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Assistant Teacher SEND Support

Assistant Teacher SEND Support

The Reach Free School

Rickmansworth

  • Expired
Salary:
£17,700 (FTE) per annum
Job type:
Part Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
November 2018
Apply by:
22 October 2018

Job overview

Assistant Teacher for SEND Support

Dates:    Apply by Monday 22nd  October 2018

Location:   Rickmansworth

Contract type:  Part Time (8.00am-1.00pm Monday to Friday)

Term Time only

Contract term:  Fixed Term, initially for one year 

Salary: Start salary of £17,700 (FTE) per annum

Start Date: November 2018 

The Reach Free School is looking to appoint a talented, supportive, adaptable individual to take on the broad role of Assistant Teacher for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Support in the school. The role has many aspects including: 

  • Supporting an individual pupil, for whom the school receives additional funding, to make more than expected progress in their different subjects
  • Communicating with parents to build a good relationship between home and school for this pupil
  • Promoting high attendance and intervening as appropriate
  • Promoting reading for pleasure

The role would suit a candidate with experience of working in a supportive role in a school environment, or a graduate seeking experience of such an environment prior to embarking on a programme to gain qualified teacher status.

In return we will offer you: 

  • A happy and supportive working environment with high expectations and standards
  • Opportunities to develop a broad range of skills in a vibrant and evolving environment
  • Opportunities to progress to a career in teaching via the Schools Direct programme where viable
  • A BUPA cash plan to contribute to medical care 

The Reach Free School is a successful and rapidly growing secondary Free School, which opened in September 2013. The over-subscribed school is a popular choice for local families and has recently moved into a brand new purpose built building right in the heart of the community that it serves.  

If the challenges of working to develop a new, local school appeal to you, then we would like to hear from you.

Further information is available from our website: www.thereachfreeschool.co.uk

Potential candidates are encouraged to contact The Reach Free School with any questions on 01923 711517 or email sberman@reachfree.co.uk 

Closing date for applications: Monday 22nd  October 2018

Interviews to take place:  Thursday 25th October  2018

The Reach Free School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff to share this commitment. In accordance with our Child Protection Policy we are unable to process applications without a fully completed application form. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as 'spent' must be declared when applying. The applicant may post such a declaration in an envelope marked 'Private & confidential for the Headteacher’. The successful applicant must obtain DBS clearance at enhanced level.

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About The Reach Free School

The Reach Free School is an 11- to 18-year-old school in Rickmansworth that serves pupils of all backgrounds and abilities. It was opened in September 2013 by teachers and local parents in response to a significant demand for more secondary school places in the area.

All involved with the school have high aspirations for our pupils and high expectations of them. As such, we expect all pupils to:

  • Commit their best efforts to all that they do
  • Support each other to achieve their potential
  • Work with their teachers to exceed their goals
  • Demonstrate exemplary behaviour in all that they do
  • Take pride in their school and its community within its walls and beyond
  • Enjoy learning


The Reach Free School plays an active role in the community, working with local businesses, supporting local events and providing a hub for local services. Pupils are involved in the school’s wider responsibilities, developing leadership and decision-making skills, communication and collaboration and independent, self-led learning.

A sense of purpose and responsibility pervades lessons and activities at The Reach Free School, and our pupils recognise their responsibilities as members of the community. This underpins The Reach Free School’s ethos; Achievement, Community, Enjoyment – ACE.

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Applications closed