Learning Support Assistant

Vacancy Summary

Learning Support Assistant
37 hours per week – Term Time Only plus 5 days (Permanent)
Start Date: Easter 2021 (or earlier if possible)
Salary: NJC 4-6
Actual Salary: £16,206 - £16,861 per annum

Bradford Forster Academy is an 11-16 Church of England secondary Academy and part of the Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT), a growing Christian Multi-Academy Trust based in Bradford. The Academy opened on 1st September 2015 and now has 1025 students on roll across 5 year groups. Within BDAT there is an exciting opportunity to work across a variety of growing diverse schools.

Vacancy Information

This is a wonderful opportunity for a talented, inspirational, creative and ambitious individual, potentially someone who is looking to start or continue their career in education, who is motivated to inspire learning in children with varied needs in the BD4 district of Bradford.

The role offers the successful candidate a challenge that will be both rewarding and fulfilling and will support you to achieve your own personal career goals and aspirations and the chance to make a substantial contribution to the growth and development of the Academy.

The successful candidate will:

• Work with teaching staff to support quality first teaching, work with individuals, groups and whole classes as required
• Deliver learning activities to students within agreed system of supervision, adjusting activities according to student responses/needs
• Support the learning of students so that they make at least expected progress
• Assist teachers in classes where students’ literacy levels are a barrier to progress
• Adapt published literacy or numeracy teaching resources to meet the needs of specific students or groups of students
• Have high levels of enthusiasm, energy, resilience and determination.
• Be committed to the ethos and culture of Bradford Forster Academy.

In return for your commitment we can offer:

• An academy staff team of effective and supportive colleagues that will encourage you to be inspirational, proactive and play an active part in our school improvement
• Opportunities for personal and professional development
• A stimulating, attractive and welcoming learning environment
• A brand new purpose-built building with state of the art technology and resources
• An approach which supports and stimulates professional growth
• A supportive Leadership Team

If you are looking to join an academy with a culture of professional learning and reflection, then we want to hear from you.

Closing Date: 9am, Monday 1st February 2021 

For full details, application form with information pack, please visit our website http://www.bradfordforsteracademy.co.uk/Vacancies/

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).