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SEND Learning Support Assistant - Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School

Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 7RB

This job expired on 23 February 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  23 February 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 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
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £16,931 to £17,197 Per year

What skills and experience we're looking for

31.25 Hours per week, Term time only, Starting as soon as possible

Are you a Teaching Assistant who is looking to learn and develop? Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School may be exactly what you’re looking for!

We are looking for a Teaching Assistant with SEND experience to help support the needs of children with Education and Health Care Plans. This role includes supporting the medical needs of pupils, including care plans for named children. Experience of supporting pupils with medical needs would be an advantage, however full training will be provided, e.g.- diabetes and catheter training.

Our school is an amazing place to learn and has a strong and developing SEND team including skilled and specialist practitioners.

Our children know exactly what they are looking for in a Teaching Assistant:

“Someone who listens and includes us all”

“Someone who doesn’t mind mistakes because that’s how we learn”

“Someone who tells us what we need to do next in order to improve”

“Someone who makes learning fun”

If you are a Teaching Assistant who is interested in joining a school that

• will provide you with dedicated and skilled professionals who will support you
• values and lives by our school motto of Aspire, Believe and Achieve
• can give you real opportunities to grow professionally
• makes a difference to a fantastic community

Then we would love to hear from you.

What the school offers its staff

Want to know more? Please visit our website (https://www.whitleyparkprimaryschool.co.uk) to appreciate what we have to offer. If you would like to visit and see for yourself what our school is like, or would like to request an application pack please email Allison at admin@whitleypark.reading.sch.uk.

For the purposes of Equal Opportunities, we can only accept Reading Borough Council application forms.

Closing date: 23 February 2025

Interview date: W/C 24th February 2025

Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service and a social media 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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Additional documents

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

SEND Learning Support Assistant - Job Description.pdf - 94.6 KB (opens in new tab)

About Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 571 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School website
• Email address: admin@whitleypark.reading.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/whitley-park-primary-and-nursery-school

Arranging a visit to Whitley Park Primary and Nursery School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@whitleypark.reading.sch.uk.

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