Learning Support Assistant - Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Location: Amersham
Overview
Dr Challoner's Grammar School is seeking to recruit a permanent Learning Support Assistant, to start as soon as possible.
Term time only
Salary Type: £25,506 - £28,195 pa fte
Salary details: £20,632 - £22,808 pa pro rata (for 35 hrs/week, term time)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Up to 35 per week
Closing date: 25/04/2025 12:00
Interviews to be held: To be advised
About us
Dr Challoner's is a grammar school for boys with 1368 students, of which 452 are in our co-educational Sixth Form. We have a long history of providing superb education to our students and in 2024 Ofsted confirmed their 2019 judgement of Outstanding. All our support staff play a key role in enabling that to happen, by contributing to the forward thinking and innovative culture of the school.
Website: https://www.challoners.com/
About the role
The successful candidate will provide support for students with Special Educational Needs, facilitating their learning. We particularly wish to provide support for students who have barriers to learning caused by Autistic Spectrum conditions and other neurodiversities. See our job pack for further information.
About you
You should have some experience working with young people, and excellent communication skills, both written and oral. Experience of working with young people with neurodiversities would be an advantage, as would experience of supporting young people as they experience dysregulation. You should also be confident and competent in the use of IT.
Other information
Please see our web page https://www.challoners.com/c/information/general-information/staff-vacancies for our application form and recruitment monitoring form.
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 787500
Email: [email protected]
Dr Challoner’s Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe In Education guidance, we will carry out online searches to research information on shortlisted candidates, to determine suitability to work with children and keep them safe. This is not part of the shortlisting process; if there are any findings of concern, you will be given the opportunity to address them at interview.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
