Teaching Assistant LINC
Fortismere School, London, N10 1NEThis job expired on 3 June 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
3 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
9 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- English Additional Language (EAL), Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,483.00 - £28,686.00 Annually (Actual)
Teaching Assistant LINC job summary
Fortismere School is looking to appoint a LINC Teaching Assistant. This is an exciting opportunity to join our large and diverse SEND department. The successful candidate will support the leadership and implementation of our strategy and provision to support students with special and additional needs to overcome barriers to learning. The postholder will need to have a calm, friendly and determined attitude, with a professional manner working with some of our most vulnerable students.
The LINC Department sits within the wider setting of a high-attaining, mixed foundation secondary school in the heart of Muswell Hill, North London with a strong tradition of excellence. Fortismere is dedicated to providing an inclusive education. Our school vision sees education, together with the support, guidance and opportunities we provide, as having the potential to transform the lives of our young people. The Linc Department is well placed in the school to achieve this shared vision. The successful candidate will put students at the heart of what they do and work with us as we continue to ensure the best opportunities for personal development and academic progress of our students.
The successful candidate will have the ability to:
Use their own initiative and be adaptable
Be tenacious in case work and be prepared to challenge when needed
Work closely with student with additional and special educational needs
Work with parents, staff, external agencies and students in an appropriate manner
Work flexibly adapting to changes in work priorities as needed
We can offer:
A friendly work environment and a supportive team
Pension, Cycle scheme, Season ticket loan, Tech scheme, EAP
Continuous CPD
Happy and confident children who enjoy being at school
A committed Governing Body and an experienced and committed leadership team
The post is 36 hours per week (8am start), Monday to Friday, 40 weeks per annum
Fortismere School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS 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.
About Fortismere School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1808 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Fortismere School website
School location
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