1:1 Teaching Assistant
Tring School, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 5JD13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 June 2025
Closing date
17 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
27 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £16,663.00 - £17,192.00 Annually (Actual) Herts Payscale: H2
1:1 Teaching Assistant job summary
About the role: We are looking to appoint a 1:1 Teaching Assistant to join our very skilled and committed team. The role is to start after May 2025 half term. It will be a full time role from September 2025, with the possibility of some flexibility in hours until the end of July 2025. The successful candidate will be supporting a student with SEND during their transition from primary school, and thereafter will be supporting them on a part time basis during lessons and unstructured time. The rest of your time will be spent supporting other students with SEND. You will also be expected to provide support for students requiring intimate care. A comprehensive induction programme will be given, with opportunities for further training and further development.
Main Areas of Responsibility:
1:1 support for a student with SEND
Supporting other SEND students in a range of subject lessons
Attend to pupils’ personal needs, including intimate care, social, health, hygiene, first-aid and welfare matters
Carry out administrative duties, e.g. classroom resources, photocopying, filing, record keeping
Assist the subject teacher with the planning and delivery of learning activities.
Accompany teachers and pupils on out-of-school activities and take responsibility for a group, under the direction of a teacher
Manage challenging pupil behaviour
Support students in exams/assessments by reading and/or scribing
In the role of Key Worker; liaise with parents and carers; meet an identified key student on a regular basis and record these meetings on a central log
Be responsible for monitoring and reviewing Individual Educational Plans for identified key students
Be aware of and support differences. Ensure that pupils have equality of access to opportunities to learn and develop
Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection; and report all concerns to an appropriate person
See Job Description/Person Specification for further details
Tring School can offer the successful candidate:
Training for school specific systems as required
‘State of the Art’ school facilities
Children of staff have second priority admission after 2 years’ service or recruited to fill a post with a demonstrable skill shortage
CPD Champion School
Free and confidential access to our Employee Assistance Programme
Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
Cycle to Work scheme and free on-site parking
Free flu vaccinations
Dedicated wellbeing team who are extremely passionate about ensuring our staff are well looked after
Access to Occupational Health and Onsite Counsellor
Discounted membership to our onsite Sports Centre, offering swimming and exercise classes
Tring School is very popular and over-subscribed, serving the town of Tring and the surrounding villages. It is a mixed Church of England comprehensive school with over 1500 students on roll including 330 in the Sixth Form. Academic attainment is well above average and improving year on year. The school strives to support and encourage individual growth within a caring community. We have a talented team of staff who are ambitious to become outstanding in all areas of our work.
We are proud to be joined by two local Primary schools in our closely formed MAT, The Ridgeway Learning Partnership, where we create a seamless educational journey from ages 3-19.
If you are interested in the prospect of working in a supportive environment where you can have real impact, then we welcome an application from you.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.”Safer recruitment Policy , Child protection Policy. To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.
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.
About Tring School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1568 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Tring School website (opens in new tab)
Tring School is popular and over-subscribed, serving the town of Tring and the surrounding villages. It is a mixed Church of England all-ability school, 1500 on roll, over 300 Post-16. Academic attainment is well above average and improving year on year. The school strives to support and encourage individual growth within a caring community. We have a talented team of staff who are ambitious to become outstanding in all areas of our work. Ofsted Inspection November 2017 stated: ‘Pupils are highly motivated to learn.' ‘Teaching is good overall with outstanding features.’
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