Contract: Fixed Term until 31 August 2024
Hours: Part time, up to 35 hours per week
Salary: JG3, £23,500 to £23,893 (FTE) per annum, pro rata
Actual Salary: (Example - Actual salary for a 25 hours per week £13,764 to £13,994 per annum)
Start Date: As soon as possible
This is a wonderful opportunity to join a strong and dynamic Learning Support team as a Teaching Assistant. Chew Valley School is a thriving and successful school and we are seeking the right person to assist us in achieving even greater success.
The school has been through change in recent years including joining the Lighthouse Schools Partnership (LSP) Multi Academy Trust alongside a number of our feeder schools and Gordano, Backwell and Churchill secondary schools. Through this we are developing much work of a mutually beneficial nature.
The school has a distinctive character and ethos which is unashamedly child-centred and emotionally intelligent in the way relationships are managed between staff, parents/carers, students and governors.
Job Purpose
To undertake work and care and support programmes with students that have significant special educational needs, including speech and language difficulties, Down Syndrome and Autism. To enable access to learning for students and to work alongside the teacher in the management of students and the classroom. Work may be carried out in the classroom or outside the main teaching area.
Please visit the school website for further information about the school including a visual prospectus which will, I hope, give applicants a better understanding of the range of opportunities here for staff and students which make school life so successful and enjoyable.
Please view the attached Job Information Pack. Applicants are asked to submit a completed application form along with a supporting letter of one side of A4 highlighting how they feel they meet the person specification and key responsibilities. Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Closing Date: Friday 17th May at 9am
The Lighthouse Schools Partnership – Chew Valley School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all in our community to share this commitment. Suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. As part of the shortlisting process an online search will be carried out. All appointments will be subject to vetting, including an enhanced DBS check.
We are also committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, particularly those from underrepresented groups.