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Teaching Assistant - Level 2

Teaching Assistant - Level 2

Oxted School

Surrey

  • £15,876 - £17,312 pro rata
  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
Apply by:
24 September 2021

Job overview

Where possible interviews will be held on site within our schools and we will adhere to our current Covid policy for external visitors. Otherwise interviews will be held remotely by teams.

Working pattern: 8.30am – 4.12pm, with a 30 minute unpaid break, Monday to Friday

We have an exciting opportunity for a Teaching Assistant to join the team in the Visually Impaired Unit at the Oxted School.

We require an enthusiastic member of staff to work as a Teaching Assistant within the Specialist VI Centre at Oxted School. This role will be supporting students with severe visual impairment to enable them to access the curriculum and to lead independent lives. Candidates should possess excellent interpersonal and listening skills with a commitment to helping each student achieve their full potential. Excellent IT skills are a prerequisite. The successful candidates must also be willing to learn braille.

This position may be of interest to people who wish to consider a career in teaching to get classroom experience prior to commencing teacher training.

Our reflective and skilled staff and wonderful students make Oxted School a rewarding and invigorating place to work. The inclusive community values which are so important to us mean that you will be well supported by both your colleagues and the Senior Leadership Team. We pride ourselves on the high-quality professional development and career progression opportunities available to all our colleagues, and we work hard to ensure that staff wellbeing and workload are central to our approach. Our colleagues also thrive on their commitment to our wide range of extra-curricular activities, including being one of the largest Duke of Edinburgh centres in the country.

Oxted School is part of The Howard Partnership Trust (THPT), and we work closely with our partner schools to share best practice and raise standards. THPT value their staff very highly, and this is reflected in the excellent retention rates across the Trust.

THPT can offer: 

  • An opportunity to be part of a dynamic and developing organisation. 
  • Excellent benefit package to include Cycle to Work, Sainsbury’s Loyalty Discount and access to discount schemes. 
  • Fantastic Local Government Pension Scheme, including generous employer contributions. 
  • Rewards and Benefits Scheme that includes Loyalty and Service Awards.

If you have any questions about the role or the application process please contact the THPT Recruitment Team by email at recruitment@thpt.org.uk

For more information on Oxted School and working within The Howard Partnership Trusts and what we can offer please visit our website.

Interviews may take place prior to the closing date by mutual agreement.

Employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The Howard Partnership Trust is school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Our Vision is to excel at ‘bringing out the best’ in young people of all abilities and aptitudes, and so increase their life chances for their future success and fulfilment.

About Oxted School

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  • Oxted School
  • Bluehouse Lane, Oxted
  • Surrey
  • RH8 0AB
  • United Kingdom
+44 1883 712425

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Oxted School is a large and vibrant school which seeks to ‘Bring out the Best’ in all members of our learning community: students and staff. Established in 1929 with just 22 students, Oxted has grown to almost 2000 students in years 7 through to 13. Our size is one of our great strengths, and students benefit from a broad curriculum and a wealth of enrichment activities.

We are immensely proud of our comprehensive profile, and we celebrate students from all backgrounds, religions, and abilities. This is highlighted by our centre for visually impaired students, which empowers blind and partially sighted students to access a mainstream curriculum and socialise in a friendly and safe environment with their peers. Students from Oxted will go on to thrive in a range of destinations: from apprenticeships with local businesses to degrees at Russell Group Universities, including Oxford and Cambridge. Our careers provision, including ‘Future Friday’ talks from alumni, is outstanding.

We are a caring school with an academic edge, and students at Oxted are well looked after and respect one another. Our close sense of community is fostered through the traditions of a school approaching its 90th year: most significantly through the House system which provides a framework for competition and celebrations of success across the school. Effective tutoring allows teachers to build strong relationships with their students, and work with them over 7 years as they develop from children into young adults, ready to contribute to society.

The development of leadership is pivotal in the education of our young people, and opportunities are provided throughout a student’s time with us. A sense of adventure is instilled in all our students through our Duke of Edinburgh programme which is amongst the largest in the country.

The school has excellent sporting facilities including a heated outdoor swimming pool available for staff use. We have recently achieved the Gold Artsmark award, and value vocational subjects alongside a traditional academic curriculum.

Teaching at Oxted is hugely fulfilling, and many of our teachers work with the Sixth Form as well as the lower school. Staff are encouraged to become fully immersed in the broader life of the school, whether that is raising money for charity, attending the Y8 camp, or supporting the School Show. We keep a keen eye on work-life balance through our Wellbeing Programme, and there are regular social events for staff.

Oxted School is proud to be part of the Howard Partnership Trust: a high performing multi-academy trust with inclusive values and support for school improvement at its core. Consequently we benefit from working closely with colleagues from other Surrey Schools to raise standards for all of our students.  

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