Teaching Assistant (SEN) - Part-time - Special Needs Position

Barnsole Primary School, Gillingham

• Ref:MED887-2396-107S
• Posted:07/02/2025
• Pay:D2 point 4 - £17,923 per annum
• Start Date:22nd April 2025
• App Close Date:07/03/2025 at 12:00
• Interviews:13th March 2025

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Join Our Supportive Team as a Teaching Assistant and Help Shape Young Lives!

Hours: 32.5 hours per week - Monday - Friday, 38 weeks per year (term time)

Are you passionate about supporting children with special educational needs (SEND) to reach their full potential? If you’re an enthusiastic, patient, and committed individual with experience in SEND education, we’d love for you to join our team at Barnsole Primary School.

About the Role:

As a Teaching Assistant at Barnsole you’ll work closely with our teachers to create a nurturing and engaging learning environment for primary-aged children with SEN. You’ll help pupils thrive academically, socially, and emotionally through:

• Tailored support for individual or small groups of students.
• Providing personal care as needed to ensure students’ well-being.
• Collaborating with our teaching staff to implement creative and effective learning strategies.
• Encouraging independence and fostering a love of learning in each student.

What We’re Looking For:

We are seeking enthusiastic Teaching Assistants who are:

• Ideally qualified with an NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent) in Childcare or SEND practice.
• Experienced in working with pupils with special educational needs
• Proficient in numeracy and literacy skills
• Flexible, patient, and proactive, willing to take initiative and work as part of a supportive team.
• Passionate about inclusive education, and committed to making a lasting difference in the lives of our students.

About Barnsole School:

We pride ourselves on being a school where every child is encouraged to develop confidence, creativity, and curiosity while learning to value the perspectives of others. Our curriculum is hands-on and engaging, ensuring all pupils—whatever their starting points—can make great progress.

As part of the Maritime Multi-Academy Trust, we benefit from a forward-thinking and innovative approach to education, working alongside other academies to transform lives through collaboration and a curriculum that equips children with essential life skills.

Why Join Us?

At Barnsole we value our staff as much as our students, and as part of our team, you’ll enjoy:

• A positive, supportive working environment where your contributions are celebrated.
• National terms and conditions, including membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Opportunities for continuous professional development (CPD) and possible cross-trust development opportunities.
• Access to wellbeing initiatives, including our Employee Assistance Programme.
• The Early Salary Access Scheme and financial advice through Wagestream.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we’d love to meet you! Visits to the school are warmly welcomed — contact our office to arrange a visit - phone 01634 333400

For further details, including a full job description, please refer to the attached candidate application pack. Applications must be submitted online via the My New Term website.

Apply now and help make a lasting difference in the lives of our amazing students!

Please note that we may hold interviews on a rolling basis as applications are received and reserve the right to offer the position before the closing date. Submit your application as soon as possible to avoid missing out on this fantastic opportunity.

Information about the school

Barnsole Primary School is part of the Maritime Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools based in Greenwich, Bexley, Kent and Medway. Our academies have transformed through targeted collaboration, innovative ideas and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with leadership and life skills.

Barnsole Primary is an outstanding three-form community primary school situated in Medway with a thriving school nursery on site.

We are committed to providing a safe, secure and stimulating learning environment where each one of our pupils can achieve their potential and flourish academically and socially. We have exceptionally high expectations of all our pupils and endeavour to nurture their self-confidence and self-esteem so that they can be the best they can be.

Relationships with parents and our wider community is something we put right at the top of our agenda. If you would like to visit please do not hesitate to contact us and we also actively encourage feedback so if you feel there is something we can do better please let us know.

Our recent successful Ofsted Inspection in February 2024 graded Barnsole as ‘Good’ which is a recognition of the all the hard work and commitment shown by the children, staff and wider community. Ofsted commented, ‘The school is a calm and orderly environment. Staff have high expectations and pupils behave well. The school aims for pupils to be resilient and have a lifelong curiosity about the world. There are high expectations for all pupils to do well.’

We look forward to meeting with you.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Maritime Academy Trust
• Address:50 John Harrison Way, Greenwich, London, SE10 0BG
• Telephone: 020 8858 0394
• Email: recruitment@maritimeacademytrust.org

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Candidate Information Pack