Teaching Assistant
Strathmore School, Twickenham, TW1 4DQ29 days remaining to apply
Job start date
22 April 2025
Closing date
2 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
31 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Needs
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,444.62 - £25,535.68 Annually (Actual)
Teaching Assistant job summary
About this Role
Teaching Assistant, Strathmore School
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time 32.5 hours per week
This is term-time only contract, working 39 weeks per year
Salary: NJC 12-15 £24,444.62 – £25,535.68 Actual
Anticipated Start Date: April 2025
Are you passionate about supporting children with special educational needs (SEND) to reach their full potential? If you’re an enthusiastic, patient, and committed individual with experience or interest in SEND education, we’d love for you to join our warm and dedicated team at Strathmore School.
Come and make a difference with us – apply today!
About Us
Strathmore is part of The Auriga Academy Trust with Clarendon and Capella House Schools, and the aim of the Trust is to extend local SEND provision.
Strathmore school is a forward-thinking and innovative special school, currently located across the borough of Richmond in 4 campuses, with a 5th location due to open soon. All of 4 sites are co-located with local, inclusive minded mainstream primary and secondary schools and we work closely with each school to promote an inclusive partnership.
We are a happy, positive and hardworking staff, educating learners aged 4-19 with severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities and many of whom have a co-diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Condition. We work closely with colleagues from Educational Psychology, Health and Social Care to ensure that our learners receive all the support and challenge they need to achieve. Every learner has an Education, Health and Care Plan that details what and how they are learning, including input from Speech and Language, Occupational, and Physiotherapy.
The Role
As a Teaching Assistant at Strathmore School, you will work closely with our teachers to create a nurturing and engaging learning environment for primary-aged children with complex needs. We are looking to appoint an effective and caring Teaching Assistant who ensures that all children have the best learning opportunities, and you will have previous experience/understanding of working with children with a SEND need setting.
You’ll help pupils thrive academically, socially, and emotionally through:
Tailored support for individual or small groups of students.
Providing personal care as needed to ensure students’ well-being.
Collaborating with our teaching staff to implement creative and effective learning strategies.
Encouraging independence and fostering a love of learning in each student.
Developing and maintaining positive relationships across the school community
Shortlisting: Wednesday 5th March 2025
Interview: Thursday 13th March 2025
Shortlisting will be based on your supporting statement. Please ensure you address each of the points as per attached person specification.
Why Join Us?
We provide benefits:
Access to very competitive pension schemes
Employee Assistance Program - available 24/7 to support you
The Cycle to Work scheme - a brand new bike and equipment through your salary, saving up to 42%.
Auriga Rewards benefits platform with 1000s of discounts and offers for big name brands in retails, travel, fitness, utilities and wellbeing.
We have committed to following nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay for both teachers and support staff
Recruitment Referral Scheme
Wider opportunities for career progression and professional development across the Trust with the ability to move across different settings and divisions.
Visits and Informal Discussions
Prospective candidates are warmly encouraged to visit the school or arrange an informal discussion with the Headteacher, Sarah Hurtado. Please contact the school office on 02089480047 to arrange this.
Join us on this exciting journey of educational excellence and faith formation. Be the leader who inspires change and shapes futures.
Strathmore School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Check with a check of the DBS Barred List..
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.
About Strathmore School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 19
- School size
- 117 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Strathmore School website (opens in new tab)
Strathmore is a happy, thriving, oversubscribed and growing special school for children and young people aged 4 -19 with severe and complex learning difficulties including those with an additional diagnosis of autism and/or physical/sensory disabilities. We are committed to supporting all of our pupils to achieve and enjoy and be stimulated and challenged to fulfil their potential.
We are a forward thinking school committed to investigating and providing pupils with the most relevant and innovative learning opportunities and resources available. We have recently moved into our new purpose built facilities that we share with inclusive minded mainstream schools.
Our ‘small schools’ and small class sizes ensure that all pupils benefit from a highly consistent and supportive approach from all our staff, including therapists, and are given every opportunity to thrive and develop as individuals. Our constant focus is always on what will make the biggest impact for the individual pupil.
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