SEN TEACHING ASSISTANT
Lawrence Sheriff School, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV21 3AGThis job expired on 16 June 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Required from September 2025
Closing date
16 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
22 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Part time: 0.4 – 0.8 FTE (15 – 30 hours per week), 39 weeks per year (term time and training days)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Scale E – H (Points 5 –17) (£24,790 – £32,654 FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint an experienced Teaching Assistant to support students with SEND, for example ASD and SEMH, in order to facilitate their access to the curriculum and maximise their independence.
The successful applicant must have the ability to establish effective relationships with young people and teaching staff.
Being an effective communicator is critical due to the needs of students and therefore excellent written and spoken English is essential. You must be highly organised, with good time management skills and be IT literate.
Applicants must be able to deal sensitively with matters of confidence whilst following the School Child Protection policy, for which training will be given.
What the school offers its staff
'This school is a truly special place. Pupils flourish here' Ofsted March 2022.
Is your perception that, as a boys’ grammar school, we will be overly traditional and elitist? Think again! If you want to become part of a calm and happy school community then Lawrence Sheriff may well be the place for you!
Lawrence Sheriff School is an outstanding boys’ grammar school of approximately 1200 students, around 450 of whom are in our coeducational sixth form. As a National Teaching School, we have played a significant role in initial teacher training and continuous professional development across the region. The school is both a Teaching School Hub, and MFL Hub, and this enables us to offer all staff varied and interesting opportunities to enhance their practice.
Further details about the role
To download an application pack please visit our website: www.lawrencesheriffschool.net
To apply please complete and return the job application and equality details forms to Personnel at recruitment@lawrencesheriffschool.com, along with a letter of application. Please do not submit CVs, as only the job application form will be considered.
For further information please contact the Personnel department: Tel: 01788 843700, E‑mail: recruitment@lawrencesheriffschool.com
Closing date for applications:
09.00 am on Monday 16 June 2025
Lawrence Sheriff School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.
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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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Lawrence Sheriff School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1142 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lawrence Sheriff School website
- Email address
- recruitment@lawrencesheriffschool.com
- Phone number
- 01788 843700
'This school is a truly special place. Pupils flourish here’ (Ofsted, 2022).
Lawrence Sheriff School is a boys’ grammar school with a co-education sixth form. We have approximately 1080 students, over 380 of whom are in the sixth form. We believe that much of our success - including our consistently high Ofsted grading and our high rankings in DFE performance tables - can be directly linked to our emphasis upon LSS being a happy place to work for both pupils and staff. The 2022 Ofsted report goes on to say that ‘the passion that pupils have for their learning is palpable’ and 'there is a clear culture of mutual respect between staff and students'.These comments sum up the distinctive ethos and values of the school. As a National Teaching School, we have played a significant role in initial teacher training and continuous professional development across the region. Our Teaching School Hub status now enables us to offer all staff varied and interesting opportunities to enhance their practice.
Arranging a visit to Lawrence Sheriff School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@lawrencesheriffschool.com.
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