LITERACY SUPPORT ASSISTANT, St Dominic’s School

Location: St Dominic’s School, Hambledon, Nr Godalming, Surrey  GU8 4DX

Working Pattern:  32.5 hours per week, Term Time only

St Dominic’s School is part of Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust (OHC&AT), a specialist Trust with 12 Academies and 7 College Centres across London, Surrey and Sussex. 

We are a special school in Surrey and provide education for pupils and students aged 7-19, typically with a primary diagnosis of Autism or social communication difficulties. Our school is located in the beautiful village of Hambledon, close to Witley, Milford, Guildford and Godalming. We have views of the Surrey hills and plenty of outdoor space, including access to the common and a Forest School site. Please visit https://stdominicsschool.org.uk/ for a virtual tour of our school. 

To find out more about St Dominic’s School, please visit www.stdominicsschool.org.uk. 

We are seeking to appoint a confident and self-motivated individual to provide specialist skills and knowledge to ensure that pupils and students who have literacy-related special educational needs or other needs affecting literacy make progress.

You will conduct ongoing literacy assessments of pupils and students to ensure that interventions are matched effectively.  This will involve planning, preparing and delivering literacy learning programmes and monitoring the pupils/students by assessing, recording and reporting on their achievements, progress and development.

Applicants need to possess strong literacy skills and will be required to sit a literacy test as part of the interview process.  Where necessary, training will be provided for the successful candidate.

Previous experience of working with children in an educational setting is essential

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details on the role and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.

Benefits include: Free car parking, lunch provided on site, Employee Assistance Programme and membership to Perkbox.

St Dominic’s School is part of Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust, an established family of specialist academies and college centres that provide for over 1500 pupils and students with a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs. To find out more about us, and what makes us a special place to work please visit https://www.ohcat.org/work-for-us/

For an informal discussion about the role, candidates are invited to contact Joan Grant, Head of English via email jgrant@stdominicsschool.org.uk.  

To apply for the role please use the quick apply option to submit an application. If you have any queries, please contact tjones@stdominicsschool.org.uk

Your application form will be scored according to each of the requirements laid out in the person specification for this role. Please demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria that are required for the role. Failure to show evidence will result in your application not being shortlisted for interview.

Please note that CV applications will not be considered.

Closing Date:  12 noon, Friday 29 April 2022

Interviews will take place w/c 9 May 2022 

Please note that we may close this advert and interview before the closing date if we receive applications from exceptional candidates.          

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.