Student Support Assistant
Bishop David Brown School
Woking
- £13,988 - £15,890 pro rata
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- as soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 3 December 2021
Job overview
Do you have a passion for working with young people?
Do you believe all students should achieve no matter what their challenges?
Do you have passion for changing young people’s lives?
If you answered yes to these questions, then our students need you.
We are looking to expand our Student Support Team to ensure students with additional needs make even greater progress and feel safe and secure within our school.
If you were looking to get into teaching via a SCITT route or other teacher training avenues then this would be a fantastic opportunity to work in a highly supportive school and gain some valuable experience. You will play an integral part in ensuring student in your care make at least expected progress.
‘Extra support from teaching assistants in classrooms is effective. They use activities appropriately to meet pupils’ needs. As a result, most pupils with SEND make progress in line with other pupils with similar starting points.’(Ofsted January 2019)
Suitable applicant may be interviewed and appointed prior to the closing date.
About Bishop David Brown School
Bishop David Brown is a rapidly improving school with excellent opportunities for professional development for the successful candidate.
Under the leadership of a motivated and supportive leadership team the staff are offered every opportunity to develop their skills including an excellent middle leadership structure. We seek to employ enthusiastic and inspiring professionals to join a team of enthusiastic and supportive staff who are committed to working creatively with our young people to raise standards and enable them all to achieve. In return we offer a supportive and stimulating environment with a comprehensive CPD programme and opportunities for further development.
The students at this school are well behaved and engaged. The school has a performing arts specialty that enables students to widen their experiences to provide well balanced individuals that are attractive candidates for local colleges. It also offers the opportunity to link other subject areas into a creative framework. The school offers a wide range of curriculum subjects to GCSE standard and extra-curricular opportunities that include a steel band.
The school is at the centre of a regeneration project of the local area that will see rapid change to the facilities and environment of local people. Bishop David Brown has been identified by the local authority as a growing school that will double in size in the next five years. This growth will also result in renovated and updated facilities for staff and students.
If you would like to visit us you would be more than welcome. Our experience shows that candidates who visit our school always subsequently apply.
"There is a warm and friendly atmosphere that pervades the school and a great sense of pride among staff and pupils " Ofsted 2018
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