Learning Assistant

**Salary**:
Band D, scale point 6-7 £25,183 - £25,584 (FTE), (£19,728 - £20,043 actual)

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
As soon as possible

14 March 2025

**Job overview**:
**Job Title**

Learning Assistant

**Location**

St John Plessington Catholic College

**Responsible To**

SENDCO

**Salary Grade**

Band D, scale point 6- 7 £25,183 - £25,584 (FTE), (£19,728 - £20,043 actual)

**Contract**

This is a full-time, permanent contract. This post is 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time only plus INSET days, holidays to be taken in non-term time).

**Start Date**

As soon as possible

**Closing Date for Applications**

14th March 2025 at 12.00pm

**St John Plessington Catholic College Voluntary Academy** has been an oversubscribed 11-18 college for more than 10 years.

**Specific Duties and Responsibilities**
- To promote students' development in a safe, secure, challenging environment
- To meet the physical/medical needs of the student according to a student’s individual care plan whilst encouraging independence wherever possible
- To develop an understanding of the student's specific needs in order to help them learn as effectively as possible
- To encourage inclusion within the classroom
- To display students' work to reflect their achievement
- To encourage good personal hygiene and assist with necessary self-help skills
- To facilitate small group interventions as directed by the SENDCO (homework club, social skills etc.)

We can offer you:

- A supportive, friendly working environment
- A team committed to supporting professional development
- Enthusiastic young people who love coming to school
- An experienced and motivated staff team
- A school with high aspirations for its students and staff
- Fantastic employee benefits such as: an electric car scheme, eyecare vouchers, flu vaccination clinics, cycle2work scheme, please see the attached information for a full list of comprehensive benefits

We would like you to:

- Be a positive role model for all members of the school community
- Be able to work well with young children and confident in establishing secure relationships
- Have high expectations of yourself and our students
- Be able to work flexibly as part of a team

The Trust is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, disability, marital status, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or pregnancy/maternity. All applicants invited to interview must evidence their right to work in the UK.

Applications should be marked for the attention of Mr P McLoughlin, Headteacher. For further information please visit the ‘Vacancies’ section on our website


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The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so._**

**About**St John Plessington Catholic College**:
**St John Plessington Catholic College**
- Old Chester Road, Bebington, Wirral
- Merseyside
- CH63 7LF
- United Kingdom

+44 151 6455049

About St John Plessington Catholic College
St John Plessington Catholic College Voluntary Academy is a good and oversubscribed 11-18 college based in Benington on the Wirral.

The College became an Academy in 2012 and is part of Holy Family Catholic MAT comprising six other schools.

We strive to develop excellence in all we do, empowering an inclusive community, founded on Gospel values.

OFSTED Inspection - November 2022:
What OFSTED has said about us:

- Pupils and sixth-form students at this school access a high-quality education.
- Leaders have designed a curriculum which is ambitious for all, including pupils with SEND.
- Leaders make sure that teachers use assessment strategies effectively to identify gaps in pupils’ knowledge.
- Leaders are ambitious for every pupil to read confidently.
- Leaders have recently raised their expectations of pupils’ behaviour and conduct.
- Leaders put pupils’ spiritual and moral development at the heart of school life.
- Staff told inspectors that leaders support them well. They recognise the recent work that leaders have done to improve their well-being and workload.
- Leaders ensure a strong culture of safeguarding. They take steps to make sure that pupils and students are safe.

What we can offer:

- The opportunity to make a significant difference to our children’s lives in an environment that has high aspirations for all.
- The chance to help shape and develop our other school through collaborative leadership and dynamic interpersonal skills
- A working environment that is modern and professional
- Great experience for those who want to work at the very highest level in education
- A comprehensive, tailored CPD offer at every level

St John Plessington Catholic College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all st