1:1 SEND Teaching Assistant

Stopsley Community Primary School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 7UG

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  18 December 2024 at 3pm

• Date listed

  3 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,404.00 Annually (Actual) L2 (SCP 4-5) £24,404 FTE (£18,792 pro rata annual salary)

1:1 SEND Teaching Assistant job summary

This is an amazing school and a great place to work. We believe in professionally growing staff so it might be that your career starts here. We have a rare opportunity to appoint a highly motivated person to join our successful team as a SEND Teaching Assistant. This post suits skilled people who are experienced or skilled people who want to learn.

We are looking for a caring and patient Teaching Assistant to support the teaching and learning of a child (or a group of children) with Special Educational Needs (e.g: Autism) in Early Years or Key Stage 1. This is a wonderful opportunity for a talented individual to work with a child one to one and make a real difference. If you want to enjoy your job, are passionate and dedicated to teaching and learning, and want to work with children, then we would love to hear from you.

Candidates will need to:

• Have some experience or knowledge of working with children or individuals with Special Educational Needs
• Be able to communicate well with pupils, colleagues and parents
• Contribute ideas to help the child succeed and make progress
• Have patience and calmness and be proactive in dealing with challenges

As a school, we offer the following benefits

• Wonderful children who are well behaved and keen to learn
• A professional and supportive work environment
• Mentor support and respite time
• School closing at 1pm on a Friday afternoon for most children
• An original well-being package with paid leave of absence during term time (highly rare in schools)
• An exciting curriculum, with global learning at the heart, which enables children to become #changemakers
• Regular training programme for Teaching Assistants
• Rewarding career progression opportunities
• A positive working atmosphere (a good work-life balance; well-being opportunities)
• Our own well-being team who look after you daily

Although this position is fixed term, there is the possibility that this will be made permanent.

Hours: 33.75 hours per week. Monday-Friday 8.30am - 3.45pm (term-time only).

L2 (SCP 4-5) £24,404 FTE (£18,792 pro rata annual salary).

Stopsley is a school which has a real 'can do' attitude amongst everyone here. You are welcome to come and see for yourself or call us for an informal chat.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expect all members of staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to apply for an enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion.

To apply for the post, please complete the application form via the advert or on our school website. If preferred, you may email your application directly to the Headteacher, Richard Fordham, at: head@stopsley.primaryluton.co.uk

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

About Stopsley Community Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 462 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Stopsley Community Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stopsley-community-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Stopsley Community Primary School and Nursery is a thriving and active school in Luton that provides a secure, happy and stimulating environment in which children are able to fulfil their potential.

Children only get one go at life. We do everything that we can to make sure that the children who come to our school get the very best. We give them the very best teaching, the best learning, the best resources, the best support and the best opportunities that they can have. Every child matters to us and we make sure that they can all really go places.

We pride ourselves at Stopsley on success. Our children all achieve well. We are passionate about sport, music, art and drama as well as providing a variety of learning experiences which enable our children to make choices, solve problems, become independent learners and set their own high standards. Our children are inspired. They aspire to make something special of themselves and they work incredibly hard - taking risks and always showing a growth mindset.

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