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SEN Teaching Assistant

Oasis Academy Skinner Street, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 1LG

This job expired on 22 April 2025 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  22 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 April 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: This role requires a minimum of 20hrs - maximum of 30hrs per week term time only plus 1 week for inset days, to be discussed at interview.
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 academic year to July 2026
• Actual salary: £18,438 - £19,027
• Pay scale: Point 4-6

What skills and experience we're looking for

Oasis Academy Skinner Street currently have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated part time practitioner to join the team as a SEN Teaching Assistant, supporting teaching staff with responsibility for the development and educational provision of learners.

Job overview

You’ll be responsible for supporting the SENCO and working with pupils on a whole-class and individual basis, preparing resources to support learning activities as well as ensuring pupils are supported pastorally. You’ll contribute to evaluating student progress and provide feedback to the SENCO to ensure all students’ learning needs are being met.

This role requires a minimum of 20hrs - maximum of 30hrs per week term time only plus 1 week for inset days, to be discussed at interview.

Job requirements

• A minimum of 3 GCSEs at C grade or above, including English and Maths
• Teaching Assistant qualification desirable
• Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work in tandem with teaching staff
• Ability to be empathetic and understanding to the needs of students

What the school offers its staff

Why join us?

As a SEN Teaching Assistant within Oasis Academy Skinner Street, you’ll be able to build upon your existing skillset within a supportive environment, with professional development, training, and career progression opportunities available.

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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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

3 Teaching Assistant Recruitment Brochure.pdf - 534 KB (opens in new tab)

About Oasis Academy Skinner Street

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 426 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oasis Academy Skinner Street website
• Email address: leonie.saddleton@oasisskinnerstreet.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oasis-academy-skinner-street

Our children and families come first and we are passionately committed to giving our young people the best education possible in the formative stages of their lives. At Oasis Academy Skinner Street we take great pride in our students, we aspire to create opportunities for them to flourish academically and to form their good character.

When our students leave us, we want them to be self-confident, to know how to build and sustain strong relationships, to have high aspirations and to have achieved their very best.
We want our students to embrace and contribute to the life of the school, both through their learning and by taking part in our extensive range of enrichment and leadership activities. We are proud of our partnership with parents and value their support to fulfil our vision.

We want every student to enjoy their time with us and to leave with fond memories that they will cherish forever. Our children leave us prepared for responsible adulthood taking with them principled values that will impact positively on their own lives, and those of others, to make for a better world.

Our vision for the school is summed up as Inspire, Challenge and Achieve.

Inspire – every member of Oasis Academy Skinner Street to take every opportunity in and out of the classroom to learn and flourish.

Challenge – everyone to be the best they can be.

Achieve – success in all aspects of life.

We look forward to welcoming you to our family.

Arranging a visit to Oasis Academy Skinner Street

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email leonie.saddleton@oasisskinnerstreet.org.

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