SEND Teaching Assistant
Kennall Vale School, Truro, Cornwall, TR3 7HY22 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
29 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Full time: 31.25 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until August 2026
Pay scale
- TPAT Point 4 (£12.26 ph)
What skills and experience we're looking for
About The Role:
Thank you for showing an interest in applying for a position at our school. Welcome to Kennall Vale School – a small village Primary school serving Ponsanooth near Truro. We are on the A393 Redruth – Falmouth road, close to the Kennall Vale Nature reserve, a picturesque river valley containing the remains of Kennall Vale Gunpowder Works. Kennall Vale School opened in new, purpose built premises in 1993 and, since then, has been extended and completely refurbished. The school has 5 classrooms, and at present 132 pupils on roll organised into mixed-age classes.
Truro and Penwith Academy Trust, together with the Local Monitoring Committee of Kennall Vale School, are seeking to appoint a dynamic and committed Class Teacher to work as part of our team. The real strength of the school lies in the people; staff, children, parents and Local Monitoring Committee members are proud of our school and work hard to provide a caring and stimulating environment for learning. At Kennall Vale, we value the wellbeing of the children in our care above all else. We aim to create a happy, safe, caring environment in which every child can succeed and do their best. To this end we constantly strive to improve by keeping up to date with the very best ideas in teaching and learning and providing a fun place to learn.
About You:
We are looking to appoint a SEND Teaching Assistant to join the team at Kennall Vale School to support the provision of children with SEND as well as the rest of the class. The role is a fixed-term contract to August 2026; it is 31.25 hours a week, 8:30am-15:15pm, Monday - Friday.
We are seeking to appoint a person who is enthusiastic, hardworking and committed to the ethos of Kennall Vale School. The role is primarily to support the delivery of provision as set out in children's Individual Education Plans and Educational Health Care plans.
Experience of working within Primary education is essential and recent knowledge and skills in areas of SEND such as Speech and Language and Cognition and Learning is desirable.
Developing a positive and nurturing relationship with all children is key, so the successful candidate will be warm, child-centred and know how to get the best out of the young people they are working with.
What the school offers its staff
Working for TPAT and Benefits
‘The Trust that Schools want to join’Ofsted - 2019
We are an inclusive and progressive Trust and believe that all children and young people should have the best possible life chances. If you share this belief, we would love you to work with us.
We care about our staff and value their skills, contribution and expertise. Our commitment to growing great people means that we support staff in their own professional growth and development and empower them through support and career opportunities. Whether you choose to work in one of our schools, or are based in our central team, you will thrive in a stimulating, friendly and diverse environment that nurtures talent and celebrates success.
If you choose to work for us, you will receive:
- A competitive salary
- National terms and conditions of employment and access to either Teachers Pension or Local Government Pension Schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eye voucher scheme
- Access to CPD and career pathways to further develop your career
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides employees with free confidential advice and support on a variety of personal, family or workplace issueshhtps://www.employeeassistance.org.uk/
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
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About Kennall Vale School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 133 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kennall Vale School website
- Email address
- recruitment@tpacademytrust.org
At Kennall Vale School, our core values are embodied in the acronym CARES, which stands for Community, Aspiration, Respect, Excellence, and Success. These values guide everything we do, shaping our approach to education and our commitment to nurturing well-rounded, confident, and capable individuals.
Arranging a visit to Kennall Vale School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@tpacademytrust.org.
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