Teacher Assistant
Addington Special School
Woodley
- £17,030 - £18,802 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Plus £1,016 SEN Allowance per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 22 June 2022
Job overview
DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE LIVES?
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
Addington School is a large all age outstanding special school catering for pupils with a wide range of learning disabilities, many of whom also have associated sensory, motor, medical and behavioural needs. We pride ourselves in our commitment to induction, professional development and on-going support to all of our staff.
We are looking for …
- A Teacher Assistant who can work alongside our teachers and support with providing a high quality education for our pupils
- Applicants with previous experience of working with pupils with special needs who can support and be involved with all class activities including working with small groups of children across all key stages
- Skilled communicators who are sensitive to pupils’ needs who can interpret and adapt lessons for pupils to support in the delivery of educational programmes.
We can offer …
- The opportunity to work in a special school judged ‘Outstanding’
- An environment committed to staff development and growing leadership
- A school with a coaching and collaborative culture
- A school where creativity and innovation is encouraged, within a skilled and supportive team
- A school committed to supporting staff and pupil wellbeing .
Addington School offers a route into teaching for candidates looking for a stepping stone to gain Qualified Teacher Status.
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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