SEN Teaching Assistant
St Simon Stock Catholic School, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0JP11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
14 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
1 October 2024
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: 30 hours a week/38 weeks per year
Contract type
- Fixed term - Fixed contract to 31/8/2025
Pay scale
- Kent Range 4 £23,338 to £23,921 (pro-rata £16,000 to £16,400 per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We wish to appoint an innovative, enthusiastic and well-qualified SEN Teaching Assistant to join us at St Simon Stock Catholic School. This is a term time only position (30 hours per week, 38 weeks per year).
The SEN department has a wealth of experience and consistently produces excellent results at GCSE and A Level. You will be joining a skilled, energetic and committed team so we are seeking an outstanding candidate who can continue to raise the quality of provision to enable the best possible outcomes for of our students.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits of working at St Simon Stock Catholic School:
- Conduct of students is excellent and they are keen to learn and succeed
- A supportive and caring working environment for staff and students and a school wide focus on wellbeing.
- Working within our St Josephine Bakhita Support Hub, which is at the heart of the school.
- Dedicated and bespoke CPD time for all staff and personal development opportunities
- Access to Kent Rewards Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme which offers counselling, financial guidance, legal enquiries with access to online health and wellbeing resources
- Generous Pension Scheme
Our Offer:
We create an environment where our staff can thrive and enjoy the work that they do which enables our young people to flourish, gain confidence, achieve and be happy. We have a reputation for fostering a very caring environment and a great record for investing in staff training and development.
St Simon Stock are part of the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter. This signifies our commitment to ensuring that the wellbeing of our staff is fully supported, and commits to placing wellbeing and mental health at the heart of our decision making. We prioritise staff mental health by ensuring all staff have access to tools and resources which may be needed to support them and others.
Commitment to safeguarding
St Simon Stock Catholic School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and this position is subject to satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.
Applying for the job
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About St Simon Stock Catholic School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1119 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- HR@ssscs.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01622 754551
St Simon Stock Catholic School is a Catholic secondary school located in Maidstone, Kent and part of the Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership (KCSP). This multi-academy trust (MAT), established by the Archdiocese of Southwark for Catholic education across Kent, currently comprises of 25 academies (20 primary and 5 secondary schools).
St Simon Stock is an over-subscribed, co-educational, high achieving school with a long tradition of academic success. We have over 1100 students on roll, including over 200 in Sixth Form and a staff of almost 100.
We value all our students equally and welcome the wide variety of cultures and experiences they bring to our school.
By modelling exemplary behaviour towards each other, carrying out service to others in school, at home and in the wider community, students develop a strong work ethic and sense of personal achievement helping them to take their place in the wider world.
We are rated by Ofsted as a Good Provider and in our last denominational inspection we were graded as Outstanding.
Arranging a visit to St Simon Stock Catholic School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@ssscs.co.uk.
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