Teaching Assistant
Chessington School
Kingston upon Thames
- Salary:
- NJC - Salary to be confirmed based on experience and skill set
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 13 June 2024
Job overview
As a school we have worked incredibly hard to ensure that our students have a great experience whilst attending Chessington School. Whether that be during the 300 minutes of lessons, the daily tutor time, the enrichment activities or the excellent pastoral care that we provide.
About the role
We are looking to appoint Teaching Assistants as part of our successful Inclusion Team. The successful candidates will be team members with the patience, experience and sensitivity to work with some of our most vulnerable and challenging students supporting them individually in lessons or working with small groups outside the classroom.
As a Learning Support Assistant you may have the responsibility of mentoring individual pupils who need support in regulating their mood and helping them focus on lessons. In order to support inclusive teaching and learning in the school you must be someone wanting to work with various SEN/AEN students across the classroom, some of the needs will include Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia and Physical and sensory needs.
About you
You will have a drive to ensure that all students, at all academic levels, receive an outstanding experience in their lessons. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to high standards of classroom practice alongside a genuine regard for inspiring progress and quality of education of all our young people.
About us
Chessington School is committed to recruiting the very best teachers and support staff to benefit student experience in the classroom. We are an Ofsted rated Good school https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VoFTcZJhdvTrZ5_0tk3JyFaNeguOt3U6/view
Offering a curriculum that is ambitious and broad in scope. We serve a diverse community and ensure we bring out the best in each student, be that through following vocational or academic pathways.
Chessington School is part of the Every Child, Every Day multi academy trust which is made up of three local secondary schools. We are a welcoming and inclusive place. Relationships among pupils
And staff are positive and respectful.
Chessington is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
If you would like to work with us, we look forward to hearing from you.
For more information about Chessington school please visit our Website https://www.chessington.kingston.sch.uk/about-us/vacancies
For an informal discussion please contact Mrs Alex Gorno - SenCo at Chessington School
We reserve the right to close the advert early should an appropriate candidate be identified.
Only shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview.
If you do not hear back from us within a week of your application submission, please assume you have not been shortlisted this time.
The Governing and Trust Bodies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and expect all staff to share this commitment. We fully recognise our responsibilities for safeguarding and child protection.
Any offer of employment will be subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check, overseas criminal record checks where relevant, background check including an online check of the applicant’s social media accounts and receipt of satisfactory references.
It is an offence to apply to work with children if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
The schools within the Trust are committed to all aspects of personal development, are inclusive and seek to ensure every student achieves to the best of their ability.
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About Chessington School
I am incredibly proud to be the Headteacher at Chessington. This is a school with a rich past and such a bright future; one where Great things happen for young people each day.
We have made swift strides in recent years and are now considered a national ‘High performing School’. We have done this by instilling pride in our students and making them ambitious for their futures. Each child is valued, each day considered a vast opportunity and each moment is focussed on their success. Whomever takes on this role will need to be someone who values student wellbeing but knows that this is achieved through the very highest expectations, consistency and drive each day as a leader in the school.
The right person for this role will demonstrate passion for teaching both inside and outside of the classroom. Our students love learning and we want someone that will further fuel the fires of their passions for their subjects. Our students deserve the widest and most varied cultural experiences.
We are ambitious for the future of the school and are moving forward fast. Now judged Good by Ofsted with a number of Outstanding features such as Leadership and our Options subjects, we want to become a Great school in the next two years. This means we continue a rigorous focus on standards, a forensic approach to outcomes and of course a holistic understanding of the needs of every child that walks through our doors. The ideal candidate for this role will share this focus and will, each day, want the very best for the young people of Chessington.
Every member of staff is hugely valued. When joining us you will join a culture where we keep striving to be better each and every day. We will support your career development through internal CPD programs, mentoring, coaching and through a range of external programs including Masters in Education or Middle and Senior Leadership development programs. NQTs will be very well supported and developed through our teaching school program. Rest assured each day here the highest of learning and teaching practice will be expected but you will supported and given time so that you can deliver a Great experience to each of our students.
I look forward to meeting you and to welcoming you on our journey to becoming a truly Great school.
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