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Teaching Assistant Teaching/Child Support - Full-time - Special Needs Position

Grange Park School, Wrotham

  • Ref:KCC7052-91S
  • Posted:25/04/2016
  • Pay:Kent Range 3 + SENA
  • Start Date:Jun 2016
  • App Close Date:09/05/2016 at 12:00
  • Interviews:18th May 2016

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Term time + 5 days (40 weeks per year) 35 hours per week. Kent Range 3 plus a Special Needs Allowance of £1,217 per annum.

We are a small secondary special school for pupils with Statements of Special Educational Needs and Autism Spectrum Conditions located in Borough Green Village, near Wrotham. We are looking to appoint a flexible, organised and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, to join our friendly school from June / July 2016 until August 2017.

Duties will include assisting with the educational and social development of pupils under the direction and guidance of the head teacher, deputy head teacher and class teachers. Hours will be 35 per week from 8.00am – 3.30pm, 5 days a week, 40 weeks a year. Actual salary based on qualifications, skills and previous experience.

Grange Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure application to the Criminal Records Bureau and check against the ISA barred list for Children.

All references will be taken up before interview.

Grange Park School is committed to the positive promotion of equal opportunities for all.

Information about the school

Our School

Grange Park School is an autism specific provision for children aged 11 to 19 located in a purpose built school in Wrotham and for children aged 8-11 located in Stansted village 3 miles from the main school site. The school also operates a post16 provision in partnership with a local college in Maidstone and Medway. All of our pupils have educational heath care plans.

All of our pupils are expected to sit GCSE’s and transition into adulthood with the skills to be successful. Class sizes at the Stansted and Wrotham sites are between 11-13 pupils with a teacher and 1-2 learning mentors. At the partnership college, learning mentors are supporting individual students or small groups of students aged 16-19 years in the college tutor groups / classrooms and out in the community.

Currently judged as “good” by Ofsted. We are committed to providing our pupils with the best possible learning opportunities and supporting them in their development.

The school has achieved a number of external awards including • Advanced NAS status • UNICEF rights respecting (Gold) • Wellbeing award for schools • IQM Flagship School • IQM Inclusive School • National online Safety • Leading Parent Partnership Award • Kent Messenger Team of the year (2021) • Kent Messenger Headteacher of the year (2022) • Kent Messenger Science Teacher of the year (2023)

Grange Park is part of KSENT a collaboration of 26 special schools in Kent. This creates numerous training and development opportunities, shared working practices and career progression.

The successful candidate will embrace the special ethos of the School, and the role will provide an opportunity to take Grange Park School into this next exciting phase and beyond.

All references will be taken up before interview.

Grange Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and check against the ISA Barred List for children and other relevant pre-employment checks.

Please note as part of Keeping Children Safe In Education requirements, Grange Park will carry out online searches for all shortlisted candidates

Job Contact Information

Fax: (01732) 882111

Documents

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.