Teaching Assistant 2
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Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
15 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time: Term Time Only 12 hours per week (Monday and Tuesday) 39 weeks worked per year, 46.2 weeks paid per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- (FTE Grade 3/SSP7 £24,027)
Actual salary
- Pro-rata salary starting from £6,923 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
New Horizons, St Leonards-on-Sea, is seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant for our secondary department, who is innovative, enthusiastic and have empathy towards children with SEN.
You are someone who:
- Enjoys being part of a tutor team that supports pupils to learn inside and outside of the classroom.
- Understands the benefits of a bespoke curriculum for vulnerable, hard to reach children.
- Feels they could effectively manage pupils in the classroom and outdoors in a range of contexts.
- Would like to secure a range of coaching qualifications and outdoor skills as part of your personal CPD.
- Is able to reflect on their own practice to improve the outcomes for our pupils.
You will need to be:
- A highly skilled communicator
- Prepared to manage pupils with a range of complex needs
- Can Inspire and Motivate pupils to want to learn new skills
- A person who is calm, consistent and has high expectations
- A person who can follow the School structure, policies and procedures with the highest level of consistency
What the school offers its staff
The working pattern is two days per week, Monday and Tuesday, from at least 08:30/45am to 15/15:15pm, term time only. Working hours to be discussed at interview and agreed on successful appointment. We are a friendly and supportive team, with additional benefits, such as free daily lunch.
The successful candidate will be joining a school that continues to be ambitious in its drive to improve outcomes for our pupils. You will join a highly dedicated and professional staff team and be part of a supportive working and learning environment where your professional development is highly valued.
Commitment to safeguarding
The school has a proven commitment to 'Equality of Opportunity' and actively promotes the welfare and safeguarding of young people. Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced check from the Disclosure and Debarring Service (DBS).
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 16
- School size
- 85 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust) website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@sabden.org.uk
The SABDEN Multi Academy Trust, based across East Sussex, is an aspirational and supportive Trust, aiming to create a warm, caring, stable, supportive environment in which all staff and pupils feel safe. We are three special schools, a secure unit, a large countywide alternative provision, a vocational free school within East Sussex. We strive to discover success through learning, self-belief and achievement. Pupils are empowered to take responsibility through a personalised curriculum supported by secure systems.
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