Teaching Assistant

Longwick Church of England Combined School, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, HP27 9SJ

47 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap after 1 Sept 2024

• Closing date

  2 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  17 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,297.00 - £24,223.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking for Teaching Assistants (1 32.5 hours a week, 1 Wednesday only) who have high expectations for children and themselves and understand how to effectively deliver priorities both on EHCP’s and SEND support plans. We are an inclusive school, with a recent Good OFSTED inspection (November 2023), with a very clear direction and high ambitions for the inclusive education all our Longwick Learners receive. We are a friendly and welcoming team who are passionate and positive about the work that we do.

Our school is part of the ODBST Trust which offers an array of CPD, support and career development and the Senior Leadership Team welcomes ambitious support staff wanting to further develop their career paths. Full training will be provided in role and STEP ON restorative focused behaviour training will be provided when in post.

Visits to the school to meet the Headteacher and SENDCo are encouraged.

Post 1 (Permanent)
Hours : 8:30 am - 3:30 pm, 32.5 hours a week, Term time plus Inset Days (39 weeks)
Actual salary for 32.5 hour role: £17,668 - £18,370

Post 2 (Fixed term)
Hours: Wednesday only, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm, 6.5 hours a week Term time, plus an Inset Day (39 weeks)
Actual salary for 6.5 hour role: £3,460
This role is linked to an EHCP and are therefore initially offered as a fixed-term contract (until July 2025) with the potential to extend dependent on funding.

Please see the attached job description for further information about the role.

Longwick Church of England Combined School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full vetting checks, online checks, including a disclosure of criminal records at an enhanced level.

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.

Commitment to safeguarding

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.

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About Longwick Church of England Combined School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 175 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Longwick Church of England Combined School website (opens in new tab)
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Longwick Church of England Combined School is a happy, friendly, rural Church of England school, proud of its caring and inclusive atmosphere. At Longwick our vision is centred on a commitment to excellence in learning and high expectations for all. We aim to support individuals to achieve the very best and ensure pupils are well prepared for the next steps in their education and have well developed life skills.

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