Higher Level Needs Teaching Assistant

Earlsdon Primary School, Coventry, West Midlands, CV5 6FZ

3 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  19 March 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  7 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,404 - £25,584 Pro Rata to hours and weeks worked

Higher Level Needs Teaching Assistant job summary

Our Values

Our Vision

To provide an education of the highest quality, in a positive, welcoming and nurturing environment, that is innovative and creative and enables every child to fulfil their potential. 

Our School Aims 

At our school we are committed to: 

Promoting the values of respect, resilience, responsibility, equality and challenge.

The safeguarding and well-being of all children and adults.

Creating independent lifelong learners who embrace challenge and demonstrate resilience.

Actively seeking purposeful collaborations to nurture a sense of belonging and experience the richness of the local and wider community.

Offering rich and purposeful learning opportunities to enable every child to be responsible and successful local and global citizens. 

We value the partnerships that exist between school, parents, governors and the community and the part they all play in realising our aims.

What is the job role?

We are seeking a competent, compassionate and caring Higher Level Needs Teaching Assistant with experience of SEN in a Primary setting, to support a child/children with additional learning and behavioural needs on a 1:1 basis and in small groups.

Who are we looking for?

The successful candidate will be: 

• qualified to Level 3 standard

• experienced and confident

• fully knowledgeable of relevant policies/codes of practice and 

• aware of relevant legislation

• knowledgeable of national curriculum and other relevant learning programmes

• understand the principles of child development and learning processes and in particular, barriers to learning

• Fully understanding and knowledgeable of the range of support services and providers 

Experience of working with children with general/specific special educational needs, both on a one-to-one basis and in small groups, is essential.     

Interview Date - 25th March 2025

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

Following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for an additional pre employment check with effect 1 Sept 22, please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process.

Commitment to safeguarding

Earlsdon Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such, appointment will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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.

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About Earlsdon Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 423 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Earlsdon Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/earlsdon-primary-school

Our school is situated in the heart of Earlsdon and is housed in a beautiful Victorian building which opened for business in 1890. The heritage and tradition give the school its heart and today the children enjoy a positive and innovative ethos with learning at its core.

We strive to ensure that teaching and learning is enhanced by high quality experiences which enable our pupils to become confident, reflective and independent learners. Our curriculum is enriched by accessing many community resources and facilities, and by providing exciting and engaging learning experiences in school, in the local area and beyond.

It is a privilege to work with children and families in our local community and we look forward to working in close partnership with you and your child during their time at Earlsdon.

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