Teaching Assistant for SEN (1:1)
The Meads Primary School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2UE3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
3 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £16,219.00 - £16,490.00 Annually (Actual) Pay Award Pending
Teaching Assistant for SEN (1:1) job summary
The Meads Primary School are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join their school as 1:1 SEN Teaching Assistant. This post are available for an immediate start and are on a Fixed Term basis initially until 31/08/2025 and with a view of extending this after this date.
As a SEN TA you will be required to assist children, in either Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2, who have additional learning needs and may have a diagnosis of Autism and/or communication issues. You will be required to support them in accessing the curriculum during their lessons and with other activities they may struggle with. Due to their needs, they may show challenging behaviour and therefore some of their learning time may be in a designated space outside of the classroom. The ideal 1:1 SEN Teaching Assistant for this role will have previous experience of working in a school setting.
You will be joining a friendly team and additional training will be offered as necessary.
Ideally, we are looking for practitioners who are able to contribute to the planning, differentiation and assessment of the curriculum for individual pupils in partnership with the class teacher.
The post is for 30 hours per week, term-time plus 5 days for INSET. A typical working day could be as below:
Monday to Friday: 8.45am – 3.30pm (45-minute breaks)
Part time hours are available for the right candidate
The person:
Are you a positive, resilient, flexible and caring individual who is able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience of supporting pupils with a range of SEN including those with autism
- Build positive relationships with children
- Work calmly and patiently helping children to engage positively with their learning
- Demonstrate a commitment to the principles of inclusion
- Work in collaboration with teachers, contributing to the planning and assessment of pupils with SEND
…… then we may be the school for you!
The successful candidate will be committed to our values and encourage our hard-working, polite children to achieve and behave at the very highest levels.
Please refer to the attached application pack for further information and use the Job Description / Person Specification to aid you in your supporting statement. Relevant qualifications and training are an advantage but not essential.
Visits to the school are very welcome and highly encouraged; In the meantime, please visit our website – www.meads.luton.sch.uk – to find out more about us. Please call our Finance & HR Assistant, Miss McBride, on 01582 490905 or email finance@themeads.primaryluton.co.uk to arrange a visit.
You will be notified, via My New Term, as soon as possible after, if you have been shortlisted for the post.
Please note that if you are shortlisted for this role, or an alternative role, an online name search will be undertaken, as per Keeping Children Safe in Education. The purpose of the search is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school or college might want to explore with you at interview. Further information on how online searches will be undertaken can be found in our schools Recruitment and Selection Policy.
Applicants for this public-facing post will need to demonstrate the ability to converse, and provide effective help or advice, fluently in spoken English.
CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in schools. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Commitment to safeguarding
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
About The Meads Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 536 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Meads Primary School website (opens in new tab)
We are a large primary school with approximately 520 pupils on roll at the moment and with a capacity for 630 pupils in the future.
The Meads Primary School is a friendly, Values-based School, situated in the Limbury Mead area of the vibrant and diverse town of Luton, with a strong, nurturing ethos. Rated ‘good’ in all areas by OFSTED in 2018, we have been awarded several accolades over the years, including Quality Lead Status for our work in raising the achievement and aspiration of all pupils by Achievement for All, and the prestigious Values Education Mark, recognising the excellent work of the school in promoting and engendering positive values in our children and across our curriculum. Most recently we achieved a Gold rating from Modeshift stars for our work in promoting sustainable travel to and from school and have been accredited with the Primary Science Quality Mark for our work in developing science across the school. We encourage children and staff to develop a ‘growth mindset’ when it comes to their potential to ‘build their brains’ and be the best they can be.
Our school ethos is positive, friendly and welcoming with the aim of providing a fun, safe and nurturing environment in which pupils are valued and want to participate, and children enjoy their time with us. Our core values of kindness, resilience, respect, responsibility and joy reflect our school and the children who come here.
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