SEN TA
Landewednack Community Primary School, Helston, Cornwall, TR12 7PB14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
TBC
Closing date
16 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
14 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share): 30 Hours Per Week - Term Time Only
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until 31.08.2025
Actual salary
- £16,558
What skills and experience we're looking for
The ideal candidate will have:
- Experience working with children with special educational needs, ideally in a school or educational setting
- Some knowledge of autism and strategies for support
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with students, parents, and staff
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, and to take direction from teachers and other senior staff
- Flexibility and adaptability, with the ability to respond to changing needs and priorities
- A good level of physical fitness to enable you to work inside and in the outdoor space
- A patient, nurturing, child-centred approach and a good sense of fun!
What the school offers its staff
Truro and Penwith Academy Trust, together with Landewednack School, are seeking to appoint a dynamic, committed and experienced SEN TA. Landewednack School is in a beautiful, rural setting on the Lizard Peninsula, with access to the most wonderful outdoor learning environments both in school and locally. We recognise that each pupil is a unique individual; we offer our pupils an inclusive, engaging and varied curriculum which is delivered by our staff of enthusiastic and hard-working teachers and teaching assistants.
Every child deserves the best learning environment and we are superbly placed to give them just that. As a small school in a beautiful part of the world with a rich local community, we nurture curious young minds and foster independent thinkers. We encourage learning beyond the four walls of the classroom, making the most of everything Cornwall offers and linking lessons to the wider world around us.
As a leading Academy Trust,
we are able to offer our staff a range of continued professional development
opportunities alongside family friendly policies and access to the Local
Government/Teachers Pension Schemes.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Landewednack Community Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 88 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Landewednack Community Primary School website
- Email address
- head@landewednack.tpacademytrust.org
- Phone number
- 01326 290337
Every child deserves the best learning environment…
and we are superbly placed to give them just that. As a small school in a beautiful part of the world with a rich local community, we nurture curious young minds and foster independent thinkers.
Here, the national curriculum is just a starting point. We encourage learning beyond the four walls of the classroom, making the most of everything Cornwall offers and linking lessons to the wider world around us.
From taking part in Wild Tribe to visiting the beach or our local farm, we provide exciting opportunities that enrich our curriculum. We encourage our children to learn through experience- through having a go, trying new things and embracing challenges.
Please take a look at our website to find out more about our school, or better still, come for a visit!
Arranging a visit to Landewednack Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email head@landewednack.tpacademytrust.org.
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