Eal Coordinator

**EAL Coordinator**

**GLC Academy: The Gateway Academy [Secondary]**

**Salary: GLC Point 17 - 21 £21,429 - £24,120 FTE [Actual Pro Rata Salary £16,144 - £18,171]**

**Contract: Permanent**

**Working Pattern: 32.5 hours per week, Term time only**

**Closing Date: 30th November at Midday**

The Gateway Academy is part of the Gateway Learning Community [GLC] which is a partnership of one secondary academy and four primary academies located within Tilbury and Chadwell St Mary in the borough of Thurrock, to the east of London. We are a vibrant, innovative and highly successful organisation: the place of choice to work and learn. Across the 5 academies of the GLC, we celebrate differences and pledge that everyone enjoys an equality of opportunity and is not discriminated against in any way.

The post will have a particular focus on supporting pupils with developing their language needs, including English as an Additional Language (EAL) and pupils with speech and language needs, and the staff working with them.

**Additional Benefits for Working for the GLC**:

- Staff well-being programme: Including access to Perkbox and multiple discounts
- Long service awards after: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and years of service
- State of the art facilities and access to high quality resources to support learning
- A paid ‘My Day’ each year
- Excellent career development and training
- 2 week October half term break
- A supportive central team [reprographics, ICT, HR, Finance] which enables teachers to focus on teaching
- Paid opportunities to teach during school holiday clubs
- Subsidised holiday provision for children of staff

The GLC’s commitment to equality is enshrined in our mission statement to develop ‘active and thriving citizens within a diverse, truly fair and equal community’. We work tirelessly to ensure that individual characteristics including age, ethnicity, socio-economic background, academic ability, disability, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation are not discriminated against in any way. We create inclusive environments characterised by mutual respect where difference is celebrated.

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