**Learning Support Assistant**

**GLC Academy: Lansdowne Primary Academy**

**Salary: GLC Point 10 £22,676 - Point 16 £25,279 FTE [Actual Salary £16,426 - £18,312]**

**Contract: Permanent**

**Working Pattern: Part Time**

**Closing Date: 26 February 2024 at Midday**

Lansdowne Primary 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.

Lansdowne Primary Academy is host to the Thurrock Resource Base for primary pupils with a moderate learning difficulty &/or social communication difficulties. The pupils are funded by the Local Education Authority with an EHCP. Currently, we have 9 pupils attending, with needs including ASD, significant speech and language delay and Down's Syndrome.

NVQ Level 2 or equivalent is essential;
good standard of education; Maths and English GCSE grades A - C, or equivalent;
can provide excellent classroom support in literacy, numeracy and behavioural needs;
good organisation and inter-personal skills;
good knowledge of ICT;
be committed to high achievement from students and themselves.
The GLC Mission Statement:
**Additional Benefits for Working for the GLC**:

- Staff well-being programme: Including access to Perkboxand 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
- 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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