SEN Teaching Assistant
Charter Primary School, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3EADeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
12 February 2025
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: The post is for 30 hours per week, term time only (38 weeks per year) to start as soon as possible. Hours of work will be Monday to Friday 8.45am to 3.15pm, including 1 hour per day OPaL lunchtime supervision, with a half hour break each day.
Contract type
- Fixed term - Temporary, specific purpose contract due to increased workload to provide SEN support
Pay scale
- Wiltshire Pay Grade D to E, spinal point range 4-8, (£24,404 - £25,992 FTE) pro rata
What skills and experience we're looking for
We wish to recruit a positive and engaging Teaching Assistant needed to support the learning of children with special educational needs across year groups, in particular Key Stage 1.
The post is to provide support to the teacher and pupil(s), specifically focussing on the pupil’s individual needs, and to motivate the child/children to learn and to achieve. We are able to consider for this role either an experienced TA or someone looking for an opportunity to develop as a TA.
Some experience of supporting children with special needs is desirable, but we are also seeking a genuine interest in working with children with special needs and a desire to develop an understanding of SEN provision. The post is a wonderful opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic adult, who has empathy with children with individual special needs, to develop their knowledge and skill in supporting them.
What the school offers its staff
All staff are offered opportunities for continuous professional development.
Flexible working opportunities
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to sbm@charter.wilts.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Charter Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 217 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Charter Primary School website
- Email address
- sbm@charter.wilts.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01249 447223
“CREATE, DISCOVER, SUCCEED TOGETHER”
We have children at the heart of everything we do. At Charter School, everyone values working together to become imaginative and creative learners through inclusion, respect and kindness. We are curious in our discovery of the world and challenge each other to succeed.
Charter School Values:
At Charter we value
• Your child
• Respect
• Inclusion
• Aspiration
• Kindness
• Enjoyment
• Success
• The School and Locality
• Opinion and beliefs
In our most recent Ofsted inspection (December 2018) Charter is recognised as a good school.
The school was opened in 1994 and is a modern, light and spacious building with fantastic outdoor space including a large field and an all-weather pitch. A purpose built, specialist resource base for children with social communication difficulties, is integral to the school. An independent pre-school operates on the school premises.
We are an active outdoor learning school and previously achieved a Challenge Partners ‘Area of Excellence’ for our Learning in the Natural Environment (LiNE) and we have a qualified Forest School Teacher. We implemented the Outdoor Play and Learning programme (OPAL) in January 2022 achieving an OPaL Gold status in November 2023. We have an established nurture room which, while based on nurture room principles, is unique to Charter.
The school has an active and very supportive parent association (CSFA) who contribute socially and financially to whole school activities and developments.
Arranging a visit to Charter Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sbm@charter.wilts.sch.uk.
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