Location: Aylesbury
Overview
The Grange is 'More Than Just a School'. We are a supportive team with community at the heart of everything we do. Passion, creativity and inspiring a love of learning are celebrated and embraced. Our relentless professional commitment to supporting and empowering students is both valued and rewarded.
Salary: Bucks Pay Range 2, £18997 - £20587 approximately
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 39 weeks per year, 8.15 am – 3.15 pm Monday – Friday (term time only plus staff training days)
Closing date: Friday 17th April
About us
Judged to be a Good School by Ofsted in April 2024, we are a mixed, non-selective 11-18 Foundation secondary school situated in the market town of Aylesbury and ten minutes from the Chiltern Hills – an area of outstanding natural beauty. We are close to Oxford, High Wycombe and Milton Keynes and surrounded by delightful market towns and characterful villages. The students and staff at The Grange School make it a fantastic place to work. Our students are friendly and confident, and we strive to ensure that they achieve the success that they deserve. Together we have created a successful community school, where students learn the skills for success.
We support our staff with a robust staff well-being programme. All staff have access to a wealth of free support resources and materials to ensure they feel supported and happy.
We provide an excellent induction programme and a wide range of development opportunities for all staff.
About the role
We require Learning Support Assistants to provide individual support and personal/pastoral care for students with physical and/or learning disabilities.
For further information please see attached Job description.
About you
It would be desirable for the successful candidates to have the following, however, training will be given
1. Knowledge of the needs of students with learning difficulties/physical disabilities
2. Experience of working with students of secondary school age (preferably in an education setting)