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Teaching Assistant (to support students with ASD)

Teaching Assistant (to support students with ASD)

Barking Abbey School

Barking and Dagenham

  • £25,137 - £26,520 per year
  • Quick apply
  • Expired
Salary:
term time only, pro rata, depending on experience
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2021
Apply by:
25 June 2021

Job overview

Teaching Assistant (To support students with ASD)

Permanent

TERM TIME ONLY

35 hours per week

Start Date: 1st September 2020

Salary Scale 5 - £25137 - £26520  per annum, pro rata

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be a part of the expansion of the existing ASD ARP from September 2021. This is an excellent opportunity to be a key member in supporting pupils and promoting the school’s new Resourced Provision for pupils with ASD. Our aim is to ensure that the ARP provides the highest standard of education for the students in its care and you will be pivotal in ensuring this. We want to become a Centre of Excellence for the teaching of secondary school aged students with ASD.

We are seeking to recruit a passionate and empathetic teaching assistant. You will need to be flexible, possess a variety of skills and be willing to undertake a variety of activities with our students. 

The successful candidates will:

• Desirably have had experience of working with students with special needs, particularly Autism 

• Have the ability to support our students in their mainstream lessons 

• Provide in class support in the provision 

• Mentor students who need additional support

• Have some knowledge of Autism and communication difficulties or a commitment to training

In return, we can offer:

• Ongoing training opportunities both externally and in-house

• Supportive line management

• The opportunity to work in a successful school which is undergoing an exciting expansion programme

• A caring, supportive and encouraging staff team

• A commitment to achieving the best for all of our students and staff

• A school culture that understands the importance of staff wellbeing and workload management.

Barking Abbey is a heavily over-subscribed split site secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and has a well-deserved reputation for its friendly and supportive atmosphere and its excellent academic achievements.

The school is located less than 10 mins walk from Upney tube station and Barking mainline station (25 minutes from Liverpool Street).

Please click here to find out more informational about what it is like to work at Barking Abbey www.barkingabbeyschool/join-us/staff-vacancies/

Interested applicants should download the core staff application form, found on-line at www.barkingabbeyschool.co.uk and email completed application forms to jobs@barkingabbeyschool.co.uk

Only fully completed application forms will be accepted, CV applications will not be considered

Closing date for this post:  Friday 25th June 

Interviews: Week commencing Monday 28th June

Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process, including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants.


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About Barking Abbey School

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+44 20 3967 7030

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Barking Abbey is a heavily over-subscribed split site secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and has a well-deserved reputation for its friendly and supportive atmosphere and its excellent academic achievements. With a large KS5 provision and Additional Resourced Provisions (ARP) on each of our campuses, the school provides a varied role for the right individual.

Headteacher

Tony Roe

Values and vision

Our school motto is 'Give and Expect the Best' and we do this by living our values each and every day. Bravery, Excellence, Self-Discipline and teamwork.

Barking Abbey School aims to provide world-class teaching and learning to all its students. Staff strive to offer outstanding pastoral care, and to deliver an inclusive and challenging curriculum while offering regular and robust assessment. The secondary school also has a programme of high-quality enrichment classes.

Recruitment process

We serve a diverse community and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. We also welcome candidates with a non traditional background. The most important thing for us is your desire and ability to make a difference in young peoples lives.

Our recruitment process is fair and transparent and designed to get the best candidate for the role. A sample of our recruitment process is listed below

  • Advert placed on TES, internally and in LBBD boards
  • Blind shortlisting by a panel against the Job description. Potential applicants are   scored. Shortlisting by at least 3 people including one SLT.
  • Shortlist for interview based on scores from shortlisting.
  • Interview process will depend on role and may include; lesson observations, data or admin tasks, panel interviews, student panels and a final interview
  • All assessed tasks are scored according to set criteria and scores are moderated   to ensure consistency.
  • All panel interviews and final interviews are scored. Each interview has a   moderation process to ensure consistency of scores where appropriate. Questions are common to all applicants.
  • Feedback is provided by a member of the panel.


Ofsted report

A clear theme running through the school is the positive behaviour of pupils and their excellent attitudes to their work. Pupils are keen to do well and seize the opportunities given by teachers to work hard. They conduct themselves well around the school and are polite and respectful towards others. These attitudes have a strong impact on pupils' achievements because they enable learning to take place without undue interruption.

View Barking Abbey School’s latest Ofsted report

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