Resource Base Teaching Assistant
Marden Vale CofE Academy, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 9BDThis job expired on 12 November 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
22 November 2021
Closing date
12 November 2021 at 9am
Date listed
20 October 2021
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,698 - £20,493 (pro rata)
Resource Base Teaching Assistant job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a teaching assistant to join the team at Marden Vale C of E Academy in Calne to work alongside our hardworking team of children, parents and staff. You will be working within the Resource Base with children with Special Educational Needs, including those within the school’s Specialist Learning Centre for complex needs. You may also be required to work in our mainstream classes on occasion or following a review of the staffing structure each academic year.
Marden Vale currently has 185 children on roll acrofass 7 classes and 2 resource base rooms. We have fantastic resources that are used to make sure children achieve their full potential. These not only include our team of hardworking staff but also our pastoral team and our fantastic outside facilities including a large outdoor stage and enclosed wilderness area.
The Governing Body are seeking somebody who:
has knowledge/experience of working with children with complex learning needs, including social and communication needs.
has an NVQ Level 2 Standard in Learning Support or equivalent.
is keen to work as part of a team and share ideas and good practice.
has high expectations of pupil achievement and behaviour.
is passionate about children’s welfare and raising their aspirations
is an effective communicator with staff, parents and children.
is creative, enthusiastic and resourceful.
insists that learning should be fun.
is able to be flexible and respond to changing demands with a positive attitude.
Is willing to carry out occasional class cover in the absence of the teacher.
has excellent organisational and interpersonal skills.
has a commitment to Christian values.
has an understanding of responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
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 Marden Vale CofE Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 163 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Marden Vale CofE Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- admin@mardenvale.dsat.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01249 813505
Marden Vale currently has 202 children on roll across 8 classes, 2 resource base rooms. We have fantastic resources that are used to make sure children achieve their full potential. These not only include our team of hardworking staff but also our pastoral team and fantastic outside facilities including forest school area and large outdoor stage.
In September 2015, to strengthen our drive for continued school improvement alongside our thirst for greater collaborative working, we joined the Diocese of Salisbury Academy Trust (DSAT). To find out more about DSAT please visit www.dsat.org.uk Part of the reason for joining a Diocesan Trust was to respect and develop our church school status. We
have good links with the clergy of St Mary’s Church. As well as clergy leading some worship within our school, we also hold services in church, support community events and use the church as a learning resource for our children.
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