Job Description
Teaching &
Learning Support
Assistant
For September 2023
Contents
Information for Applicants
Teaching Assistant
- Person Specification, Qualifications and Experience
- Job Description
Terms and Conditions
- Hours of Work
- Salary and Benefits
Information for applicants
About the School
King’s Ely can trace its origins from at least 970AD, making it one of the oldest schools in
Europe. Originally a monastic foundation and then a grammar school by Royal Charter, today it is a thriving independent day and boarding school for around 1000 boys and girls aged from 2-18, offering a broad range of GCSEs and A-levels and from which almost all pupils go on to good universities in the UK and abroad. Most students are day pupils from
Ely, Cambridge and the surrounding area, and there are also about 200 boarders with over 40 nationalities represented overall.
The School is subdivided into three sections: King’s Ely Senior (age 13-18) and King’s Ely
Junior (age 7-13), which occupy adjacent campuses and shared facilities, and King’s Ely
Acremont and Nursery (ages 2-6) which has its own self-contained campus about 400m from the main site.
The main campus extends to around 70 acres in total and comprises several historic buildings adjacent to Ely Cathedral as well as more recent, purpose-built facilities spanning the thirteenth to the twenty-first centuries, and almost 40 acres of playing fields.
King’s prides itself on being an academic school but not an academic hothouse. There is a great emphasis on personal development through an extensive co-curriculum of sporting, creative and performing arts and service opportunities as well as through building positive relationships with others in a tight-knit but outward-facing community. The safety, wellbeing and pastoral care of the whole community is central in what is a happy and purposeful school where our diversity and breadth of talent and ability is valued and nurtured.
King’s Ely also plays a key role in the local community. The School is one of Ely’s largest employers and also educates the boy and girl choristers of Ely Cathedral. King’s is also a proud founder member of the Cambridgeshire Educational Partnership, which numbers twelve local schools working together to improve educational attainment, especially for disadvantaged children. The School also offers a number of bursaries to enable pupils from all walks of life to benefit from the education it offers.
King’s Ely is a registered charity administered by a Board of Governors. The Principal is a member of HMC and the School is also affiliated to the Society of Heads, IAPS, the Boarding
Schools’ Association and the Choir Schools’ Association.
Teaching and Learning Support Assistant
King’s Ely Junior
Person Specification
- To demonstrate an ability to engage with issues pertaining to promoting the happiness of children at school
- Have shown a lively and energetic approach to working with children, balanced by an ability to empathise with, support and counsel children sympathetically
- Ideally will have attended previous training pertinent to this position (Dyslexia,
Dyspraxia, ASD and neuro-diversity)
- To demonstrate an ability to inspire, guide and be a positive role model to children
- To be able to demonstrate personal integrity and reliability
- To be well organised and able to prioritise tasks independently
- To enjoy teamwork within a specialist setting
- To possess first rate inter-personal skills
- To communicate effectively and demonstrate previous experience of being a supportive member of a team
- To possess a keen sense of enquiry and enjoy learning more in order to support children
- To show an awareness of safeguarding procedures and protocols in line with best practice
Job Description
The Teaching and Learning Support Assistant
- Will be required to work part-time across five days a week, during term time, supporting students both during and outside lesson times
- Is to be managed on a day-to-day basis by The Learning Support Coordinator, Deputy
Head Academic and Head of King’s Ely Junior
- Will work 1:1 or with a small group with a range of students in a flexible but supportive manner in order to help them remain motivated and access learning
- When needed, will act to calm situations and offer a sympathetic ear to students – feeding any concerns that arise through the school’s established pastoral and academic support structures
- Will meet with students regularly to assist them in meeting the expectations of the school’s routines
- Will liaise with parents as agreed with the Learning Support Coordinator and maintain relevant notes
- May be required to undertake a range of general support roles for teachers outside of the
Learning Support Department, having agreed them with the Learning Support
Coordinator or Deputy Head Academic
- Will assist some students with the production of their work on electronic devices
- Will be available to support any student in lessons where the Learning Support
Coordinator deems that there is a requirement for a Learning Support Assistant to be available
- May be assigned other duties by the Learning Support Coordinator including: administration, filing, photocopying, display preparation, and assisting other teachers within King’s Ely Junior School
This document is not an exhaustive list but summarises the general role of the Learning Support
Assistant. From time to time the LSA may be required to perform other duties as deemed appropriate by the Head of King’s Ely Junior. Periodically, this document may be subject to change, following consultation. More specific guidance regarding the role is contained within the Staff Handbook and on the school’s VLE system.
Terms and Conditions
Remuneration and Hours
- Hours: 3 full days (08.30 – 16.30) and 2 part-time days (08.30 – 12.15) – term time only
- Start Date: September 2023 (INSET 30th August)
- Salary: Will be competitive and based on qualifications & experience and hours
- Probation: There will be a probationary period of six months during which one month’s notice is required by either party. Thereafter, the notice period will be 6 weeks.
Benefits
King’s Ely has its own, generous salary scale. The salary for the role will be commensurate with experience and will recognise the responsibility this post entails.
- Members of staff may educate their own children in any of the three parts of the school or at Fairstead House, subject to availability of places and successful admissions procedures. Staff currently enjoy a discretionary discount on fees for children in
Reception year onwards, details of which will be provided upon request.
- The school offers a private healthcare insurance scheme, which staff may opt to join at their expense shortly after the start of each academic year (the policy year starts on 1
November). The scheme can only be joined at the start of the policy year, not part-way through the year.
- Limited free on-site car parking.
- Enrolment in the statutory auto-enrolment pension scheme. The contribution rates for the auto-enrolment pension scheme are Employee contribution of 5% and Employer contribution of 3%.
- King’s Ely offers a comprehensive programme of CPD.
- School lunch provided when at work over lunch time and tea and coffee throughout the day.
- A cycle to work scheme available (presently administered by Evans Cycles).
- Limited use of school gym facilities (during specific times) and use of the school swimming pool at specific times (during summer school holidays – small fee applies)
- Limited free on-site parking.
How to apply
- All sections of the application form should be completed as fully as possible.
- You may support your completed application form with a CV; however, this is not a requirement. On the CV, you may include a third referee.
- Please accompany your application form with a covering letter explaining your reasons for applying for this position. Please also give details of how your skills, qualities and experience meet the requirements of the job description and/or person specification.
- King’s Ely is an equal opportunities employer, and all applications are welcomed, particularly those from underrepresented groups.
- King’s Ely is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.
- If you are selected for interview, you will need to provide proof of identity, birth certificate, documentation confirming your National Insurance Number or your right to work in the United Kingdom and certification of qualifications.
- Please email your completed application to [email protected].
The final closing date for applications will be noon on Thursday 18th May 2023. Interviews will be held on Thursday 25th May. The selection process will comprise of a job-related panel interview and separate Safeguarding specific interview.
We appreciate your effort in completing this application and for your interest in working for
King’s Ely. Please email your completed application form to [email protected].
Website: www.kingsely.org Charity Number: 802427 Company Number: 2440509
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 30 per week
Salary: £13,600.00-£14,600.00 per year
Benefits:
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Schedule:
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 18/05/2023
Expected start date: 30/08/2023