Teaching Assistant

The Meadows School, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6EU

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  24 November 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Special Education Needs (SEN)
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,183.00 - £26,409.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 5, £25,183 - £26,409 Fixed Term (with a view to become permanent), Whole Year

Teaching Assistant job summary

The Meadows School – Teaching Assistant

Grade 5, £25,183 - £26,409, 32.5 hours per week, whole year.

Fixed term until 18th July 2025 (with a view to becoming permanent).

The Meadows School is a generic Special School providing high quality education to young people with a range of special educational needs and disabilities. The school has expertise in working with those who have complex needs in terms of their physical and sensory development, communication and interaction, as well as those with more moderate cognition and learning difficulties. The school provides education to over 130 students aged between 11 and 19 from Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Stoke on Trent. The school is organised through a combination of chronological age, key stages and learning needs.

The school is part of the Manor Hall Academy Trust and forms a Federation with Springfield School, a generic primary Special School.

We are looking for individuals who have a passion for children with SEN and are:

- Passionate about seeing students make excellent progress in a Special School environment

- Motivated, with high expectations for all learners

- Committed to working with the whole school community

- Able to contribute to life beyond their classroom

We would expect the successful candidate to:

- To hold the students well-being and learning at the centre of all they do.

- Have good interpersonal skills, high standards and expectations.

- Effectively, promote and develop the vision, aims and ethos of the school

- Have commitment to working in partnership with parents and other agencies

- Undertake training and implement new initiatives.

In turn we can offer:

- Happy children who are eager to learn

- A caring team of colleagues who are committed to providing the best for our pupils

- Excellent relationships with parents and LAB

- A commitment to continued professional development

Interested applicants are encouraged to contact the school for further information on office@themeadows.manorhall.academy or phone 01538 225060.

All applications need to be made using the web portal www.mynewterm.com

For more about Manor Hall Academy Trust, visit www.manorhall.academy

The Meadows School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, applicants will therefore be subject to stringent vetting and induction processes including an enhanced DBS disclosure. Please see the website for further details www.themeadows.manorhall.academy

Please also note if you are shortlisted for the role, we will conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on the shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which may indicate that you are unsuitable to work with children and that we may want to explore with you at interview.

Applications close on 24th November 2024.

Interviews w/c 2nd December 2024.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The Meadows School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• School size: 130 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Meadows School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-meadows-school-leek (opens in new tab)

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