Learning Support Assistant - Templars Primary School

What is the job role?

Templars Primary School is a good school (Ofsted 2022), where the whole team is committed to improving the life opportunities of all our pupils and staff, located in a modern building in the south west of the city.  We have high aspirations for the children in our wonderfully diverse catchment area, our children are central to all we do.

We are looking for enthusiastic and committed Learning Support Assistants with experience, good classroom practice and an NVQ level 3 to become part of our team where everyone is valued

Templars Primary School Cultural Fit

Working in a school where you are not aligned with the culture is a miserable experience. So that you can decide whether you wish to work here, this is what is important to us:

• We put safeguarding first

• We believe that our community deserve us to be the very best

• We are proud of our team and value generosity of spirit

• We live by the values of Respect, Honesty and Care

• We believe that hard work is the key to success and we expect everyone to be the very best of themselves

• We believe that working in education is an attractive, deeply satisfying, joyful job

• We believe that staff need to be happy, healthy, well-qualified, highly motivated, hardworking, well-trained experts, who in return for the best working conditions we can provide, accept the professional obligation to improve

• We believe an evidence-informed approach to school improvement, most particularly in teaching and learning, helps us identify what works best in the classroom

• We acknowledge that we all make mistakes

• We believe that feedback should be timely and respond to the individual needs of the recipient, so that they can actively engage with the feedback

• We believe that truly great teaching is that which improves students’ progress

We can offer you:

• A strong, happy and supportive team.

• Good induction / professional development opportunities.

Work pattern:  35 hours per week 39 weeks term time only

Please see below an application pack available to download.  Completed applications should be returned direct to the school at admin@templars.coventry.sch.uk

Closing date: 30th September @ 12 noon

Interview date: w/c 3rd October

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

Who are we looking for?

Following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for an additional pre employment check with effect 1 Sept 22, please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process.