SEN Teaching Assistant
St Martins School, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 0BT6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
7 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
25 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, 38 term time weeks + 5 INSET Days (39 weeks total)
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 6 £26,409- £29,093
What skills and experience we're looking for
St Martins School is looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant to join our skilled, committed and innovative team. Applicants need the professionalism and skills to support high quality learning in the classroom as well as to contribute to other areas of school life. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Teaching Assistant team in our outstanding and innovative school which is a proud member of the Shaw Education Trust.
Candidates must:
- Have experience of supporting students with a range of Special Educational Needs
- Be able to tailor communication to meet the needs of students
- Want to work towards Shaping Successful Futures for all students
We encourage visits to the school prior to application. To arrange a visit, or if you have any questions regarding the role, please contact Victoria Theobald – victoria.theobald@stmartins.set.org. We look forward to meeting you.
St Martins School and Horizons 6th Form is an 11-19 Special School in Derby, with a mixed student profile of children and young people with a range of learning difficulties and additional complex needs. St Martins shares a site with Noel-Baker Academy in Alvaston, whilst Horizons 6th Form is based in Derby city centre. We received our third consecutive 'Outstanding' OFSTED in June 2017 and we continue to aspire to the highest standards for students and our staff teams.
What the school offers its staff
Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
- An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
- Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
- Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
- Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
- Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
- Free Eye Tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.
Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders.
- Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
- Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
- Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
- Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
- Participating in peer reviews.
- Access to a suite of online courses.
- Placement projects within our family of schools.
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.
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About St Martins School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 230 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- St Martins School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- rosie.harrison@shaw-education.org.uk
St Martin’s School is a secondary special school for pupils aged 11-19 years of age. The school currently provides 194 places for SEND students across Derby City, Derbyshire and Nottingham LAs.
The school strives for excellence in teaching and learning, maximising achievement and progression for all students and facilitating personal career development and job satisfaction for all the staff teams.
If you think your child would benefit from a St Martins education please do get in touch to arrange a visit.
Arranging a visit to St Martins School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rosie.harrison@shaw-education.org.uk.
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