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  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    4 June 2025 at 8am

  • Date listed

    23 May 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

£27,199.91 - £28,413.92 Annually (Actual) Scale 5

Physical Therapies Assistant job summary

Pentland Field School ispart of the Eden Academy. We are proud of the way our school community works together to achieve the very best for our children. Pentland Field has around 170 pupils aged 4-19, with a range of moderate learning difficulties.

The Physical Therapies Assistant will support the delivery of physiotherapy programmes for pupils attending Pentland Field School under the direction of a qualified physiotherapist.

We are looking for someone who has worked with children and/or young adults with learning difficulties and/ or associated difficulties. Experience of either moving and handling pupils or implementing of physiotherapy programmes is a pre-requisite. The role will combine physio for pupils, training for staff and may include some PPA delivery in the school.

Term time only - 36 hrs per week Monday to Friday, 38 weeks + 5 training days,

The school would consider staff who are available to work four days per week.

The 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 subject to a DBS check.

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.

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About Pentland Field School

School type
Free School, ages 4 to 19
School size
168 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 19
Ofsted report
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Pentland Field School is an all-through school that meets the educational needs of around 160 children and young adults aged 4-19 with a range of learning disabilities, including those who may be autistic and those who have physical or sensory needs.

School location

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