Teaching Assistant
Robertsbridge Community College, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EAThis job expired on 5 June 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Required as soon as possible
Closing date
5 June 2023 at 9am
Date listed
9 May 2023
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time: 32.5 hours per week (8.30 am - 3.30 pm daily) term-time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- East Sussex Single Status Pay Scale, Grade 3, Point 7 (£20,812 per annum, pro-rata)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a highly organised, forward thinking Teaching Assistant to join our SEND team at the College.
The successful candidate will be talented, dynamic and will challenge and motivate our students to get the very best meaningful outcomes. The main purpose of this role will be supporting students with an Education Health Care Plan, based in the College’s Da Vinci Centre. You may also be timetabled to support the learning of our students within the mainstream school.
The Da Vinci Centre is a specialist educational facility based within the wider setting of Robertsbridge Community College. The centre offers a personalised pathway through learning for young people with special educational needs including Autism Spectrum Condition, anxiety and dyslexia. The centre currently offers 12 places to young people with Education, Health and Care Plans ranging in age from 11 to 16.
A high standard of literacy, numeracy and ICT skills and strong safeguarding awareness are essential criteria for this post.
What the school offers its staff
The College is a thriving rural school, with a skilled and enthusiastic staff team. We are committed to ensuring that our students become well rounded citizens of the world, equipped with the knowledge, skills and qualifications they need for whatever they choose to do next in life.
Our intake is truly comprehensive, drawing from a large geographic area that includes both rural and urban environments. We cherish the diversity that this intake brings and are extremely proud of our College.
Visited by Ofsted in September 2022, the College maintained its ‘Good’ status, with the official report stating that “Pupils enjoy their lessons and value the nurturing and friendly atmosphere which pervades the College. The school’s motto ‘success through partnership’ is exemplified through the strong relationships evident between teachers and pupils.”
Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this post.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Robertsbridge Community College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 753 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Robertsbridge Community College website
- Email address
- hstedman@robertsbridge.org.uk
Robertsbridge Community College is a happy, welcoming and inclusive 11-16 school situated within a thriving village in a beautiful part of East Sussex. Robertsbridge lies approximately 10 miles north of Hastings and 13 miles south-east of Tunbridge Wells. The village is well connected with a main railway line from Hastings to London, and to the A21 trunk road.
Arranging a visit to Robertsbridge Community College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hstedman@robertsbridge.org.uk.
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