Job Description

Location: Heanor Gate Spencer Academy

Post Title: Curriculum Learning & Progress Assistant (Humanities)

Hours of work: Full Time (37 hours per week) Term Time Only (39 weeks per year)

Salary/Pay Range: NJC 7-11 (22,670-24,163)

Reporting to: Curriculum Team Leader for Humanities and Senco

Required From: September 2024

We are seeking to appoint a committed, enthusiastic Learning and Progress Assistant to strengthen our fully resourced and dynamic Humanities Department by providing targeted assistance to students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Working predominantly across Key Stages 3 and 4 and more widely with the SEND and inclusion team, the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in nurturing students' academic growth and personal confidence in both History and Geography.

On a day-to-day basis, the Learning & Progress Assistant will be in classrooms alongside subject teachers, offering immediate, hands-on guidance that ensures each learner can access, understand and engage with lesson content. Through working collaboratively with teachers, the role will involve adapting and differentiating schemes of work, teaching materials and assessments so that tasks are appropriately scaffolded and ambitions remain high for every pupil, regardless of need.

In addition to in-lesson support, the successful candidate will plan and deliver focused small-group interventions aimed at closing knowledge gaps and accelerating progress for SEND students. The role will involve monitoring the progress of SEND students within the department and designing interventions and resources to ensure SEND students make progress in line with their peers. The appointed candidate must demonstrate a genuine passion for working with SEND students and uphold our ethos of empowering every learner to reach their full potential and aspirations.

The Humanities department is extremely well resourced and students follow an exciting Geography and History curriculum which builds on the themes of "Global Citizens" and "Our Journey through Time". Our record of outstanding examination results is supplemented by a range of exciting extra-curricular activities which broaden our students' experiences of the world including trips to The Black Country Museum, Dorset and Liverpool; and internationally to Iceland, New York, Washington and Auschwitz.

Heanor Gate Spencer Academy

Heanor Gate Spencer Academy is an '

Outstanding' secondary school and sixth form

(Ofsted, June 2023) which is oversubscribed in Year 7 for the second successive year. We are extremely proud of our inspection report which is a testament to 7 years of school improvement. It states that "teachers are subject experts", "pupils are ambitious about their future", "classrooms are calm places, where pupils focus on their learning" and "leaders are relentless in their desire to provide the absolute best education for all pupils and to serve the local community".

Read more about our Outstanding Ofsted report here: 10268033-Heanor-Gate-Spencer-Academy-137606-Final.pdf

Over the past 7 years we have developed an inclusive, disciplined culture which has culminated in a student body full of aspiration, commitment and success. The staff buy into #TeamHeanor and this ethos of collegiality, team values and moral compass is what makes the unique working environment at Heanor Gate so enjoyable and fulfilling.

As well as the staff being united by the concept of #TeamHeanor, to ensure that our students succeed at school and in life, all students work towards demonstrating the following values in all aspects of school life:

? Respect

? Pride

? Unity

? Resilience

? Integrity

? Organisation

Through an ethos of 'Aspire, Learn and Achieve', we believe that all of our students will achieve their very best educational outcomes. This ethos is at the heart of everything that we do. We want our students to believe that they can achieve whatever they want to with hard work, resilience and self-motivation.

We deliver a challenging yet inspiring curriculum and an unrivalled level of academic and pastoral support, and believe that what we offer students will support them to achieve success in the classroom and beyond; academically, personally and socially. Through our curriculum and extra-curricular offer, we aim to instil students with a love of learning as well as helping them to become responsible, independent members of the community who go on to a range of destinations including Russell Group universities, higher level apprenticeship and local industry.

We have a strong culture of professional development for teachers and support staff at all stages of their careers. Our ECT development plan is extensive with bespoke in-house training, closely aligned with the Spencer Academies Trust ECT programme. For experienced staff, our in-house CPD programme is bespoke to need. All of this is complemented by access to opportunities to pursue NPQ qualifications, alongside CPD provided by Spencer Alliance for Leadership and Teaching. We also have a close working partnership with the Chartered College of Teaching, providing routes into obtaining Chartered status.

Alongside the wealth of CPD opportunities, we also recognise the importance of staff wellbeing. We offer a broad wellbeing package ranging from free access to our on-site gym, staff support groups and weekly wellbeing breakfast.

Spencer Academies Trust

SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2800 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.

We currently have 18 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and one primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.

Mission

Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Vision

Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.

We Believe:

? All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.

? Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a 'family' and are open to a true sense of partnership.

? We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.

Applicants would be expected to share the Trust's high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.

If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact Lauren Shaw-Mellors at LShaw-Mellors@heanorgatespencer.org.uk or on 01773716396

The Spencer Academies Trust Safer recruitment policy requires applications for this post must be submitted through our recruitment portal. CV's cannot be accepted. We are also required to request references prior to interview.

Closing date for applications

Friday 11th July 2025

Interviews will take place

week beginning Monday 14th July 2025

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

How to Apply

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Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics

.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 22,670.00-24,163.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 03/09/2025