Teaching Assistant
Greenford High School, Southall, Middlesex, UB1 2GU21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
July or September
Closing date
29 June 2026 at 9am
Date listed
8 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,451.00 Annually (Actual) Term time + 2 inset days, 32.5 hours per week
Teaching Assistant job summary
Job Description
Purpose of the post: To give quality support to students’ learning and behaviour in classrooms and around the school, including breakfast club, break times, lunch times, study club, after school and/or in the ARP (Additionally Resourced Provision for SEND students in the i-Block) according to need.
To help the students develop resilience and independence, both learning in lessons and in having positive peer & staff relationships.
To support the school’s inclusion centre as directed, working with students who may be in danger of permanent exclusion.
To support the work of the ARP by helping our SEND students to make social and academic progress.
To initiate and sustain active parental engagement. This will include sending regular emails to parents and dealing with day-to-day concerns. Concerns will be escalated to the SENCO where appropriate.
To support students to make progress across the curriculum in relation to their targets and have the highest standards of behaviour for learning, by:
contributing to teachers’ planning and preparation
monitoring student progress, e.g. interims, learner
response in exercise books
providing feedback and reports as required on student achievement to parents, carers and other professionals
To attend suitable training, and then communicate that training to SEN team, subject teachers and pastoral teams.
To make effective use of training from external professionals and SEN Lead Teachers in supporting students and their families, both 1-2-1 and in leading quality small group sessions.
To offer professional support to help families understand the special educational needs of their child.To provide support to students with exam arrangements. Completing training to ensure compliance.
To support students off site e.g. Trips and visits as directed by the SENCO.
To share information about the student’s needs and academic progress to help professionals (including GHS staff and external experts such as therapists and psychologists) meet those needs effectively.
To provide interventions to support students and, where appropriate, their families, using a variety of skills such as mentoring or group work.
To be familiar with the school’s Child Protection Policy and to act within its guidelines to ensure concerns are appropriately identified and reported to the Child Protection Officer in a timely manner.
Accountable to: Deputy SENCO; ARP Manager; SLT member responsible for Learning Support
Responsible for: Identified student(s) on the SEN register
Duties:
1. To work closely with parents and carers ensuring the best possible outcome for an identified student.
2. To develop strong communication with parents, carers and family and give support to help them use consistent behaviour management at home.
3. To monitor progress, set targets and ensure that the appropriate intervention strategies are put into place for a small cohort of identified students.
4. To help teachers plan to support learning and progress for the identified student.
5. To act as the first point of contact for issues with that student and liaise with other staff across the school.
6. To support development of the student’s resilience and independence, in classrooms and around the school.
7. To run small group activities to help the student meet their targets.
8. To be supportive of the student’s social development before and after school and at breaktimes by running enrichment activities in the playground.
9. To work alongside other staff involved in inclusive learning including Assistant Headteacher i/c of Behaviour, Assistant Headteacher i/c of Inclusion and SENCO.
10. To work in accordance with key whole-school initiatives: Literacy, Numeracy, AfL, Business and Language College status etc.
11. To participate in appropriate meetings with colleagues and parents to facilitate the proper execution of the postholder’s responsibilities.
12. To undertake a share of general supervisory duties in accordance with the school’s organisation of duty rosters.
13. To support with SEN coffee mornings.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Appropriate qualifications, including Literacy and Maths qualifications to Level 2 or equivalent
Essential
Demonstrable relevant experience for professionals other than teachers
Desirable
Knowledge and Experience
Understanding and/or experience of current developments in secondary education.
Desirable
Understanding and knowledge of child protection and safeguarding issues.
Essential
Understanding and experience of tackling the social, emotional and psychological obstacles to students’ learning and achievement.
Desirable
Understanding of current approaches to assessment, recording and reporting procedures at various levels.
Desirable
Knowledge of the implications for working in a multicultural environment.
Essential
Knowledge and understanding of issues related to equal opportunities and their implications for classroom practices in teaching.
Essential
Professional Skills
Ability to liaise with other teaching staff and work in co-operation with colleagues
Essential
Ability to motivate pupils using a variety of methods and the setting of appropriate goals and monitoring of progress
Essential
Ability to assess, monitor and report on students’ progress
Essential
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing
Essential
Ability to interpret and track student progress using data
Desirable
Ability to successfully encourage students to the highest standards of individual achievement
Essential
Educational Commitment
Commitment to the promotion of positive images and equality of opportunity for all students, irrespective of gender, sexuality, disability or ethnicity.
Essential
Commitment to the school’s Mission Statement and code of conduct.
Essential
Commitment to the welfare of every child and to the school’s safeguarding policies and procedures.
Essential
Commitment to addressing whole-school issues and cross-curricular themes in the subject, including literacy, numeracy, Student Voice, Assessment for Learning, G&T, Personalising Learning, work-related learning and enterprise education
Essential
Commitment to the achievement of quality in education through Continuous Professional Development.
Essential
Commitment to the development of links between the school, home and the community
Essential
Commitment to providing a supportive environment for the pupils particularly for those with special educational needs.
Essential
Commitment to developing and using the VLE/ICT for the benefit of students’ learning.
Essential
Further information about the job
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Greenford High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained schools, None, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 2015 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Greenford High School website
GHS is a large, multi-cultural, mixed gender, non-selective High School based in Southall, Ealing. We have a large Post-16 centre of over 500 students and our own "school within a school": I-Block, a "stepping stone" for Yrs. 7 & 8. Over the last decade we have consistently been in the top 5% of schools for student progress.
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