Job Description

Job Reference #

EDV/2025/RA/40501

Location

Spey Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4ED

Contract Type

Permanent/Term Time Only

Contract Term

Part-Time/Full-Time

Salary

20,080.00 Annually (Actual)


RG3 (SCP 5 - 11), (24,790 - 27,269 FTE) - 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year, (part-time will be considered for the right candidate)

Closing Date

12:00pm, 27th Jun 2025

Start Date

September 2025

Positions Available

1

Interview Date(s)

To be confirmed with shortlisted candidates
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About this Role

Ranikhet Academy is a successful primary school and we are currently seeking a Learning Support Assistant to provide help and support to our amazing children. The Learning Support Assistant role is vital to the school and involves supporting children with a variety of needs.

In particular, successful

applicants should have:

Experience of working in a school with primary aged children is essential. Experience of working with children in a friendly, busy environment An understanding of children with SEN needs Level 2 qualification in play work/childcare A current food hygiene certificate (desirable)

You should:

Have excellent communication skills Have the ability to build effective relationships with students, parents and other staff The ability to relate in a firm and friendly way with a wide range of personalities The ability to use initiative Be willing to undertake direction and guidance Have a good understanding of behaviour management strategies Be able to work as part of a team

For further information about the role come and visit our school! To book your visit or for an informal discussion, please contact the school office. School visits are encouraged but are by appointment only.

Why work with us:

There are over 60 schools within the Trust which means we can offer opportunities including:



?Collaboration across other REAch2 schools, both locally and nationally.



? Specialist curriculum support and training from our Trust experts - providing a flightpath for professional development



? A support package for staff wellbeing



You'll be working for a Trust with big ambitions for all our schools to be 'great'. We want to be national leaders in sustainability; to transform our teaching and learning through digital transformation and to ensure social justice is at the heart of what we do.

Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection

At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.


We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.



All information is stored securely, and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy.


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