Teaching Assistant
The Abbey School, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8DY23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
4 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
4 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Full time: 30.25 hours over 5 days. 8.50am-3.20pm Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri and 8.35am-3.20pm Wed
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Actual £16,141 to £19,693 (WA4-10 to WA4-16)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Teaching Assistant will:-
- Work under the direction of teaching staff/senior managers to support the delivery of quality learning and teaching of pupils with special educational needs.
- Work with children and young people who have a range of significant and often complex SEND for example those with autism, social, emotional and mental health difficulties, moderate learning difficulties, speech language and communication needs and those who exhibit challenging behaviour.
- Undertake specified work with individuals, groups and whole classes under the direction and supervision of a qualified teacher.
- Encourage the participation of pupils in the social and academic processes of the school, and enable pupils to become more independent learners.
- Undertake work/care/support programmes to enable access to learning for pupils and to assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.
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QUALITIES
Requirements and skills
It is essential that the post holder:-
- Is suitable to work with children.
- Has the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with students, staff and parents/carers.
- Has a flexible and adaptable approach to both work and to the behaviours of students
- Has a good understanding of the way children learn
- Has good organisational skills
Personal qualities
- Friendly, caring, patient, fair, and consistent
- Calm under pressure
- Willing to go the ‘extra mile’
- Enthusiastic with a positive attitude
- A supportive member of school activities
- Keen to build on skills and be prepared to learn
- Accurate in all record keeping
- A team player
- A sense of humour
- Flexibility
- A good time keeper
What the school offers its staff
- Amazing students who want to learn
- A brand new, state of the art, English classroom
- Excellent IT facilities in a modern school fit for 21st century teaching
- A range of CPD opportunities to support professional development inside and outside the classroom.
- A range of evidence-informed strategies to support teaching and learning inside the classroom.
- A consistent approach to behaviour which ensures learning is not disrupted.
- A welcoming and supportive staff community
- Opportunities to collaborate across a range of mainstream and specialist provision schools within the Weydon MAT.
- External leadership/NPQ opportunities, including supporting masters’ applications and aspiring senior leader’s development programme
- On site car parking
- Westfield Health Cash Plan
https://www.westfieldhealth.com/individual/health-cash-plan
Commitment to safeguarding
The Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Enhanced DBS, Children’s Barred List and Right to work in the UK checks are required for all posts. further details including relevant policies are available on the school website: https://www.abbey.surrey.sch.uk/1209/key-information/category/42/safeguarding-and-esafety
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@abbey.surrey.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Abbey School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- School size
- 145 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Abbey School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recriuitment@abbey.surrey.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01252 725059
Located in south Farnham, The Abbey is an outstanding secondary special school with just over 130 students who have learning and additional needs (LAN). About 40% of our students have autism or other social communication difficulties, a quarter have speech and language needs and others have physical challenges or complex health care needs. Expectations for student outcomes are high, but helping them overcome barriers to learning is an equally important part of our role.
The school has been part of the Weydon MAT since 2018. Over the next 2 years The Abbey will be undergoing significant investment as we expand from a 2 to 3 form entry school to support Surrey County Council’s SEND Sufficiency Strategy 2020 – 2025.
Our staff are our greatest asset and we are extremely proud of our whole school ethos.
Our 20 teachers and 35 associate staff are highly motivated, mutually supportive and come from all walks of life.
Arranging a visit to The Abbey School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recriuitment@abbey.surrey.sch.uk.
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