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1:1 Support for Year R Child with EHCP - Part-time - Special Needs Position

St Peter's Church of England (VC) Primary School, Aylesford

  • Ref:KCC886-3057-92S
  • Posted:16/06/2021
  • Pay:KR3
  • Start Date:September 2021
  • App Close Date:30/06/2021 at 14:00
  • Interviews:Monday 5th July

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We have a young girl with an EHCP joining our Reception class in September. She is very gifted academically and can already read single phonic sounds and nearly all of her digraphs. She can spell phonetically and write all her letters both lower and uppercase. She can also count beyond 100, write numbers, and complete basic addition and subtraction. She is very interested in learning and will choose writing, reading,and counting as an activity for fun.

However, she also struggles with extreme anxiety and is prone to emtional outbursts. She can become fixated with ideas or activities, and she struggles with loud / strange noises, smells and the feel and fit of clothing. This young lady also has social communication difficulties and does not always understand how to interact with other children. She may shout at them, not knowing what else to do. She needs support in the social situations, in order to interact with her peers appropriately.

We need to recruit a 1:1 TA who will work with this young lady. However, we realise that this is quite a demanding role and we may consider splitting your work so that you also support other children in the class, whilst a colleague supports this child for certain periods. You will certainly start work at 8.15, prior to the children coming into school at 8.30, and you will finish at 3pm when school ends. You will have an hour lunch break and a fifteen minute morning break. The normal pay scale is Kent Range 3. With these hours of work, the pro rata pay is £11,236 (full time equivalent is £18,039) with a pay rise due in September.

You will be contracted to support this particular child. Should she leave the school, your contract will end. However, it is unlikely that she will need to leave us to attend a specialist provision during her primary school years. Consequently, unless the family relocate and have to move schools as a result of this, it is very likely that the contract will last at least seven years. You would follow the child through the school, as they move up the year groups.

Further, once successfully established as a committed and valuable member of our teaching team, it is highly likely that if and when this child leaves the school, you would be offered an alternative role, supporting other children. We always have children in need of support from caring and hard working TAs.

Because of the nature of this young lady's needs, we wish to ideally recruit someone who has prior experience of working with children exhibiting this type of need. We would encourage you to get in touch for an informal discussion about the position. We would then love to show you around our school. 

St Peter’s Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to safer recruitment procedures. Enhanced DBS checks are required for this post.

Information about the school

St Peter's is a small, delightful village primary school situated in the medieval village of Aylesford, housed in a Victorian building and the old vicarage, opposite the village church. We take pride in our caring and supportive attitude to everyone at the school and aim to ensure that the continued professional development of all staff is a priority.

We currently have 202 children in seven classes. Our PAN has recently been increased to 30. We expect to have a roll of 210 within the next 3 years.

Our ethos is that we aim to develop the child as a whole. We are not focused on SATs league tables or achieving a judgement of Outstanding from Ofsted. We want to deliver to our pupils the type of rounded education that we would wish for our own children. This means delivering the widest and richest curriculum possible. We aim to provide our children with an education which prepares them for the adult life ahead of them.

Children learn a modern foreign language from Year R and continue to do so throughout their years here. Every Thursday is a Creative Day, when we only teach art, music, MFL, computing and PE. Education is not about focusing your efforts on achieving the highest possible SATs grades; real education is about providing our children with the best possible teaching and the widest possible curriculum.

We want our children to be both supported, and to be shown that it is quite alright to take a chance and to fail. They must learn that being taken out of their comfort zone is exciting and not frightening. We are preparing our children for life, not a test. But if we do so professionally, with high quality teaching, then they will succeed in tests as best as they are able, as well as being fully prepared for the life which awaits them.

We have a small team of dedicated staff who love their school and work extremely hard to ensure that our children receive the best possible education. We support each other and appreciate each other's strengths. This is a friendly and supportive environment and we welcome like minded individuals who wish to join us.

Job Contact Information

Fax: 01622 717235

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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.