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Teaching Assistant (SEND)

Oasis Academy Warndon, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR4 9PE

This job expired on 23 May 2022 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  23 May 2022 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 May 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern:
  • Part time
  • 30 hours per week (Monday- Friday 8:45-3:15)
• Contract type: Fixed term - Temporary based on funding
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,312 - £20,092
• Actual salary: £13,408 per annum (SCP 5)

Teaching Assistant (SEND) job summary

Do you want a really rewarding job? Then Oasis Academy Warndon may be the place for you.

Oasis Academy Warndon are seeking to recruit a new SEND teaching assistant into their team.

POST: Teaching Assistant Level 2
RESPONSIBLE TO: The Principal, under the day-to-day management and leadership of the senior leadership team.
SALARY: SCP 5- 7. FTE £19,312 – 20,092.
LOCATION: Oasis Academy Warndon
WORKING PATTERN: Term time only. 30 hours per week, Monday-Friday 8:45am – 3:15pm.
DISCLOSURE LEVEL: Enhanced

PURPOSE:
To contribute to the provision for specific children across the school where a pastoral or SEND need has been identified.
When required, provide support for teachers and HLTA’s, help children with their educational and social development, both in and out of the classroom and, where appropriate, contribute to the day-to-day running of the Academy.
To contribute to the raising of the achievement of children with an EHCP and support them in making expected or better progress.
To contribute to the promotion of the well-being of children within the Academy.
To promote and safeguard the welfare of children you teach or come into contact with.
Responsible, as a member of staff, for promoting and developing a positive culture and to ensure diversity within the Academy community is recognised and respected.
Raise pupil achievement by developing outstanding practice in liaison with the class teacher or HLTA.
Contribute to the development of the Academy’s vision, values and aims and to abide by agreed professional behaviours and attitudes.
To supervise children during breaks and lunch when necessary.
To maintain complete confidentiality on all school matters.

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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About Oasis Academy Warndon

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 594 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Oasis Academy Warndon website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: Anna.WichmannLima@oasiswarndon.org
• Phone number: 01905453530
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oasis-academy-warndon (opens in new tab)

Oasis Community Learning and Oasis Warndon

Oasis Community Learning was set up in 2004 with the express purpose of transforming learning, lives, and communities through the development of the Oasis Academies. Oasis Academy Warndon is part of the Oasis Multi-Academy Trust family. Every Academy within the Oasis Community Learning family benefits from the interconnectivity and shared practice of being part of a national family of 52 Academies. At a time of educational instability, we are a highly successful, established trust with great capacity for support and development and proven capacity.

As Oasis, we commit to transforming communities through our Academies and Community Hubs. Oasis Community Learning seeks to create and sustain networks of excellent learning communities working in the context of the Oasis Ethos where every student can reach their full potential. We believe this can be achieved through clear leadership, outstanding staff, a positive and affirming environment, strong partnership between students, parents/carers, and the local community, along with the wider national and international links the Oasis’ global operations create. We are also committed to nurturing and developing the very best teachers to work within our Academies. In just two years, our sustained improvement has seen the percentage of inspected Academies attaining 'Good' or better, rise from 30% to over 80%. We have a relentless commitment to raising the bar for all, whilst closing the gap for disadvantaged students.

Our ethos is an expression of our character- it is a statement of who we are and therefore a lens though which we assess all we do. The work of Oasis Community Learning is motivated and inspired by the life, message, and example of Christ. This is encapsulated by the following five statements:

a passion to include everyone

a desire to treat everyone equally, respecting differences

a commitment to healthy and open relationships

a deep sense of hope that things can change and be transformed

a sense of perseverance to keep going for the long haul



The full Education Charter explains how our ethos impacts in Oasis Academies and can be found on www.oasiscommunitylearning.org

At Oasis Warndon, we achieved a strongly ‘Good’ Ofsted report in November 2019. The report rated us ‘Good’; with enough evidence of improved performance to suggest that school could be judged outstanding if Ofsted were to carry out a section 5 inspection. It is an incredibly exciting time to be part of our Academy, as we stride forward on our journey to outstanding. In establishing Oasis Warndon, we worked with all stakeholders in designing a vision and ethos for our Academy, which is encapsulated by:

‘Happy hearts, enquiring minds, promising futures’

We want children at Warndon to be nurtured, happy and capable of developing healthy relationships.



Through high expectations, children are stretched and challenged in their learning and personal development. All students are treated as individuals; with differences and achievements celebrated. Personalising learning is embedded within our ethos, giving students the education, they need and want. Learning is active, hands on, engaging and purposeful in the context of their lives. Oasis Academy Warndon is an Academy for the community and an Academy for the 21st Century, preparing our young people for their future. Our bespoke character approach is integral to ensuring our children thrive in contemporary society.

