Teaching Assistant - Full-time - Special Needs Position

Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy, Swanley

• Ref:KCC207-7164-168T
• Posted:06/03/2026
• Pay:Scale 3 or 4 £22,391 to £24,360.83
• Start Date:TBC
• App Close Date:18/03/2026 at 12:00
• Interviews:week beginning 23rd and 30th March

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Are you:
Conscientious and innovative?
Energetic, enthusiastic and hard working?
Passionate about working with pupils who have special needs?
Committed to working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team?
Confident in dealing with children who may sometimes display challenging behaviours?

To support the students with their learning, wellbeing and regulation.    To support the teacher with the organisation of the class, including administration, resources and displays. To take a responsibility for the direct work with small groups of students or individuals, under the direction of the teacher.

General Responsibilities

• To maintain confidentiality in all aspects of Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy. The nature of the working environment entrusts people with confidential information. Any breach of this confidentiality will constitute gross misconduct.
• To co-operate with all Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy staff in maintaining good relationships with outside agencies and the general public in order to promote and uphold the school’s image.
• To ensure the health and safety of self, colleagues, students and visitors and to report any such matters to the maintenance team, senior managers or Health and Safety Committee as appropriate.
• To perform any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the position as requested by the Principal and the Senior Leadership Team.
• This job description reflects the current requirements of the post. As duties and responsibilities change and develop the job description will be reviewed and is subject to amendment in consultation with the postholder.

Establish and maintain constructive and supportive professional relationships with parents/carers, pupils and colleagues

Information about the school

We are a specialist day school for children and young people aged 8-19 who have moderate to severe learning difficulties and autism. Many of our pupils have additional needs including ADHD, Downs Syndrome and language difficulties. All our pupils have Education, Health and Care Plans so all our referrals come via different local authorities across London and the South East, including Kent. We are extremely fortunate in having an amazing site where the children can access our seventy-eight acres of green and woodlands. We have a Forest School on site as well as purpose-built playground areas and sports areas. Our music and performing arts form an important part of our offer: we have a steel band as well as a Makaton Choir. Our Cooperative Values are important to us especially honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others. They underpin the way we do things at Parkwood Hall. We are committed to providing a learning environment and learning pathway that enables all our pupils to achieve the best they can and help prepare them for adult life so they can live as independent a life as possible. We have created our own bespoke curriculum which is differentiated to each pupil’s individual learning needs. We aim to make our curriculum engaging, relevant and exciting. The school is zoned in areas to accommodate Learning Pathway One which provides a pre-formal curriculum and Learning Pathway Two which provides a formal curriculum environment. The school also has a sixth form zone for post 16 students where the curriculum is about preparing for adult life with pupils focusing on core skills and independent living skills as well as work related learning. We have a highly skilled team of professionals including teachers, teaching assistants, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and school nurse. Our team work together positively to enable the absolute best outcomes for our pupils, who always remain at the heart of all we do.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Zoe moore
• Address:Parkwood Hall, Beechenlea Lane, Swanley, Kent, BR8 8DR
• Telephone: 01322 664441
• Email: contact@parkwoodhall.co.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Teaching assistant advert
• TA JD