Job Ref No. ECC8823824-51
Position Type: Teaching/Child Support
Pay Range: Level 4, Points 4 to 7
Position Start Date: Immediate
Contract Type: Part-time
Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 06/01/2025 Midday
Date of Interviews: Monday 13 January 2025
Location: Friars Primary School & Nursery, Constable Way, Shoeburyness, Essex SS3 9XX
Salary Range: Level 4, Points 4 to 7 £21,189 to £22,369 pro rata (£15,776 - £16,655 per year actual salary)
Hours of work: Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 3.30pm (with 30 mins unpaid lunch break), totalling 32 hours and 30 minutes a week, term time only.
Start Date: ASAP
About the Role
Come and join the lively and dedicated team at our popular school. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic LSA with experience of working with children in a school setting - ideally as an LSA. We offer an extremely supportive community and a full range of professional development opportunities. Our children deserve the best, so if you are passionate about supporting our staff and children with our high expectations then we would love to hear from you.
As part of Portico Academy Trust, Friars Primary School can offer you:
1. A friendly and supportive atmosphere where everyone is valued and everyone matters
2. A nurturing environment with wonderful children who want to learn
3. High quality professional development
4. Opportunities for cross phase work
5. Support and collaboration across our Trust
6. A well-resourced school
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged. If you would like to learn more about Friars, please contact our school office who will book a time for you to come and see us. Tours of the school will be with a member of our Senior Leadership Team.
Full details of the interview process will be sent to those candidates who are shortlisted.
The successful candidate will need to:
1. be passionate about learning
2. possess school-based experience of working with children
3. be passionate and keen to work with children
4. excite and inspire our children
5. promote high standards and challenge
6. work as a flexible member of a team
7. display energy, imagination and initiative
8. manage the physical demands of a busy role working with active children
Closing Date: Monday 6 January 2025 midday
Interviews: Monday 13 January 2025
For further details or an application pack, please contact Mrs Rebecca Sanderson, Director of HR, Portico Academy Trust, Ronald Hill Grove, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex SS9 2JB
Telephone: 01702 987890 x310
Email: recruitment@porticoacademytrust.co.uk
Please include a cover letter with your application form, commenting on how you feel you meet the person specification criteria and providing an insight into your relevant experience.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and shortlisted candidates should be aware that the school will consider carrying out online searches as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
Application Documents
1. Support Staff Application Form
2. LSA Job Description
3. LSA Person Specification
Application Email: recruitment@porticoacademytrust.co.uk
Information about the School
Friars Primary School is part of Portico Academy Trust.
Portico Academy Trust aspires to be at the heart of the local communities it serves. We aim to deliver to local families an excellent primary education and create new opportunities for our pupils.
Set in the heart of the community, Friars Primary School offers a welcoming environment that provides a rich curriculum, where children can enjoy learning and where achievement in all aspects of life is celebrated.
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.
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