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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    5 February 2023 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    6 January 2023

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Contract type

Permanent

Actual salary

£12,857 Per Year

What skills and experience we're looking for

Term time only plus 2 staff training days
21 Hours per week

We are looking to appoint an experienced EAL Coordinator to provide support for students with EAL needs, at all key stages.

You will help students to develop English language skills and learning strategies TEFL qualification would be an advantage but is not essential.

We require enthusiastic and committed candidates, who have experience working with children, to join our hardworking and successful team

You will need a high level of interpersonal skills, be well motivated and enthusiastic about working alongside young people.

You will also have an excellent standard of literacy and numeracy.

Why Highdown School?
• We are committed to staff professional learning and leadership development for all staff, at all levels
• We are conveniently located for quick and easy access to London, the rest of Berkshire and Oxfordshire
• Staff have subsidised access to Highdown Sport and Leisure facilities
• Staff have free access to Westfield Health advice and support service

What the school offers its staff

Closing date : Applications considered on receipt

For details and an application form visit our website www.highdown.reading.sch.uk.

Please contact Miss Nicci Burns, Headteacher’s PA, by email hnb@highdown.reading.sch.uk or call 0118 901 5800 for more information.

Highdown School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

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.

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About Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
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School size
1575 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

Highdown was awarded academy status in 2010 and was judged to be a good school by Ofsted in April 2015.

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre is a thriving school where all students are challenged to reach excellence every day.

Our most important resource is our staff. Therefore, we aim to create the conditions and culture within the academy that make Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre a rewarding place to work. We are committed to investing in staff professional learning and leadership development, taking action to rationalise workload, promote mental and physical health and wellbeing, and encourage collaboration and peer support.

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, teaching and support staff (including temporary and supply staff), governors and volunteers to share this commitment.

Arranging a visit to Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hnb@highdown.reading.sch.uk.

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