Teaching Assistant (specialising in SEND)
Lipson Vale Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 7HW12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Jan 2025
Closing date
26 November 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 November 2024
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: 20 hours per week Mon-Fri 8.30am-12.45pm
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until 31st August 2025
Actual salary
- £11,475 - £11,843
What skills and experience we're looking for
Teaching Assistant Grade C (NJC 5-7 £11,475 - £11,843 pro rata) part time (mornings 8.30am to 12.45pm) (20 Hours per week), specialising in SEND. Temporary position until 31st August 2025. Start date Jan 2025.
We are looking for a well-qualified and highly competent person to join our school team as a teaching assistant. This is a temporary position with the possibility of becoming a permanent, part or full-time role from September 2025.
The successful candidate should:
Have effective literacy and numeracy skills in order to work, as necessary, with pupils across the primary age range.
Have experience of working with small groups of pupils to run interventions focused on addressing gaps in learning.
Have high expectations of children’s behaviour and attainment.
Have excellent interpersonal skills – this includes effective communication skills and working well within a team.
Be open to advice, feedback and guidance/direction from colleagues.
Be interested in and willing to take part in CPD opportunities to extend their skill base.
Have an understanding of, or a willingness to learn, about how to effectively teach phonics and early reading.
Be supportive of the School’s Trauma Informed culture and relationships policy.
Demonstrate relevant experience and training in supporting with SEND
Experience in the planning and delivery of bespoke and personalised interventions
Experience of communicating and working with families.
Be able to evaluate the impact of interventions over time.
What the school offers its staff
Well-being packages
Mental health support
Trauma informed training
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the shortlisting process, the school will undertake an online search on applicants. A DBS disclosure is required for this post.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Lipson Vale Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 405 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Lipson Vale Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk
- Phone number
- 01752 224801
Lipson Vale Primary School is a very special place to learn. We believe passionately in being at the very heart of our community and ensuring that all teaching and learning meet the diverse needs of the community we serve. We are a popular school that accommodates 420 children from the Reception year through to Year 6. The school team, our wonderful pupils and our families have worked together closely over the last few years to redefine the direction of the school. As such, we decided on our guiding values and a new vision which we base all of our decision making on in school. We invest heavily in ensuring that our teaching teams are given the very best professional development which means that they can provide the very best teaching and learning in the classroom. The Lipson Vale team work incredibly hard to meet the individual needs of our learners every day and we pride ourselves on the pastoral care we offer, as well as our ‘relationship’ focused approach to supporting pupils through challenges that they face.
Arranging a visit to Lipson Vale Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk.
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