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  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    21 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    11 March 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

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Subject

Special Education Needs (SEN)

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£16,557.79 - £17,089.71 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Teaching Assistant

Permanent. 28 hours, 25 minutes per week, term time only including inset days.

Salary: Point 6 – Point 8 £25,183 – £25,992 (FTE)

£16,557.79 - £17,089.71 actual

The Dean Academy requires two Teaching Assistants to join our successful SEND team working to support students with special educational needs.

The successful candidate will:

Have a good knowledge of special educational needs and disabilities experience of ideally with secondary age students. Experience of working with students with Cognition and Learning and Communication and Interaction needs is desirable but not required.

Have a commitment to, and passion for, inclusive practice across the curriculum.

Have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with our young people in an engaging way to maximise their learning and champion their progress.

Have the ability to empathise but move students forward

Be highly organised and adaptable, with an enthusiastic and positive approach.

Have the desire to learn new skills and be ambitious for their own professional and career development

At The Dean Academy we offer a broad and challenging curriculum to enable all students to gain a deep knowledge and understanding of the world around them. We are proud of our inclusive approach, which is informed by the principle that a stimulating and personalised education is an entitlement for every child.

The Dean Academy is an 11-16 school with approximately 693 students on roll in Lydney, in the beautiful Forest of Dean. As a small, local and fully comprehensive school, The Dean Academy is part of the highly successful Athelstan Trust. We are a school who have been on an incredible journey of rapid improvement and were judged as “good in all areas” in September 2021. The successful candidate will share the drive and ambition of our dedicated staff in continuing this community of transformation and will be keen to deliver exceptional education in a “school where students thrive” (Ofsted, 2021).

The Athelstan Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. If successful in being called for interview, all candidates are expected to apply for an enhanced DBS before appointment is confirmed. References will be sought for shortlisted candidates before interview. Please be aware that you will be subject to an online check and that you may be questioned about the findings of such a check at your interview.

Closing Date: Friday 21st March 2025, 12 Noon

Interview date to be confirmed

Applications will be considered as they are received; we reserve the right to make an appointment prior to the closing date

Commitment to safeguarding

The Athelstan Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. If successful in being called for interview, all candidates are expected to apply for an enhanced DBS before appointment is confirmed. References will be sought for shortlisted candidates before interview. Please also be aware that you will be subject to an online check and that you may be questioned about the findings of such a check at your
interview.

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About The Dean Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
690 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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School website
The Dean Academy website
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The Dean Academy is an 11-16 school with approximately 700 students on roll in Lydney, in the beautiful Forest of Dean. As a small, local and fully comprehensive school, The Dean Academy is part of the highly successful Athelstan Trust. We are a school who have been on an incredible journey of rapid improvement and were judged as “good in all areas” in September 2021 leading to the school growing quickly. The successful candidate will share the drive and ambition of our dedicated staff and will be keen to deliver exceptional education in a “school where students thrive” (Ofsted, 2021).

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