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SEN Teaching Assistant (plus SEN Allowance)

SEN Teaching Assistant (plus SEN Allowance)

Redwood Park Academy

Portsmouth

  • £16,288 - £17,222 per year
  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
31 January 2023

Job overview

32.5 hours a week, term time only

Pay Band 4 + SEN Allowance

TTO salary £16,288 - £17,222 (FTE £21,476 - £22,708)

As part of Solent Academies Trust, Redwood Park Academy, is an ‘Outstanding School’ for pupils aged 11-16 years, with complex needs including learning difficulties and autism.

We wish to recruit enthusiastic and highly motivated SEN Teaching Assistants to work collaboratively with our teaching team. You must be passionate and have the ability to inspire learning, and support the development of our amazing pupils!

By joining the Redwood Park Academy team, we offer you:

  • SEN Allowance, which increases after 3 and 5 years of service
  • Excellent staff induction with a commitment to high quality professional development
  • The opportunity to be part of an innovative and forward thinking Trust
  • Superb resources
  • A happy, committed and supportive community
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with the option of a 50/50 contribution to build over time
  • 18.9% employer pension contribution
  • Confidential Counselling & Wellbeing Support Service
  • Life Insurance - 3 times annual salary (for members of the pension scheme)
  • Wellbeing Inset Day to support the wellbeing of our staff
  • Financial contribution towards eye test and glasses for visual display uses
  • Free onsite parking
  • Employee Referral Scheme


 If you want to make a positive difference and enrich the lives of our pupils, then this could be the school for you!

For more details, please visit our website http://solent-trust.net

Please complete a Solent Academies Trust application form, accompanied by a letter of application. In your letter, please describe the contribution you feel you can make to the achievement of pupils at Redwood Park Academy.

For any questions or to submit your application, please email our HR team recruitment@solentacademiestrust.info

Please note we will only accept applications completed on our Solent Academies Trust application form

Closing date for applications is 31/01/2023

Interviews will be held 08/02/2023

Solent Academies Trust welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the academy’s application form will be accepted Solent Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

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About Redwood Park Academy

+44 23 92 377500

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Redwood Park Academy is a special school for 154 pupils aged 11-16 years who have complex learning difficulties. In addition to their learning difficulties some pupils have other needs associated with autistic spectrum condition, speech, language and communication difficulties and medical conditions.

Part of Solent Academies Trust, Redwood Park Academy is one of four 'Outstanding' Special Schools situated in Portsmouth and West Sussex.


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