in line with guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Please note this online search will be carried out only on publicly available information and be limited to issues relating to your suitability to work with children and/or in a school environment. Issues that arise will not automatically be a bar to your employment at this school.