Teaching Assistant (SEND – Personal Care) – Level 3
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Hyde High School
Hyde
- Expired
- Salary:
- Actual salary per annum - Grade E, SCP 11 £20,741.40 to SCP 16 £22,493.12 (Full time equivalent per annum – Grade E, SCP 11 £27,269 to SCP 16 £29,572)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 3 March 2025
Job overview
Teaching Assistant (SEND – Personal Care) – Level 3
32 hours per week, term time only
Grade E, SCP 11-16
Actual salary per annum - Grade E, SCP 11 £20,741.40 to SCP 16 £22,493.12
(Full time equivalent per annum – Grade E, SCP 11 £27,269 to SCP 16 £29,572)
Permanent
Post to start as soon as possible
Closing date: 9.00am – Monday 3rd March 2025
We are seeking to appoint a self-motivated, enthusiastic and reliable Teaching Assistant to support students with a wide range of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
The post-holder will work alongside teachers and pastoral staff as part of the school’s Inclusion Team to enable access to learning for students with a wide range of needs. The successful applicant will be required to promote high expectations and have the ability to support students to access the curriculum effectively. This will involve in-class support, one-to-one sessions and small group work as directed. The role also entails liaising with colleagues, parents/carers and a range of support networks, as well as keeping Pupil on a Page documents and termly review updated for key students.
A part of this role is to provide practical personal care and support for students with physical disabilities and it would be an advantage if we could appoint someone with experience of providing personal care including practical support with personal hygiene, toileting, eating and drinking.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a passion for making a difference to students’ life chances to join a friendly, diverse and inclusive staff team. Hyde High School offers a bright, busy and supportive working environment where all staff and students are valued and encouraged to contribute. This role offers professional challenge and reward in equal measure and requires proactive and enthusiastic promotion of a positive work ethic and team spirit
A*-C grades at GCSE (or equivalent) in both English and maths essential.
Please include within your application a supporting statement explaining how your experience and qualifications meet the person specification for this role.
Please note – CVs are NOT accepted.
Closing date: 9:00am on Monday 3rd March 2025
Application forms must be emailed to the Headteacher’s PA Rachel Fawcett via r.fawcett@hydehighschool.uk (please put TA (SEND – Personal Care) application in the subject line).
The school is currently in the process of converting to an Academy. This role will be affected by the transfer, meaning that the successful applicant will transfer to the Academy, along with all other school staff. The conversion to an Academy will be undertaken in accordance with the DfE and legal requirements.
Hyde High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all children, and expects our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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About Hyde High School
Hyde High School is a co-educational school based in Tameside for students aged 11-16. It is a non-denominational school.
Headteacher
Georgina Arnold
Values and vision
Hyde High School is a popular and improving co-educational school with 1150 learners from a range of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. Our proudly multicultural school is recognised as having a harmonious ethos where pupils show positive attitudes to learning, kindness to others and where they achieve well. We have high expectations of all members of our school community and strive to promote a true sense of pride and team spirit, where mutual respect and support are unequivocal and where learning is truly valued and at the heart of everything we do. A dedicated and talented team of staff work hard to secure the best possible outcomes for all pupils; staff morale is good and our latest Ofsted report shows a clear upwards trajectory.
The most recent (2023) inspection noted that:
- Pupils, staff and residents of the local community are proud of this school.
- The school has prioritised the development of the curriculum... it has high expectations of what pupils can achieve, including pupils with special educational needs.
- Pupils enjoy the increasing range of opportunities available to them to enhance their learning.
We are proud to offer a broad and balanced curriculum that promotes pupils’ spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development and that prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of 21st century life. In the context of our school, this means offering an academically robust curriculum, enhanced by more creative and practically based courses; we believe that the arts, physical education and technical subjects should be promoted as vital facets in the development of well-rounded pupils.
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