Teaching Assistant - SEND

St Laurence Catholic Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2JX

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Summer Term 2025

• Closing date

  3 February 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  30 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share): Monday to Friday, 8:45am to 3:30pm
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Level 1B, Point 4

What skills and experience we're looking for

The children, staff and Trust of St Laurence Catholic Primary are looking for an excellent Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Teaching Assistant to join our team. You be supporting teaching and learning in our brand new Enhanced Resourced Base. You will work with pupils in Key Stages 1 and 2, to make learning accessible, irresistible, inclusive and effective. We would also request you take on wider responsibilities within the school.

You will need to:

- Have experience of working or volunteering with children, working with pupils with SEND is advantageous

- Display patience, empathy and passion for supporting children with additional needs

- Have high expectations of pupil outcomes and progress

- Develop good relationships with pupils, parents and colleagues

- Be flexible, collaborative and supportive

- Be educated to GCSE or equivalent level, including at least a Grade 4 (previously Grade C) in English and Maths

What the school offers its staff

- The opportunity to work with a passionate and dedicated specialist SEND Teacher

- Excellent OLOW Trust support and professional development opportunities

- An inclusive, welcoming Catholic ethos

- Supportive training

- An opportunity to shine

- Excellent resources, space and facilities

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share
this commitment.

An enhanced DBS check will be required.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to office@stlaurence.cambs.sch.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

About St Laurence Catholic Primary School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 239 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: St Laurence Catholic Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: office@stlaurence.cambs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01223712227
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-laurence-catholic-primary-school-cambridge (opens in new tab)

St Laurence is a secure and happy community where children are encouraged to develop their many talents. Academic excellence for all children is one of our goals but we also seek to nurture the whole child and their special gifts which make each one unique. At St Laurence we aim to help children develop in their journey of faith in a positive learning environment. We place Jesus, His teachings and His values at the centre of all that we do.

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