Teaching Assistant: SEN - Permanent, Term Time Only (TTO), Salary Scale E pro rata (equates to £16342.66 - £17343.49 depending on experience

We wish to appoint an outstanding Teaching Assistant from September 2021, to join our exciting and dynamic Supported Learning Team with a specialist interest for working with students who have a special educational need.  The successful candidate will support students across the full age range, both in small groups and in class.  Other core duties will involve working with students 1:1, supporting the organisation of exam access and EHCP meetings, contacting parents via telephone and our electronic applications, and having an active responsibility for an area of SEN.

The Supported Learning Team consists of one SEND-Co and one Student Support Manager; we currently have two HLTA’s and one Transition Teacher.  There are two further full time staff in the Inclusion Centre and two cover supervisors.  We are fortunate to have a First Aid Unit staffed by two part time staff, and we also benefit from having a school counsellor.  The department is professional, forward thinking and flexible in meeting our students needs.  We are striving for excellence and always looking for new, creative, and exciting opportunities to support learning.

Shortlisting will be carried out according to criteria which will be assessed using the completed application form and the letter of application that should accompany it.  In this letter it would be helpful if you describe the core beliefs which shape your approach to education, the impact you have had in your own classroom, and the impact you have had on the practice of other teachers, colleagues and peers.  In essence, we want to know what you can offer our academy and our students.

Shortlisted candidates will be notified via email/phone.  We have yet to finalise the arrangements for the interview but it is expected that the interview will take place on Wednesday 30 June 2021 and will last for 1 day; the interview will be designed to give candidates every possible opportunity to demonstrate their strengths.   It will certainly include an element of interactive work with students which will be signalled clearly in the letter inviting candidates for interview.

Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy is an equal opportunities employer.  We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Completed application forms and covering letters should be submitted to:  recruitment@lordlawson.org.uk

Closing date for all applications is 12:00pm, Thursday 24 June 2021.

Salary amounts quoted are from the 1 September to 31 August and therefore if you commence employment part way through the academic year they are subject to an equated salary adjustment.