High Level Teaching Assistant
Swanbourne House School
Buckinghamshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £8.84 - £10 per hour dependant on qualifications and experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 9 July 2020
Job overview
CLOSING DATE: 10th July 2020
CONTRACT HOURS: 20 – 40 hours per week
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term (may be extended)
REPORTING TO: THE SENDCO
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, well-qualified and ambitious High Level Teaching Assistant to work in this inspiring school.
DISCOVER THE #SWANBOURNESPIRIT
Swanbourne House School is a Co-ed prep school for 3 – 13 years based in the Buckinghamshire countryside, around 20 minutes from the thriving town of Milton Keynes. Our curriculum provides a broad education with strong academic foundations, allowing pupils with a range of abilities, interests and learning styles to flourish.
It’s a progressive approach that ensures children are ready to take on the challenges of the next stage of their education with courage and confidence. In September 2019, we replaced Common Entrance with the Pre-Senior Baccalaureate, an assessment model that seeks fairly and accurately to quantify a pupil’s all-round achievements in the 11s and Top Year. A final summative Baccalaureate Certificate accompanies the transfer to senior schools and offers a 360° assessment of a pupil’s progress, knowledge, skills and attitudes.
The breadth and balance within the curriculum entices pupils to engage fully in the range of lessons they have each day. Activity and investigation enable our pupils to be confident in thinking for themselves and to be resilient when problem solving.
An education at Swanbourne House School has a hands-on feel where children increasingly take ownership of, and pride in, their education. We are passionate about developing in the children, genuine awe, wonder and curiosity at the complexities of life and the world about us – past, present and future.
VISION
- To nurture every pupil, enabling them to be resilient and build self-worth, through the widest variety of opportunities
- To provide our pupils with an engaging, collaborative and progressive teaching and learning community based on mutual respect, an understanding of individual needs and the willingness to rise to challenge
- To ensure both day and boarding pupils are well prepared, within the context of a character and values education, for their next school and adult lives in a fast-moving and challenging globalised world
Detail:
- Work with the SENDCo and learning support department to raise the learning and attainment of pupils
- Promote pupils’ independence, self-esteem and social inclusion
- Give support to pupils, individually or in groups, so they can access the curriculum, take part in learning and experience a sense of achievement.
As a valued member of our school, you have an opportunity to access a wide range of benefits:
- Fee Discount
- Counselling
- Use of School Facilities
- Free lunch
- Staff car parking
How to Apply:
Please complete the online Teaching application form. For any further information, please contact personnel@swanbourne.org.
Closing and Interview Dates:
Completed application forms must be submitted by 10th July 2020, with interviews conducted soon after the closing date.
Swanbourne House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. Appointment is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for regulated activity. The supplied references will be taken up and the School may approach previous employers to verify particular experience or qualifications. The successful candidate will need to complete a medical questionnaire.
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About Swanbourne House School
- Swanbourne House School
- Swanbourne, Milton Keynes
- Buckinghamshire
- MK17 0HZ
- United Kingdom
We're delighted to introduce you to Swanbourne House School
Swanbourne House is an Independent Day and Boarding Co-educational Prep School for children aged 3 to 13 years old. The School was rated ‘Excellent’ in all areas by the most recent report from the Independent School Inspectorate (www.swanbourne.org/inspection).
The school is set in 55 acres of Buckinghamshire countryside, around 20 minutes from Central Milton Keynes (which has 30 minute fast trains into London), an hour from Heathrow Airport and 40 minutes from London Luton Airport.
ACADEMICS
We’re creating a progressive and dynamic learning experience at Swanbourne House that is fit for the challenges and opportunities of the modern world. We create an environment where the children undertake activity and investigation, giving them the confidence to think for themselves and to be resilient when problem solving.
We are passionate about developing in the children, genuine awe, wonder and curiosity at the complexities of life and the world about us – past, present and future. We value the skills of independence, communication, collaboration, resilience, reflection, and leadership, and the development of these core skills is integral within our curriculum.
The Faculties at Swanbourne House School are English, Maths, Science & Technology, Ancient & Modern Foreign Languages, Humanities, The Arts, Sport and Outdoor Learning.
We place a strong emphasis on academic achievement. Our smaller class sizes allow us to personalise children’s learning so that, within individual subjects, we are able to appeal to their interests and individual needs.
The Pre-Senior Baccalaureate (PSB) at Swanbourne House is an assessment framework designed to highlight and develop the importance of skills in a 21st century education. With PSB, the core skills of independence, communication, collaboration, resilience, reflection and leadership are fostered and applied during the learning process.
Academically, the children benefit because, alongside ‘learning’ the knowledge of a demanding curriculum in all areas, they understand how to apply that knowledge.
LEAVERS’ DESTINATIONS
Our Year 8 children leave Swanbourne House to attend a variety of leading independent senior schools, and we are consistently successful in securing their first choice of school. We also regularly have a number of pupils who achieve scholarships at senior school.
This year we sent children to a range of independent senior schools including Eton, Harrow, Cheltenham Ladies College, Stowe, Uppingham and Rugby.
ENRICHMENT
At Swanbourne, strong academic foundations and a cross-curricular programme are complemented by the activities, workshops and courses that make up the Enrichment Programme. This popular and thriving programme gives children the room and opportunity to see new things, learn different ways of thinking and approaching a problem, and discover new interests and passions.
The engaging activities create challenges that harness the child’s capabilities to grow in new and different ways, becoming resilient team-players and creative individuals while having fun. Enrichment Programme activities have included Fashion & Design Workshops, Enterprise Club, Language Courses, Bushcraft Skills, Parlimentary Debating and Performance Car Design & Build.
SPORT
We engage in sport every day, competing in weekly fixtures and hosting elite coaching from professional players and national governing body accredited coaches. We expose pupils to a wide range of sports and activities to develop their physical strengths and talents. Sports played at Swanbourne House School include rugby, hockey, golf, football, tennis, athletics, netball, cross country, swimming and cricket. There is also opportunity to take part in climbing, fencing, mountain biking, clay pigeon shooting, yoga and trialthalon, amongst others. Facilities include cricket pitches with pavilion, football and rugby pitches, 20m indoor swimming pool, all weather tennis and netball courts, indoor basketball courts, a dance studio, an all-weather hockey pitch, sports hall with two basketball courts and a 6 hole golf course.
MUSIC & DRAMA
Music at Swanbourne House plays an integral part of school life for every child. Class music lessons involving listening, appraising, composing and performing skills are taught across the school at least once a week. A great deal of the work we do is practical, as that is how we believe that children learn best. All children in the 7s and above also have a 60 minute drama lesson as part of their weekly timetable. We showcase over 40 music and drama productions every year, including two full-scale musical productions (recent performances include Shrek the Musical, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Beauty and the Beast).
BOARDING
The team are passionate about creating the best boarding experience. Our expertise, facilities and grounds means the school has become first choice boarding school for many families locally, nationally (particularly with our handy proximity to London) and internationally (we regularly welcome pupils from across the globe).
Recently, the school has invested significantly in the Boarding House Facilities. New beds and redecoration of the dorms, as well as complete refurbishment of the bathrooms, has created a modern and comfortable home-from-home for the boarders.
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