Warndon

The Academy mainly serves the Parish of Warndon, which is a very diverse and rewarding catchment to work within. On average, children enter school well below age expectations and require carefully considered provision in order to develop academically, socially, and emotionally. There is significant deprivation in the area, with our Acorn Score at 86. Over 1/3 of the children in Warndon are living in poverty. In the national deprivation index data, Warndon is within the highest 1% nationally of most deprived areas in the country. We have 20% of our children on the SEN register, with a high percentage of language development areas. Furthermore, just over 50% of the children are able to access pupil premium funding.



We are an expanding school with provision from nursery through to year 6. Currently, we have over 580 children in our Academy with a plan for 700 as our reputation builds and our nursery provision expands in the coming years.



The school has a historical journey of improvement. In 2011 it went into special measures and came out of this position into requires improvement in 2013. On the 1st of October 2013, we converted to become an Oasis Academy, which provided a wonderful opportunity to focus on our core job of teaching and learning, whilst seeking the resources and expertise of an outstanding organisation to help us push forward in other key school improvement areas. The Ofsted in May 2015 rated us as strongly good, and our first Section 8 inspection found that we were Good with enough evidence to suggest the school could be judged outstanding in a section 5 inspection. The drive now is to obtain an outstanding judgement at the next inspection, but more vitally, make sure that outcomes for children are exceptional in the future.

Our Mission Statement

At Warndon we:

• Create a happy, stimulating, caring learning environment where risk taking, and challenge is encouraged

• Awaken and nurture a love of learning that will last a lifetime and provide everyone with the skills to pursue that learning independently and collaboratively

• Enable everyone to reach the highest standard of which they are capable, academically and in other fields such as sport, arts, and culture

• Encourage all learners to develop their own interests, passions, enthusiasms, creativity, and individuality

• Help learners to understand and care about the world in which they live, and to believe in their ability and responsibility to change that world to make it better

• Empower learners to develop a strong sense of right and wrong, good, and bad, equality and justice. Give them the inner strength to act according to these values

• Provide learners with the skills and understanding to live a healthy, successful life, physically, emotionally, and spiritually

• Foster respect, tolerance, and love for others, regardless of race, gender, religion, or difference, within a framework of equality of opportunity and fairness

• Help learners to appreciate human achievements and aspirations and to believe in their own potential to attain great things

Promote a feeling of pride and confidence in learners’ identities, as individuals, as members of our academy, as part of the local community and as citizens of the world

Teaching, Learning and Curriculum

We provide a broad and balanced curriculum, which caters for the individual needs, interests of students, and offers a secure base of academic and social learning. We focus on social skills, learning characteristics and emotional intelligence, so that the right balance is achieved for preparation for life-long learning. Our students are involved in a range of collaborative working structures; solving complex and varying problems; applying 21st century technology; presenting to a variety of audiences and working with a purpose, so that learning is inclusive and as close to real life as possible. There are many trips planned, as well as special visitors and hands on practical workshops involving children and parents.



We have an agreed approach to teaching and learning so that children are receiving a consistency of teaching pedagogy in the classroom. The approach is developing all the time within our continuous performance development programme underpinned by the idea that we are always learning. Over the past 12 months with have been focussing on incorporating cognitive science into our approach to help focus on what students are to learn and offer valuable guidance in the importance of setting clear objectives and planning learning carefully. Cognitive science provides a robust evidence-based approach to T&L at Oasis Academy Warndon. It sets a minimum standard and then teachers use their own creativity and skills to allow learners to really flourish, as well as providing consistency through central banks of high quality, bespoke resources, and shared planning opportunities.

Our key focus in maths is ensuring that children are strong in number and calculation, both mentally and on paper. We have implemented a thorough teaching approach to the national curriculum, we use Mathematics Mastery throughout the school to develop children’s fluency, reasoning, and problem-solving skills. This creates a well sequenced and interlinked EYFS, KS1 and KS2 maths curriculum. By following this, it provides integrated training and professional development helping to ensure all staff (including non-specialists) develop confidence in their maths mastery teaching.



In English, we use a focused approach to share, model and guide reading so that children’s enjoyment and understanding are nurtured. We follow the Hooked-on Book's approach which is based around giving children the ability to read for knowledge, connections, and wisdom. Our library is stocked full of fantastic, high quality texts which foster a love of reading. Read, Write Inc. is used as the basis for phonics teaching across EYFS and KS1 and then linked to spelling development in KS2. Writing at Oasis Academy Warndon follows ‘The Write Stuff’ framework and is centred around a high-quality text that captures the children's interest from the outset. The school environment enfolds children in stories, settings, and language. There is a focus on drama, oracy, and language development, equipping children with fundamental knowledge and skills that will enable them to be confident, independent writers throughout their school life and beyond.

Thrive and our knowledge of Trauma informed Practice are an integral part of how we work with all children, but more specifically, our most vulnerable children. We use the best research in neuroscience, attachment theory, child development and ACES, so that we can help children access learning by dealing with the core of their social emotional interruptions.



