SEND Teaching Assistant
Houghton Regis Primary School, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 5DH20 days remaining to apply
Closing date
21 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
31 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,027.00 - £24,790.00 Annually (FTE) Term Time Only - (Pro-Rata)
SEND Teaching Assistant job summary
We are currently looking to appoint an exceptional teaching assistant, who is experienced and has knowledge of providing support for pupils with additional learning and/or behavioural needs.
We provide a happy, safe, positive environment, which nurtures confidence, motivation, independence and personal success for all pupils. We are focused on the development of the whole child and our pupils’ progress and well-being is our core purpose at all times. We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed teaching assistant to join our team and share our school vision and ethos.
Houghton Regis Primary School is a warm, welcoming and growing school, including a Nursery, with approximately 380 children on roll. At Houghton Regis Primary School, we believe that every child matters every day: childhood is not a dress rehearsal and our priority is for our pupils to love learning through an exceptional curriculum which is exciting and constantly developing.
We provide a happy, safe and positive environment, which nurtures confidence, motivation, independence and personal success for all pupils. We are focused on the development of the whole child and our pupils’ progress and well-being is our core purpose at all times.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit or to speak to our Assistant Headteacher – Pastoral & Inclusion, please contact the school on 01582 867487 or email office@houghtonregisprimary.co.uk.
For more information, please find attached the Person Specification, Job Description and Application Information.
Due to the high volume of applications we may receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All references will be sought prior to interview and successful applicants will be required to undertake enhanced disclosure checks.
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.
About Houghton Regis Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 382 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Houghton Regis Primary School website (opens in new tab)
School location
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