Higher Level Teaching Assistant - Denham Village School
Location: Denham
Overview
Term time only: Yes
Required from: February 2025
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: Pay Range 3 (£27,310 pro rata)
Contract type: Fixed Term
Hours: 8:30am - 3:30pm 5 days a week, Part time may be considered.
Closing date: 16/01/2025 00:00
Interviews to be held: After closing date
About us
Whilst believing that high achievement in Literacy and Numeracy is very important, at Denham Village School we know that education is also about developing the spiritual, emotional and social side of the young people in our care. We also believe that our role is to help our pupils develop as independent learners and good team members, who care for the school community as a whole.
Website: www.denhamvillageschool.com
About the role
We are currently looking for a dynamic, experienced, full time High Level Teaching Assistant.
The candidate will work five days a week.
For this role the candidate will assist in promoting the learning and personal development of all the pupils to whom they are assigned, to enable them to make best use of the educational opportunities available to them.
Experience of working with children
For further information please see attached Job description.
About you
The successful candidates will:
• Enjoy working with children and be part of their successes.
• Have enthusiasm, patience and energy.
• Have good communication skills.
• Be flexible and be able to work on their own initiatives.
• Be required to deliver intervention to small groups as well as be supportive in the classroom.
• Be committed to teamwork.
• Previous experience of working with children with SEN needs would be desirable.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01895 832768
Email: [email protected]
At Denham Village School the happiness, safety and well-being of every child is our paramount concern. We listen to our pupils and take what they tell us seriously. Safeguarding pupils is the prime responsibility of every member of school staff.
To promote a safe environment for pupils, our selection and recruitment procedures includes checks on the suitability of staff and volunteers, as recommended by Buckinghamshire County Council and in line with current legislation.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
