Role: SEND Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Location: Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School

Salary:  Grade 7 SCP 17

Actual Salary Pro-Rata: £22,810.97 (FTE: £30,060)

Contract: Temporary Maternity Cover

Hours: 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks a year

The Governors and Head of School at Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School wish to appoint a Higher Level SEND Teaching Assistant to join our team. This position will be for 32.5 hours per week and is term time plus inset days.

We are looking for a friendly, caring and motivated person with plenty of energy who can join our hardworking team in supporting teaching and learning in our Primary Resource Provisions for children with complex communication and interaction needs.

At Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School, we can offer you:

• An outstanding and inclusive school that is calm and harmonious allowing children to thrive.
• A friendly, hardworking team of staff that have extremely high expectations.
• Wonderful children who deserve an exceptional educational experience.
• A supportive leadership team who promote a collaborative working culture and value the development of every member of staff.

The successful candidate will:

• Have experience of working with children with communication and interaction needs and appropriate strategies to support them.
• Have relevant experience of working with children in a higher-level teaching assistant role.
• Hold at least a level 3 qualification in childcare or teaching support.
• Demonstrate high expectations of individual achievement and behaviour.
• Be creative and enthusiastic.
• Have good organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Have flair, talent and initiative.
• Demonstrate a commitment to raising standards.
• Be able to work in close partnership with the whole school community.

If you have the skills, energy and enthusiasm to successfully do this job, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please complete an application form, and provide a supporting statement outlining your interest, expressing how you feel you could contribute to our school on no more than 1 side of A4.

Please email your application for the attention of our Head of School, Miss Samantha Rutter, on head@barnton.cheshire.sch.uk

Closing date: Wednesday 16th April

Interviews: Week beginning Monday 21^st April

Our school and Weaver Trust place the highest priority on keeping our children safe. Applicants will be subject to a stringent vetting, including an Enhanced DBS check and induction process.