SEND Teaching Assistant
Blue Coat CofE Primary School, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 7BD16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
9 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: Term time only – hours worked over 4 mornings with an 8:40am start. 11 hours per week in total. Must be available to work Friday mornings
Contract type
- Fixed term - Fixed term to 31 August 2025
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 5, SCP 11-14 - £27,269 - £28,624
Actual salary
- £6,766- £7,102 - depending on experience
Pay scale
- Grade 5, SCP 11-14
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to recruit a teaching assistant to work with a child with anEHCP in Key Stage 2. Knowledge or experience of supporting children withsensory needs, using emotion coaching approaches and adapting thecurriculum would be advantageous. The successful applicant will worktowards the outcomes set out in the EHCP, by supporting the pupilindividually.
What the school offers its staff
Blue Coat School, founded in 1693, is a popular and successful Voluntary Aided school situated in the town of Wotton-under-Edge. Situated 10 minutes from the M5 and only a short drive from Stroud, Tetbury and Thornbury, our school is within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The school site is now 24 years old and is surrounded by the views the area is renowned for. Our admissions number is 45 and we currently have 313 children on roll organised into ten classes comprising of:
Blue Coat Pre-School is situated on the school site and is run by a separate Management Trustee Committee and retains its excellent reputation as an Early Years provider.
he school leadership structure is in the form of our Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher, Assistant Headteacher, SENCo and our Business Manager. Following consultation with our stakeholders, we have developed an exciting vision for Blue Coat by focusing firmly on the future and how we best prepare our pupils for it. Underpinning this vision are four core Christian Values – all of which are firmly embedded and have significant impact on our whole school community, as recognized within our SIAMS Inspection Report 2019.
The school was fully inspected by Ofsted in March 2023 when it achieved the following Ofsted judgements:
The quality of education - Good
Behaviour and attitudes - Outstanding
Personal development - Outstanding
Leadership and management - Outstanding
Early years provision - Outstanding
Blue Coat has a committed team of teaching and non-teaching staff who work together to provide the best possible education for our children. As a Voluntary Aided school, Blue Coat has very close links with our local church. The children visit St Mary’s Church for a service at least once a term and representatives from the local churches lead acts of worship in school on a weekly basis as well as providing a range of other enrichment experiences.
Our Parent Teacher Association (PTA) is very active, forward-thinking and supportive, organising several major fundraisers over the academic year which contribute towards funding the school’s improvement priorities. Families are extremely supportive of our school and involved in all aspects of school life.
The Governors work closely with the Headteacher and staff in evaluating and improving the education we offer and ensuring that we provide the best possible outcomes for all our pupils.
Further details about the role
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, ifyou are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Commitment to safeguarding
Blue Coat CE VA Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
References will be required in support of candidates who are called for interview which must be from your current or last place of work.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to admin@bluecoat.gloucs.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Blue Coat CofE Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 314 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Blue Coat CofE Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- admin@bluecoat.gloucs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01453 525020
Blue Coat School, founded in 1693, is a popular and successful Voluntary Aided school situated in the town of Wotton-under-Edge. Situated 10 minutes from the M5 and only a short drive from Stroud, Tetbury and Thornbury, our school is within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The school site is now 22 years old and is surrounded by the views the area is renowned for.
Our admissions number is 45 and we currently have 315 children on roll organised into ten classes comprising of:-
• 1 x Reception unit
• 3 x Mixed Year 1 & 2 classes
• 3 x Mixed Year 3 & 4 classes
• 1 x Year 5, 2 x Mixed Year 5 & 6
Arranging a visit to Blue Coat CofE Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@bluecoat.gloucs.sch.uk.
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