ICT Assistant
Addington Special School
Reading
- £24,294 - £25,979 per year
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- plus £1,455 SEN Allowance per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 16 May 2024
Job overview
Are you a tech enthusiast with a passion for education? Are you ready to make a difference in the world of IT within a school environment?
Location: Woodley - there may be a requirement to travel to our other school site
Salary Range: £24,294 to £25,979 plus £1,455 SEN Allowance per annum
Hours/Contract: 37 per week, all year, permanent
We have an exciting opportunity for an ICT Assistant to join our small IT team to assist in the maintenance of the school’s ICT infrastructure and services. You will help to maintain and improve the ICT provision for students, teachers and other staff.
With previous experience of working in an ICT support role, you will support staff in using ICT, configure items of equipment and carry out technical tasks on networked computers. You will offer first line response for IT support, photocopier issues, provide Audio Visual support for classrooms and assist with technical tasks on the school’s telephone system.
You will have sound knowledge of network management, personal computer operation, installing and testing software and good knowledge of internet safety, computer security and best practices.
You will have the ability to provide IT support in a calm and friendly manner and will be able to support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in classrooms utilising your excellent communication skills.
We can offer:
· The opportunity to work in a special school judged ‘outstanding’ with a highly experienced Senior Leadership Team
· An environment committed to staff development
· Local Government Pension Scheme
· Employee Assistance Programme, Access to Private Medical Scheme and an active Staff Wellbeing Group.
To apply, please visit www.addington.wokingham.sch.uk and submit an application form. Please note we are unable to accept CVs.
Closing Date: 16th May 2024
Interview Date: 22nd May 2024
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening and safer recruitment checks appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and DBS. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Attached documents
About Addington Special School
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- Addington Special School
- Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading
- Berkshire
- RG5 3EU
- United Kingdom
Addington School is an Outstanding Special School for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. All our pupils’ primary need is a learning difficulty that is either moderate, severe or profound, with up to 50 percent also having Autism.
All our pupils have an Education and Health Care Plan and we are currently accommodating up to 290 pupils, aged between 3 and 19 years across 2 sites.
Based in Woodley and Farley Hill and currently a Wokingham maintained school, we are very fortunate to have 2 purpose built environments which make our schools fantastic places for learning and wider curriculum enrichment. At Farley Hill, we have a new 40 place Nursery to Year 1 Early Years Centre that admitted 16 new pupils in September 23. We will admit a further 16 in September 24, and a further 8 in September 25 to complete the 40 place provision.
We tailor a personalised Educational Programme for every pupil to ensure that they reach their full potential as well as providing a bespoke sequential curriculum steeped in SEND pedagogy. The school has a long history of being outstanding and in March 2023 secured Outstanding again under the new Ofsted Framework.
We have particular strengths in our Creative Arts with Music a particular focus for all our students and have considerable expertise in teaching strategies for pupils with learning difficulties as well as Autism and Down Syndrome.
We believe in a positive ethos based on a culture of mutual respect and openness, where we are all learning together to be 'a community committed to excellence and the development of the potential of all’.
We pride ourselves in our commitment to induction, professional development and on-going support to all our staff.
Our Aims
- To know that what we do is making a difference to the lives of our young people.
- To continue to promote an inclusive approach to educational life.
- To expand our Parent and Community Partnership.
- To provide a learning environment based on mutual respect and self-advocacy.
- To create a challenging forward thinking culture.
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