Job Introduction
The Green Oaks Federation of Oakwood Infant School and Greenfields Junior School is set within the village of Hartley Wintney and is part of a diverse and supportive community.
At Green Oaks we believe that learning is a life long journey of discovery, new experiences and opportunities. We live in an evolving and ever-changing world and our learning should be relevant to our lives. Every day should be filled with happiness, excitement and wonder as we prepare for the next stage, the next challenge, the next memory.
Our vision is to inspire learning for life where children feel safe, valued and respected and have the confidence and self-belief to build the skills that they need for a bright and successful future. At Green Oaks our children learn today for life tomorrow. Our vision is built on our core value of respect and the need to respect ourselves, each other and our future.
At Green Oaks we have the highest ambitions for our schools and our children. We are therefore looking to appoint an exceptional Learning Support Assistant who has the enthusiasm and ambition to excel in their role. The successful candidate will:
- Have excellent literacy and numeracy skills
- Understand how to motivate, engage and inspire learning
- Understand how to support pupils to understand key concepts and scaffold their learning
- Be able to teach flexibly and responsively within a lesson to address misconceptions and deepen learning
- Understand how to make feedback visible for pupils and use this to close gaps, challenge thinking and engage learners
- Be relationship driven, and understand that behaviour communicates a meaning
- Be committed to their own and others professional development through research, mentoring and coaching
We can offer:
- The opportunity to be part of a research driven Federation that is passionate about teaching and learning
- A commitment to professional development with dedicated training and development for Teaching and Learning Assistants
- The opportunity to work towards Higher Level Teaching Assistant status or build the knowledge and skills required for teacher training
- A new curriculum that is designed to develop local and global citizenship through project based learning
- The opportunity to work with highly professional and ambitious people who genuinely believe that every child matters and deserves the best education possible
- The chance to be part of innovation and excellence
This role is suited to either:
- An experienced Learning Support Assistant who has high aspirations for their professional development
- Someone who would be new to the role but is able to demonstrate the knowledge, attributes and capacity to grow into an outstanding Learning Support Assistant
Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.