Teaching Assistant

Are you looking for a job where each day is different. Can you inspire our students , whilst providing security and well being to support them to be the best they can be.

You will be expected to establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with pupils in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the School, and to promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils while maintaining high expectations of behaviour at all times.

You will support the class teacher and contribute to providing high quality, challenging and differentiated educational activities and experiences through supporting the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning.

Like many SEN environments; your duties are likely to vary and therefore candidates will need to be flexible and be able to lend a hand whenever required.

Old farm School

Old Farm School is a specialist independent school for students aged 5-19. We are currently in an exciting period of our development, where we are growing our provision. Our students all have an EHCP stating SEMH. 

We offer a full and enriching curriculum, combining the academic and personal development. Our students achieve well at GCSE. With some students following a course of seven GCSE's.

We openly state that play is at the heart of curriculum. Our students enjoying coming to school and achieve great things.

Skills and Qualifications

Skills and Qualifications:

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:

• Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting 
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own car desirable 
• GCSE Maths and English Level 3 or above qualification is essential.
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures. 
• Knowledge or experience of pupils with SEN or SEMH/ASD 
• Ability to adapt
• The desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual 
• Be positive and creative in assisting to meet pupils’ individual needs

Our commitment to safeguarding: Old Farm School is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a school, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.

 To apply please complete our online application form in full.

Applications close on the 7th June 2024

For more information on this position please contact Steve Graham (headteacher) / 01287 677178 

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check. 

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children."