Full-time Learning Support Assistant
| Posting date: | 03 July 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 July 2025 |
| Location: | Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1XW |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 54f74492-374a-423e-9de1-b58022019f7d |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
It is essential that applicants possess the following:
• Experience of working with or caring for children in group setting of relevant school age
• L2 English and maths, or equivalent
• The ability to demonstrate a high level of personal resilience
• Some understanding of, and a willingness to hold safeguarding at the centre of their practice.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
• Wonderful students.
• The opportunity to be part of an adaptable, committed and skilled staff team.
• A creative learning environment, timetable and curriculum.
• A wide range of training opportunities for career development.
Further details about the role
The community of St George’s empowers everyone to feel safe, valued and welcome.
We work towards our aspirations and celebrate our personal achievements. We learn to make choices that shape our future; enabling us to have our voices heard, be respected, develop resilience and independence to take our place in society.
If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of then we would love to hear from you.
As a T1 LSA you will work with students at St George’s School and within the community, with complex medical and behavioural challenges, and work towards implementing specific programs that enable us as a School to respond positively to our students.
Working under the direction of, and in co-operation with the class teacher and senior LSAs, you will support the learning of the class through 1-2-1 and small group mentoring.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
It is essential that applicants possess the following:
• Experience of working with or caring for children in group setting of relevant school age
• L2 English and maths, or equivalent
• The ability to demonstrate a high level of personal resilience
• Some understanding of, and a willingness to hold safeguarding at the centre of their practice.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
• Wonderful students.
• The opportunity to be part of an adaptable, committed and skilled staff team.
• A creative learning environment, timetable and curriculum.
• A wide range of training opportunities for career development.
Further details about the role
The community of St George’s empowers everyone to feel safe, valued and welcome.
We work towards our aspirations and celebrate our personal achievements. We learn to make choices that shape our future; enabling us to have our voices heard, be respected, develop resilience and independence to take our place in society.
If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of then we would love to hear from you.
As a T1 LSA you will work with students at St George’s School and within the community, with complex medical and behavioural challenges, and work towards implementing specific programs that enable us as a School to respond positively to our students.
Working under the direction of, and in co-operation with the class teacher and senior LSAs, you will support the learning of the class through 1-2-1 and small group mentoring.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.