Emotional Literacy Support Advisor - Part-time

Temple Grove Academy, Tunbridge Wells

Ref:KCC886-2018-152S
Posted:17/10/2019
Pay:KR5 (full time equivalent £18704)
Start Date:As soon as possible
App Close Date:31/10/2019 at 15:00
Interviews:In the week beginning 4th November 2019

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Your enthusiastic and dynamic approach is fully focused on ensuring pupils at Temple Grove Academy receive the best teaching possible and achieve as well as they should. Teachers respond positively to the necessary changes, because you involve them fully and give them responsibility for improvements.” Ofsted May 2015

Learning Support Assistant – ELSA trained or equivalent

Required for November 2019

Salary – KR5

Hours – 5 hours per day negotiable (38 teaching weeks plus 1 INSET week)

Temple Grove Academy is seeking a qualified LSA to join us on our journey to excellence. Our pupils deserve the best start in life. We are determined for them to reach their full potential and for their aspirations to match our own

We seek candidates who:

Put pupils first
Have high expectations and proven good practice;
Understand how pupil’s social mental health and emotional well-being impacts on children’s learning;
Demonstrate good literacy and numeracy skills;
Are energetic and enthusiastic about teaching and learning;
Show excellent communication and organisation skills;
Believe in improving the outcomes for pupils and their community
Able to organise and manage own case load

We offer:

A commitment to CPD for all;
Supportive staff and governors;
Enthusiastic and friendly children
A real opportunity to make a difference

Closing Date: Wednesday 31^st October 2019

Interviews to be held in the week of 4^th November 2019

Visits to the academy are warmly welcome. To obtain a recruitment pack or arrange an appointment please contact Tracy Rust, Academy Office Manager, Temple Grove Academy, Friars Way, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3UA, 01892 520562, or trust@templegroveacademy.com

Temple Grove Academy is a 1 form entry primary based in Royal Tunbridge Wells, 50 minutes by train from central London. It also has a nursery for up to 23 pupils. The academy has extensive grounds for outdoor education and has recently benefitted from major capital investment.

Temple Grove Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and external agencies to share this commitment. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Information about the school

Temple Grove Academy is a one-form entry primary school located in Tunbridge Wells (near High Brooms train station). It has been managed by the Temple Grove Academy Trust since 2011 and has since achieved a Good rating from Ofsted in September 2019. In all five areas of judgment:

• Leaders are ambitious for their pupils. They work hard to provide a broad and engaging curriculum for everyone. • Teachers have high expectations and pupils value the interesting work they are given. • Leaders are determined that all children will learn to read at an early age • Through a rich curriculum, leaders aim for all pupils to be able to learn to manage their lives both now and in the future • There are well-planned opportunities for pupils to learn to keep themselves safe, including when online.

TGA’s school sits on 4 acres of land in the Sherwood Park area of Tunbridge Wells. The school has already heavily invested in its Forest School endeavour through the following infrastructure:

• Firepit • Canopy • Mud kitchen • Bespoke outdoor classroom

TGA aims to, over time, further improve its facilities in order to become a local Forest School leader and offer not only year-round weekly sessions but also holiday camps and term time sessions to other local primary schools.

Job Contact Information

Name:Mel Coleman
Address:Friars Way, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3UA
Telephone: (01892) 520562
Email: hr@templegroveacademy.com

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