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SEND Teaching Assistant

Crofton Junior School, Orpington, Kent, BR5 1EL

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  4 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: 8.40 am- 15.20 pm (half an hour for lunch and half an hour MDS duty)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: BR4 point 12 to BR5 point 17

What skills and experience we're looking for

You must be a friendly, attentive, outgoing individual and enjoy working with children and ensuring that they meet their potential.

What the school offers its staff

A supportive school environment in which to develop your career.

Opportunities to play a role in the wider life of the school.

One paid Wellbeing Day per academic year.

If you firmly believe that every child can thrive academically and emotionally irrespective of their individual needs, background, race or gender then this is the ideal role for you.

Further details about the role

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual to join a dedicated team of education providers.

We are looking for a caring, passionate and energetic Teaching Assistant to join our team, to work in KS2. The role is to work in a class environment in the morning. The role will be working closely alongside the class teacher to help support the children and will be based within the classroom as directed by the class teacher. You should have good behaviour management and communication skills and be able to adapt activities towards child’s learning abilities

In the afternoon the role will be to deliver interventions outside of the classroom under the direction of the SENCO. You should have good organisational skills, be able to adapt teachers planning and be able to have excellent record keeping skills.

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

Please complete the online application.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Upload additional documents

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

ISA and TA - JD & Person Spec.pdf - 167 KB (opens in new tab)

SEND TA - Advert.pdf - 214 KB (opens in new tab)

About Crofton Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 715 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Crofton Junior School website
• Email address: recruitment@mslt.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/crofton-junior-school

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