Sherborne Qetaf - SEN Teaching Assistants (Local Hire)
Sherborne Qatar Preparatory School
Doha, Qatar
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- Competitive, local hire benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2024
- Apply by:
- 9 May 2024
Job overview
Sherborne Qetaf opened its doors in August 2023 as the specialist provision based at the Preparatory School, Bani Hajer, for children with special educational needs. Our Mission is to support children with special educational needs in Qatar by providing a Curriculum for Life and ensuring that all pupils fulfil their potential, regardless of their disability.
The specialist provision caters for children with learning difficulties, including autism, Down Syndrome, speech and language difficulties and global developmental delay, with pupils aged between 3 years and 11 years of age. We will provide a curriculum that promotes communication, independence and the development of self- help skills with a focus on supporting mental health and well-being.
We wish to appoint SEN Teaching Assistants, to help establish a culture of excellence to ensure that all children and young people at our school can be successful in their lives at school and beyond. This is an amazing opportunity to make a real, positive difference to the lives of children and their families within our community in Qatar.
Please ensure you read the Applicant Letter and Job Description in full before you consider applying. Please also be sure to watch our very powerful videos:
Qetaf Launch - A Dream Come True
The Heart of Qetaf - Parent Testimonials
If you are the right person for the roles then we can offer you:
• Competitive, local hire benefits
• open and positive working environment
• professional development opportunities
• openness to learn, grow and evolve as a learning community
• freedom to be innovative in a supportive and nurturing environment
• the opportunity to work with amazing staff and children
• an active role in contributing to the shared vision of the school
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply, please complete the TES online application form (Quick Apply) and upload a covering letter addressed to the respective Headteacher, explaining how you meet the requirements of the job description & person specification and what skills and qualities you can bring.
The closing date for applications for both roles is Thursday 9th May 2024 and interviews will be held as soon as possible.
Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered. All applications will be acknowledged on receipt, however only shortlisted candidates will be contacted with the outcome of their application. We reserve the right to close the position once we have received sufficient applications to form a shortlist; early application is therefore encouraged. Please note that a CV will not be accepted in place of the application form, although you are very welcome to submit your CV as an additional document.
Sherborne Qatar is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including reference checks with previous employers and criminal records checks including an International Child Protection Certificate administered by ACRO and Disclosure and Barring Service checks. A successful applicant from outside the jurisdiction of the DBS will be required to provide an approved statement from the similar authority in the country in which he or she is currently based, and all other countries that they have resided in outside of the UK.
In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
For further information regarding Sherborne Qatar Schools please visit www.sherborneqatar.org.
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About Sherborne Qatar Preparatory School
- Sherborne Qatar Preparatory School
- PO Box 93503, Umm Al Maa Street, Al Rayyan, Doha
- Qatar
"Sherborne Qatar Prep is an Outstanding School" - Prep BSO report, April 2022
Sherborne Qatar is the daughter school of Sherborne School, an historic and distinguished British independent school founded in 1550 under royal charter by King Edward VI. Sherborne Qatar is a founding member of the Supreme Education Council’s Outstanding Schools Initiative.
We are now a family of four schools. We have two Preparatory Schools - one in Al Rayyan and a second in Bani Hajer. They both run from Pre School to Year 6. We have a Girls' School in Al Ebb from Pre School to Year 13 and a Senior School adjacent to the Mall of Qatar that runs from Year 7 to Year 13. The schools are members of The Independent Association of Prep School (IAPS), British Schools Overseas (BSO) and British Schools in the Middle East (BSME).
Developing well educated, well rounded individuals who have high aspirations and achieve their potential, in a happy and nurturing school-this is our Mission, this is what we are striving for with all our children as they embark on their educational journey with us at Sherborne Qatar Preparatory Schools.
However this won’t just come about from the high standards of teaching that will be happening in every class, or through effective and ongoing assessment, enabling us to focus on the individual needs of the children. It will also be down to the high pastoral care that runs right through our school, our Interhouse system, enrichment clubs, charity work, high standards and realistic expectations that we will expect and demand from all children, here at Sherborne. A Sherborne education extends well beyond learning and academic achievement. Our aim is to develop resilience in our pupils, with strategies so they can think for themselves.
We want them to enjoy their successes but also to take on life’s disappointments, reflect on them and use them constructively. We want our pupils to live and learn honestly and responsibly, doing their best, to be their best, with a spirit of respect and kindness for their school, teachers, friends, other pupils and our wider community. We want our children to take responsibility for their learning, to persevere with challenges and to understand the importance of teamwork.
Respect, Honesty, Kindness, Perseverance, Responsibility and Teamwork: these form our Core Values and are the essence of our school. We want our young people and staff to make our school and inspiring place to be.
See here for our latest yearbook and here is the Prep School's prospectus.
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