Additional Needs Teaching Assistant

Additional Needs Teaching Assistant

37 hours per week, term-time only, permanent

NJC 10 – NJC 14 Actual Salary: £20,194.91 - £21,724.35 per annum

• Are you passionate about providing a ‘world class’ education for pupils with Special Educational Needs, ensuring that they reach their true potential? 
• Are you prepared to get messy, join in with the fun and be outdoors on a regular basis so that our pupils learning is inspiring and creative? 
• Do you want to join a high performing team of staff who are committed to going that ‘extra mile’ to provide the very best for our pupils and their families?

If you can answer ‘yes’ to all of the above, then we would like to receive an application from you!

St Giles Spencer Academy is an outstanding Primary Special Academy in Derby City. We are a warm, friendly and inclusive academy which meets the needs of pupils with a range of special educational needs and disabilities.

St Giles Spencer Academy is looking to appoint Supply Additional Needs Teaching Assistants. Specific knowledge, skills and experience in supporting non-verbal pupils with autism and sensory needs would be an advantage. You must be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, be an effective team member and be calm and creative in your approach to working with pupils with additional needs. 

In May 2018, St. Giles was designated by the Department for Education (DfE) as a National Support School and lead school for the Inclusive Teaching School Alliance (iTSA). This means that we play a key role locally and nationally in supporting other schools; including providing Continuing Professional Development and also training up the next generation of teachers and school leaders. We are proud of what we do at St. Giles Spencer Academy and our recent school achievements are a result of a great team effort amongst pupils and their families, governors and staff:

• Special School of the Year Award 
• Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ 
• NASEN Learning Support Staff of the Year Award 
• Inclusion Quality Mark Flagship 
• Family First Quality Award 
• British Council International Schools Award 
• Be Mighty, Be Creative Award 
• ICAN Communication Specialist Accreditation 
• Arts Mark Gold Award 
• Fair-Trade Award 
• Learning Outside the Classroom Award 
• National Autistic Society Accredited School 
• Sun Safe School 
• Makaton Friendly Award

If you want to be part of an innovative, forward thinking and outward facing special school; who are genuinely committed to investing in your professional development, then St Giles could be the academy for you.

If you would like to visit St Giles Spencer Academy before the closing date, we will be holding school visits as follows: 

• ·      Wednesday 23 November 2022, 3.30pm
• ·      Monday 28 November 2022, 3.30pm

Visits to the school are strongly recommended. 

SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2500 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.

We currently have 16 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and one primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.

Mission

Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Vision

Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.

We Believe: 

All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.     

Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.     

We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.

If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact Rob Sherwood, Principal via 01332 343039.  

Applications for this post must be submitted on our online application form, which can be found at https://satrust.com/vacancies or by clicking the “apply now” link.

In line with safer recruitment policies, references will be called for prior to interview.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 29 November 2022, 1pm

Interviews: Tuesday 06 December 2022

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to enhanced DBS with children’s barred list checks and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training.