Teaching Assistant
Fordway Centre, Guildford, GU2 8AADeadline is tomorrow
Job start date
22 April 2025
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 36 hours a week, Monday to Friday, term time only.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade: PS4 £20,883 - £22,361 (FTE £24,275 - £25,993) (subject to change in line with the pending annual pay award)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint an inspirational Teaching Assistant to support our Primary team of excellent teachers at Fordway Centre which is a 5-11 Pupil Referral Unit based in Ashford, Surrey. This is a permanent post starting in April 2025 for 36 hours a week, Monday to Friday, term time only. The successful candidate will have excellent support skills and good all-round knowledge of supporting the education of students and an understanding of Special education, mainstream education and / or Pupil Referral Units.
This is an exciting opportunity for you to join us moving into our brand new purpose-built school in April 2025 where innovation meets inspiration, our facilities are designed to empower both teacher and student, fostering a dynamic learning atmosphere where creativity and collaboration thrive.
The successful candidate will be:
Passionate about inclusion and making sure all students gain an inspirational education.
An outstanding practitioner with high expectations of pupils’ achievement and behaviour who is committed to providing high quality support for all children.
Able to maintain and drive forward outstanding standards whilst meeting the needs of a very vulnerable group of students.
An excellent communicator, able to work inclusively with pupils, staff, parents, Management Committee and other stakeholders.
What the school offers its staff
As a Trust, IET offers staff the following benefits: -
A competitive salary
A chromebook
'Growing Great Staff' programme that enables you to flourish as a practitioner
Weekly internal CPD and numerous external CPD opportunities
Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
A genuine commitment to staff wellbeing and work/life balance
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) & Pension Scheme
Sociable and friendly staff and free onsite parking
Most importantly…free tea, coffee and biscuits!
If you have a strong commitment to inclusive values, excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to strengthen partnerships, are ambitious to make a difference to the lives of young people and play a significant role in our exciting journey to become a truly excellent school, we would like to hear from you.
Please refer to the attached Job Profile and Person Specification for further details. Applicants must have the right to work and reside permanently in the UK.
Closing date: Monday 24 February 2025 @ 11:59pm
Interview date: Wednesday 12 March 2025
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable candidates.
Candidates will only be considered for shortlisting on completion of a full application form. In accordance with KCSiE 2024 and Safer Recruitment we cannot accept CVs. Applications to be made via Eteach website under reference 1465767 or follow the link.
Please be aware; to comply with the update of KCSIE 2024, all applicants consent by completing their application, if shortlisted, to a preliminary online search of their name to identify any safeguarding considerations to be discussed at interview.
Applicants must hold the right to permanently reside and work in the UK.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is an equal opportunities employer and wholeheartedly supports the principle of equal opportunities for all its employees and for all applicants for employment. It is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosing and Barring checks along with other relevant pre-employment checks.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Fordway Centre
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- School size
- 8 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Fordway Centre website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- lwhitehorn@ietmat.co.uk
Fordway Centre (FWC) is a 5 – 11 Alternative Provision 'AP' school set over a single campus in Ashford, Middlesex. The school is based on a single site, for 24 pupils at KS1 and 2, currently located in a comfortable temporary building in Guildford but will be moving to our brand new, purpose built school in Ashford, Surrey, in September 2024. The school is based on a single site, for 24 pupils at KS1 and 2.
From April 2025 you will join us at our stunning brand new purpose-built school where innovation meets inspiration, our facilities are designed to empower the staff and students, fostering a dynamic learning atmosphere where creativity and collaboration thrive.
Our aim is to reduce the numbers of pupils who are permanently excluded from school by offering mainstream schools an alternative to exclusion. We work closely with our Mainstream School partners to support early intervention so as to avoid permanent exclusion through a range of interventions so pupils can be supported, either within their mainstream school or at the college.
FVC became part of the Inclusive Education Trust (IET) which formed in September 2021 and works alongside Reigate Valley College (Reigate) and the Wey Valley College (Guildford)y Centre (Ashford Mdx). So whilst you get the benefits of working within a small and supportive setting, by working so closely with our other PRU’s we also provide you with a wide network of support, excellent opportunities for continued professional development and diverse opportunities for career progression.
IET Values:
We will ensure a culture of integrity championing high-performance that is underpinned by our core values of:-
HONESTY, RESPECT, COMPASSION
by consistently championing:-
Creative innovation, Bespoke Inclusion, Supportive, Collaboration
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