Teaching Assistant
Hamilton School, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5SGThis job expired on 30 January 2023
Job start date
5 February 2023
Closing date
30 January 2023 at 9am
Date listed
3 November 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Full time: 30 hours per week, term time only plus 5 INSET days
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £15,304.62
Pay scale
- Grade 4 SP7
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to recruit a resilient Teaching Assistant who wants to be part of our improvement journey. This role is instrumental in the day-to-day support of student learning in our classrooms. You will be expected to work on a 1:1 basis with specific students, often the most vulnerable, assisting them with their class work in a range of subjects from key stage 3 to GCSE
The main responsibilities of this role are as follows:
- To support the phase leader and teacher in the delivery of support to students with social emotional and mental health needs.
- To complement the work of teachers by supporting the individual needs of students for whom behaviour, attendance and other factors are barriers to learning
- Providing classroom support to those who have barriers to learning to ensure they have access the curriculum and are able to work independently and within groups to make progress.
- To support the supervision of students during break and lunch times
- To support the Pastoral Team in managing behaviour, being on hand to support throughout the day across all year groups.
Successful applicants will be passionate about transforming the lives of young people and bring with them an abundance of enthusiasm which can encourage engagement and commitment from our students. Whilst experience is not necessary, you must have a good standard of literacy, be adaptable and willing to be involved in all aspects of school life, have a calm manner and be able to work as part of a team.
You will enjoy nurturing young people to help them grow in confidence and flourish personally. You will share our inclusive values of “opportunity, diversity and success for all”.
What the school offers its staff
Hamilton School is an SEMH (Social, Emotional, and Mental Health) Special School in Reading educating up to 64 students with Education, Health Care Plans (EHCP).Our mission is to recognise each and every one of our students as individuals, and to nurture their potential, developing the whole child through a therapeutic approach. This means that you would have to be a resilient character who is able to remain positive when dealing with challenging behaviour. The school is proud to have recently opened its doors to a state-of-the-art building with wonderful new facilities for both pupils and staff.
In January 2020 Hamilton School joined the
Maiden Erlegh Trust family of schools, whose motto is “schools for the community, schools as a community”.
The aim for every school in the Trust, whilst espousing their values and ethos,
and having a core of common policies and procedures, will serve its own
community’s needs in a bespoke way and also create a feeling of community
within its own school. In that way all the potential and talents of every child
and every member of staff will be nurtured
Maiden
Erlegh Trust is committed to safeguarding, equality and promoting the welfare
of children and staff. We are also committed to being ambitious for all and
supporting everyone to reach their full potential. All employees of the Trust
are expected to share these commitments. All posts require satisfactory
employment checks and references and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and
Barring Service check. All Leadership roles will require a Section 128 check
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.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Hamilton School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- School size
- 51 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Hamilton School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org
Hamilton School is special school based in Reading, catering for children in years 7-13 with SEMH.
Arranging a visit to Hamilton School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org.
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