Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant – Unqualified scale 2 (£20,835 - £21,210)- Qualified scale 3 (£21,591 - £21,981) Pro-rata

 

REQUIRED BY - September 2019

 

Selwyn Primary School is part of the Leading Learning Trust .

 

Executive Head teacher – Emma Nicholls

 

Please visit our website for further information about Selwyn Primary School .

 

We are looking for a person with:

• Evidence of being a good/outstanding teaching assistant
• High expectations of pupil outcomes, in particular- high expectations of the achievement of children with moderate to complex learning difficulties
• Excellent organisational skills
• A strong work ethic and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and parents
• The ability to create a stimulating and inclusive learning environment where all pupils make good and better progress
• A commitment to own professional development and willing to undertake specialised training
• Experience of working with pupils with a range of special educational needs, including children working at P levels
• Experience of delivering intervention programmes
• Good communication skills and is able to work within a supportive framework of colleagues and parents.

 

We can offer the right candidate: excellent CPD and professional development opportunities within a vibrant, friendly and dedicated school community.

 

Closing date for applications: Friday 12th July 2019

Interviews will take place on: w/c: 15.07.2019

 

Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS. Further information about the disclosure can be found at www.crb.gov.uk and in the recruitment pack. We are fully committed to safeguarding children.

 

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to take an English and maths test as part of the interview process.

Selwyn is a medium-sized, inclusive school for children aged 3 to 11. Our school is the sponsor of the Leading Learning Trust . There are 510 pupils on roll including part-time nursery pupils. Selwyn is the Newham resourced school for deaf pupils who are fully integrated into mainstream.

 

Selwyn has a well-established Inclusion Team. In our SEN review (October 2016) by Diane Rochford, the resourced provision was described as ‘a very strong provision’. The report also reported a strength of the provision as ‘A highly structured and specialised team with strong leadership of a range of different and well qualified specialists supporting the deaf provision.’