Trust: St Benet’s MAT

Academy Name: The Harleston Sancroft Academy

Vacancy Job Title: Learning Support Assistant (LSA)

Pay Scale: Scale D (SCP 5-6)

Annual Value: £21,575 – 21,968

Pro-Rata Value:  £16,231 – 16,527

Full Time/Part Time: Part Time (8:30am to 3:30pm)

(part time days considered, this would be full days 8:30am-3:30pm but the number of days worked could be flexible)

Hours per week: 32.5

Term Time: 38 weeks  +  1 week per year

Start Date: As soon as possible

This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to join The Harleston Sancroft Academy secondary phase. We welcome applications from suitably qualified and experienced Learning Support Assistants as well as those who are in the early stages of their career. This post would be ideal for a graduate interested in teaching and requiring experience in a school before applying for teaching training. This is an incredibly exciting time for Harleston and the community we serve, as we enter a new phase in our educational provision. The Harleston Sancroft Adademy (as 3-16 Church of England School) opened on 1^st September 2022, providing an all through school offer for the children and young people of the town and its surrounding areas.

We are extremely proud of our ethos and the very positive relationships which exist at our school. The Harleston Sancroft Academy, part of the St Benet’s Multi Academy Trust, is an oversubscribed, inclusive and very successful 3-16 Church of England school in South Norfolk where children thrive and achieve very well. Children are supported to flourish and grow with responsibility and resilience. The primary and secondary phases are located approximately half a mile apart.

Under the supervision of the class teacher you will play a vital role in the children’s education and well-being. The role also includes break and lunch time supervision on a rota.

You should:

• Ideally have relevant experience of working with children across the KS3/4 age range, and in particular with pupils who have Special Educational Needs. However, if you feel you have transferable skills and are looking for a new challenge then please tell us these in the personal statement of your application
• Have good literacy and numeracy skills, and a relevant qualification (Level 2 minimum)
• Be able to establish positive and supportive relations with all pupils and their parents and carers
• Be able to use your initiative to support learning
• Be able to work with flexibility, autonomy and as part of a team
• Have energy, drive and enthusiasm

We offer:

• A great working relationship with staff and students
• An extensive ‘in house’ CPD programme
• The support of an informed and active Local Governing Committee and Trust
• A very supportive and encouraging Senior Leadership Team
• Close collaboration throughout the Multi Academy Trust
• An opportunity to work in a good location where the cost of housing is attractive
• Membership of Health Shield health care plan

“The distinctiveness and effectiveness of Sancroft as a Church of England school are outstanding.”  Church Schools Inspection 2017

“The SLT at this school lead with an extremely strong sense of passion and belief in what they are doing and why. The school fosters a great sense of community and it is clear that the SLT has the student’s needs at the heart of every decision. It is a great place to work and the students are fab!” (Recent staff survey, 2021)

“The school has evolved to where it is today with dignity, strength and kindness at its heart” (Recent parent survey, 2021)

“Wellbeing of all staff is put first, especially in the current climate which we have all struggled with. All staff work incredibly hard, which makes Sancroft a special, caring, working environment that it has been and is today!” (Staff survey, 2022)