Learning Support Assistant - Broughton Junior School
Location: Aylesbury
Overview
Are you looking for a school who values the emotional health and wellbeing of all its members - staff, children and parents?
Do you want to be a valued member of an innovative and forward-thinking team who are passionate about providing opportunities for children beyond the classroom?
Are you an experienced LSA with a passion for making a positive difference to the lives of children and their families?
Then we could be the school for you! We are in search of a learning support assistant to join our ever expanding and collaborative team.
Term time only: Yes
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: 23,295 - 24,223 pro-rata
Contract type: Fixed Term
Hours: 11.00
Closing date: 10/01/2025 09:00
Interviews to be held: w/c 13th January
About us
Broughton Community Schools. We are a federation of two Aylesbury Town Schools, Broughton Infant School and Broughton Junior School. After our federation in February 2021, we have continued to build and form one school family across two neighbouring sites with the aim of providing the best all through primary education for our children.
At Broughton Schools we pride ourselves on being dynamic, forward-thinking and child-centred. We believe that children should have the very best opportunities whilst remembering that they only get one chance at education and we have to deliver this. Our positive relationship with parents and the wider community, including our governors, is essential to ensuring our children get the very best from their experience at Broughton.
What we can offer you:
Career development
Leading an area across the whole school in relation to interventions
Training and professional development
Website: https://www.broughton.bucks.sch.uk/
About the role
We are in search of a learning support assistant to join our ever expanding and collaborative team.
You will:
Be a role model, inspire and motivate children
Show evidence of a strong commitment to raising achievement, with high expectations of achievement both inside and outside the classroom
Have some knowledge or show a commitment to learn about emotional health and wellbeing in children and how to manage this in a school environment
Have the ability to successfully motivate and inspire children of all abilities, as well as your colleagues
Possess excellent organisational and communication skills.
Be a team player and enjoy working with others
Have experience of supporting children in a classroom or small groups in a primary setting
The successful candidate will work alongside our teaching staff to support individuals and small groups of children and show enthusiasm in taking whole classes, if needed. The role will include lunchtime supervision duties and medical welfare, as well as supporting children’s learning and behaviour. There is also potential to develop the role further to include responsibility for leading OPAL play lunchtime provision.
For further information please see attached Job description.
About you
Please see attached Person Specification.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome.
To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01296 423276
Email: [email protected]
As you’d expect, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and the references provided.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
