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  • Start date details

    asap

  • Closing date

    2 January 2025 at 4pm

  • Date listed

    10 December 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

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Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time, full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,404.00 - £24,790.00 Annually (FTE) Salary will be pro-rata dependent on hours worked

SEND Learning Support Assistant job summary

Our children love school and love learning; we need someone to join us who can match their energy and enthusiasm to make the most of every learning opportunity. The right person will be passionate about working with children and committed to seeing them reach their full potential.

This role is supporting children who have a Special Educational Need to access their learning, either in the classroom or with their own tailored activities outside the class. You will have a kind, patient and caring nature but still have high expectations for them to achieve to their full potential. You will have experience of working with children and experience of supporting children with autism or other communication difficulties would be highly desirable.

The morning runs from 8.45am to 12.30pm and the afternoon from 12.30 to 3.30pm. Full time will be from 8.45am to 3.30pm with a 30 minute lunch break. Please specify on your application which hours you are applying for.

Watling Lower School is a one-form entry, Ofsted rated ‘Good’ school catering for children from 2 to 9 years in age near the centre of Dunstable. We are happy to offer tours of the schoo and to meet with the headteacher to find out more about the role.

We are committed to safeguarding our pupils and all offers are subject to our child protection checks and safer recruitment procedures including a DBS check and satisfactory references.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

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About Watling Lower School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 9
Education phase
Primary
School size
206 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 9

School location

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