Teaching Assistant
The Compass School, Romford, RM7 9NUDeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
11 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
30 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time: (36 hours per week, 39 weeks per year)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 3, SP5-6 (FTE £27,030 to £27,438 / Actual £23,119 to £23,468)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you ready to change the course of children's lives? We are looking for great people to join the founding team at The Compass School, a small school for pupils with Social Emotional and Mental Health needs. We are growing and are looking for an amazing behaviour mentor to join our growing team. You could be from a Primary or Secondary, or Special School background, as long as you are excited about working with our amazing pupils and staff to build a brilliant school. We are looking for candidates with the motivation and determination to ensure that students make progress, improve their experience of education and prepare them to lead a fulfilling life.
The Compass School will educate young people between the ages of 7-16 who have a wide range of Social Emotional and Mental Health needs. Many of the pupils may also be on the Autistic Spectrum. The school serves a catchment area that covers Havering and surrounding areas. The school will also be adding to our network of special schools, alongside Sir Peter Hall School, Bury St Edmund’s, Sir Bobby Robson School, Ipswich, The Bridge School, Ipswich and Churchill School, Haverhill. You will be supported in your role by experienced special education leaders who will be available to offer advice and guidance as the school moves forward under their leadership. Significant training and development are available through opportunities for professional development, research, teacher training and collaboration between schools and across phases.
What the school offers its staff
Why work for us?
- We offer termly supervision for all staff to support with your well-being
- There is an extensive CPD programme, bespoke to our pupils with Social Emotional and Mental Health needs
- We offer a well-being day to be taken during term time and two-week autumn half term
- Pupils leave earlier on a Thursday to make sure all staff can do training together
- Unity Schools Partnership (The Trust) offer staff benefits such as the Cycle to Work Scheme and access to staff support through TELUS.
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
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About The Compass School
- School type
- Free School, ages 7 to 16
- School size
- 22 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Compass School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- cwensley@thecompassschool.org
School location
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