In Early Years, in accordance with the Early Years Foundation stage framework, we teach a curriculum which meets the needs of the children. Our curriculum is constructed to be ambitious and designed to give all children the knowledge, self- belief, and cultural capital they need to succeed in life. The curriculum builds on what the children know and can do, developing their skills and knowledge through a variety of themes and experiences that stimulate their curiosity towards their future learning. The topics we teach are based on the children’s interest. Children are assigned a key worker/ teacher who monitor the children’s progress.



We aim to give children a wealth of creative, active, and worldly experiences, so that, when placed alongside academic challenge, we have the very best chance of helping them to discover their unique individual gifts and talents. Our music, P.E. and Science specialists work from Reception to Year 6. Throughout the year children have fantastic sporting and performance opportunities and achievements, as well as wonderful outdoor learning opportunities.

CPD

CPD is one of the academy's key drivers and our process for delivering highly effective CPD to all ensures that we are constantly improving and continue to be at the forefront with educational developments. Through a carefully planned blend of coaching using powerful action steps, lesson study modules, planning modules, online and face-to-face content, IRIS readings and contribution to a whole school CPD blog with reflections, we ensure that all of our staff have a bespoke blend of training that is both relevant and current for their role. We also ensure our staff have access to high quality CPD outside the academy including RWI phonics, leadership training, PIXL and the Write stuff. In addition, we subscribe to the National College, which offers thousands of webinars, tutorials and certified courses, which are delivered to the right people through a carefully planned programme throughout the year. Oasis Warndon also offers middle and senior leadership qualifications to help our teachers flourish in each stage of their career.

Our NQT approach at Oasis Warndon offers a comprehensive and bespoke programme to both NQT’s and RQT’s. Each NQT has a member of the senior leadership team who guides and helps them to develop their practice through modelling, coaching, CPD, bespoke learning modules and discussion and tasks from the Ambition Early Career Teacher Framework. Through weekly mentor meetings our NQT’s are supported through all the tasks in a normal academic year including assessment, parent communications, planning and refinement of techniques learned in their training years. We offer excellent CPD and invest heavily in our NQT’s so they can secure the best outcomes for our children.



Oasis Warndon is recognised as a lead school for the ‘Haybridge SCITT alliance’ initial teacher training programme. We undertake all the training for students who wish to train at OAW and provide a thorough professional studies programme alongside practical experience through placements. We know that our programme is enabling us to develop teachers and ensure they have the skills and knowledge needed to flourish in a teaching career. The PGCE element of the programme is accredited by Birmingham City University and we work closely with our partners to ensure our students receive the very best while they train with us. This relentless focus on improvement and CPD is something that runs through everything we do at Oasis Warndon.

In terms of future career plans, there are opportunities at Oasis Warndon to deliver postgraduate training to PGCE and BEd students through our own initial teacher training programme linked with a local teaching school. There is also the opportunity within the trust to become specialist teachers in a 'National Lead Practitioner' role. These individuals develop curriculum, behaviour and pedagogy across the whole trust and work across the 52 academies to support school improvement a day a week. Being part of Oasis means you don't have to move on to find career development opportunities.

Community – Living and learning together

Our community is everything to us. We can only achieve the very best for the young people and the community if we are working hand in hand together. We endeavour to serve our community and provide the helping hand needed in times of difficulty, whether that be through advocating on their behalf, signposting to outside agencies, job coaching provision or educational courses. We know that Warndon is special community and we want to offer and provide for families who need us.

Through the development of the Oasis community hub at Warndon, we are able to join up community services so that we can develop an integrated approach and help our children and families in the deepest way possible. The school has incredibly close links with our hub team and our pupil Parliament work with the Hub Councillors and team to work on innovative ideas to enhance our community.

Facilities

We are now a fully three-form entry academy in each year group. We have developed and are always still improving our environment approach, so that there is a pride to our children’s learning areas. Classrooms are exciting and engaging across the academy. We are a vibrant school ready for 21st century learning.

We have two school halls and a longer-term aim of one hall that is big enough for the whole school, so that we can celebrate achievements as a whole community.

This year, we have launched the Oasis Horizons Project where each current and future pupil, and their teachers and support staff, are provided with an iPad to provide access to enhanced online learning. Students and teachers will be able to use the device together in lessons to create dynamic, engaging, and outstanding lessons which bring subjects to life. Teaching staff also have their own laptop and each classroom has an IWB or apple TV.



Our outdoor areas provide a great deal of space for the children with large playing fields, some wonderful forest school spaces, as well as a pond and other areas of interest, a superb all-weather facilitates and large separate playgrounds for the key stages.



Oasis Community Learning supports Equal Opportunities Employment.

Oasis Community Learning is a company limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales no. 5398529 and is an exempt charity under the terms of the Charities Act 1993 and 2006.

 

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