Learning Support Assistant
Addington Special School
Woodley, Reading
- £13,358 - £13,625 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Plus £915 SEN Allowance per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 14 August 2022
Job overview
Hours: 30 per week (part time considered), term time only
Monday 8.50 - 4.15, Tuesday to Friday 8.50 - 3.25
(38 weeks plus 2 INSET days)
Providing support to the Class Teacher, you will be working as part of a team to assist in delivering a high quality education for our pupils. The role will involve assisting with the general management of pupils, preparing the classroom and setting out resources, supporting with pupils' individual needs and assisting with maintaining records of pupils' progress. You will have access to excellent professional development centred on teaching strategies for children and young people with special needs and disabilities.
We are seeking individuals with excellent communication skills and a caring and positive attitude who can remain calm under pressure. With a flexible approach, you will be a good listener and committed to getting the best outcomes for our pupils.
Addington School offers a route into teaching for candidates looking for a stepping stone onto the SEND teacher ladder.
Interview Date: Friday 19th August 2022
Attached documents
About Addington Special School
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- Addington Special School
- Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading
- Berkshire
- RG5 3EU
- United Kingdom
Addington School is an Outstanding Special School for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. All our pupils’ primary need is a learning difficulty that is either moderate, severe or profound, with up to 50 percent also having Autism.
All our pupils have an Education and Health Care Plan and we are currently accommodating up to 290 pupils, aged between 3 and 19 years across 2 sites.
Based in Woodley and Farley Hill and currently a Wokingham maintained school, we are very fortunate to have 2 purpose built environments which make our schools fantastic places for learning and wider curriculum enrichment. At Farley Hill, we have a new 40 place Nursery to Year 1 Early Years Centre that admitted 16 new pupils in September 23. We will admit a further 16 in September 24, and a further 8 in September 25 to complete the 40 place provision.
We tailor a personalised Educational Programme for every pupil to ensure that they reach their full potential as well as providing a bespoke sequential curriculum steeped in SEND pedagogy. The school has a long history of being outstanding and in March 2023 secured Outstanding again under the new Ofsted Framework.
We have particular strengths in our Creative Arts with Music a particular focus for all our students and have considerable expertise in teaching strategies for pupils with learning difficulties as well as Autism and Down Syndrome.
We believe in a positive ethos based on a culture of mutual respect and openness, where we are all learning together to be 'a community committed to excellence and the development of the potential of all’.
We pride ourselves in our commitment to induction, professional development and on-going support to all our staff.
Our Aims
- To know that what we do is making a difference to the lives of our young people.
- To continue to promote an inclusive approach to educational life.
- To expand our Parent and Community Partnership.
- To provide a learning environment based on mutual respect and self-advocacy.
- To create a challenging forward thinking culture.
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