SEND Teaching Assistant
Orchard Meadow Primary School, Oxford, OX4 6BGThis job expired on 15 November 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible or January 2025
Closing date
15 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
18 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 37.5 hours per week. Term time only plus INSET days.
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £19,199.18 - £23,177.94 (Salary will reflect experience)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for candidates who:
- Are an excellent practitioner. A specialism or additional training in Special Educational Needs (SEN) is highly desirable.
- Are confident in the classroom and understand how children with SEND, learn.
- Have high expectations of what can be achieved.
- Seek to build positive relationships with children.
- Are flexible with a good sense of humour and an understanding of the ‘bigger picture’.
- Are able to work to their own initiative as well as part of a team.
- Are confident and excited about using and embracing IT and outdoor learning in their practice.
- Are flexible, hard working and have a passion to make a difference in the lives of our young learners.
- A genuine passion for inclusive education and a commitment to making a difference.
What the school offers its staff
Our school: Orchard Meadow School is a vibrant and inclusive city school that has a positive, diverse community and a determination that all children will succeed. Our children are energetic, keen to learn and enjoy being challenged. The role is to support SEND children in their learning in order to enable them to achieve their full potential. We are looking for an experienced person with energy and enthusiasm. Knowledge and experience of working with young children, especially those with SEND or specific needs, is essential. This can be a challenging role supporting pupils with high-level needs; therefore, the right candidate will need to be resilient and strong-minded, yet patient and understanding of the pupils’ needs. They will be fully supported by the school in order to confidently fulfil the role.
Benefits of Joining Us:
- Positive Working Environment: Enjoy a supportive and collaborative atmosphere where your contributions are valued.
- Professional Development: Access excellent training and career development opportunities to enhance your skills and expertise.
- United Learning Trust Affiliation: Being part of our trust opens doors to networking, shared resources, and a broader benefits package:
Commitment to safeguarding
Orchard Meadow Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post involves the type of work with children and young people that requires applicants to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All users are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed.
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About Orchard Meadow Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 227 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Orchard Meadow Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@orchardmeadow.org
- Phone number
- 01865 778609
Orchard Meadow is located in Blackbird Leys on the outskirts of Oxford. We proud to be a diverse school with high ambitions and expectations, which is reflected in our school values and curriculum.
Everything we do is values driven and linked to PRIDE – our school motto. Learn more about our ‘PRIDE’ values here and see some examples of our students’ many achievements on the pages of this site. Every day we want pupils to feel proud of themselves and what they can offer their community as active, enquiring, compassionate citizens.
Above all, we want our learners to be happy and feel inspired by the joy of learning. Being a pupil at Orchard Meadow is an opportunity to find out something new, be creative, be challenged and, most importantly, feel valued.
We are a school family and this ethos is supported by daily ‘family meetings’, which help pupils to feel calm, safe and ready to learn. Our commitment to pupil well-being is supplemented by a bespoke curriculum and a broad offer which includes enrichment activities for all, mentoring and therapeutic interventions.
Arranging a visit to Orchard Meadow Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@orchardmeadow.org.
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