Deadline is tomorrow

  • Job start date

    1 January 2025

  • Closing date

    15 December 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    18 November 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Part time: Start date: January 2025, 33.15 Hours per week - Monday to Friday 8.30am to 3.20pm, term time only plus INSET days & weekly team meetings on Tuesdays (8:30am-16:30pm) - Permanent

Contract type

Permanent

Actual salary

£20,921 to £23,062 Per year

What skills and experience we're looking for

Start date: January 2025, 33.15 Hours per week - Monday to Friday 8.30am to 3.20pm, term time only plus INSET days & weekly team meetings on Tuesdays (8:30am-16:30pm) - Permanent

Would you like to work in a Special Educational Needs Resource within a mainstream Primary School, we are looking to expand our provision at Southcote School.

SEN Support Assistant – Dragon Fly Class at Southcote Primary School to start January 2025.

Katesgrove and Southcote are both Schools Direct Training Schools and are very supportive of staff wishing to develop future Teaching Careers through this programme.

The successful candidate will:

  • Have a sound working knowledge of supporting young children’s learning
  • Demonstrate good interpersonal skills with team members and parents
  • Have previous experience of working with young children and those with behaviour issues in particular
  • Have a good standard of spoken and written English
  • Have specialist skills / training in areas of Special Educational Needs
  • Passionate about working with children with SEN

The Kennet Federation aspires to be an actively anti-racist organisation. We recognise our aspiration as ongoing, involving collective commitment and accountability.

We welcome employees who are committed to and will actively contribute to our efforts to celebrate our cultural diversity and be resolute in advancing inclusion and equity.

We encourage candidates who share our ambition to apply, and we welcome applications from those with protected characteristics

Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged.

What the school offers its staff

Application packs can be downloaded from the school website - https://www.southcoteprimary.co.uk.

Applications considered on receipt and successful applicants will be invited for interview.

This 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 appointment will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check, appropriate references and health clearance.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
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About Southcote Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
558 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11

Arranging a visit to Southcote Primary School

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

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