Learning Support Assistant
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead
Learning Support Assistant
£25979
Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, Blaydon Burn, Gateshead
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted today, 6 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
- Prepare classroom materials e.g. organising work sheets, preparing support materials, setting up equipment following instructions from the subject teacher.
- Act as a key worker for designated pupils on the SEN Register and take part in associated meetings and administration.
- Assist with the administration of SEN information e.g. circulating profiles and giving admin support to the department.
5 GCSEs at Grade C or above or equivalent including Maths and English. - Post 16 Higher Education, Teaching Assistant or Degree level qualification.
- Experience of working with children in an educational setting.
- Good ICT skills.
- Good communication skills.
St Thomas More Catholic School is a co-educational Catholic Academy which provides for the education needs of 11-18 year old pupils from the west of Gateshead L.A. We are part of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle and have a strong commitment to Catholic Education. Our school aims to provide a stimulating and encouraging environment within which students can attain the highest standards of which they are capable, and to assist them in taking their place in the world outside school in a useful and fulfilling career, with a firm sense of Christian commitment. We are strongly committed to the education of the whole child and being 'the principal means of helping parents to fulfil their role in education' [Canon Law: 796]. We are proud to be part of the Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust, a family of secondary, middle, primary and first schools in Durham, Gateshead, Northumberland and Sunderland. Bishop Wilkinson is the largest Catholic Education Trust in the North East of England, and will have a total of 48 schools. St Thomas More is a school that places significant value on collaboration and as such is dedicated to working with our partner schools to improve the quality of education for all students in our care.