SEND Teaching Assistant 2 days Highfield Academy

   Vacancy for 1 x SEN Teaching Assistant

1 x 15 hours per week – 2 days

Scale Point 7-11

£22,368 – 24,054 pro rata

Term Time only

Depending on length of service and experience

To start September 2023

Local Academy Councillors at Highfield Academy are looking to recruit an experienced teaching assistant to join our successful happy team to support a high needs child, who is visually impaired, for the next academic year.

Highfield is part of the IRIS Learning Trust. It serves a richly diverse community and has demonstrated that it offers a good quality of education. Our school is a warm, supportive place to teach and learn.

Highfield’s Ofsted inspection report in October 2022 states:

Leaders are ambitious for pupils. Teachers push pupils to maximise their potential. Pupils trust staff and feel safe. Pupils give visitors a warm welcome.

The school works collaboratively with its partner schools across the Trust, developing pedagogy, using evidence-based research and innovating the curriculum on offer to all pupils. Alongside a talented, dedicated workforce, pupils enjoy coming to school. Highfield is well established within the community and enjoys a reputation of excellence, inclusion and success.

The ideal candidates will already have recent experience as highly skilled and effective practitioners working SEND children on a 1:1 basis.  The person must hold a qualification in teaching and learning to at least NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.

Application packs are available from our website or from Annie Jennings on 0191 5537655 or via email annie.jennings@highfieldprimary.org.uk  Please return your completed application forms to Annie Jennings at the above address by 12 noon Wednesday 28^th June 2023.  E mail applications will be accepted but must be signed when attending for interview and photo ID will need to be shown at interview.

Highfield Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.  In line with safer recruitment, a social media check will be carried out on shortlisted candidates and a criminal records self-disclosure form will need to be completed.

Closing Date –Wednesday 28^th June 2023 – 12 noon

Shortlisting – Wednesday 28^th June 2023 – 1:00 pm

Interviews – Tuesday 11^th July 2023