Horley Infant School is looking for a caring, nurturing SEN Teaching Assistant to join our fantastic team to help support the children’s learning and development. This position would be perfect for somebody who is child-centred, enjoys working with children under seven, has good interpersonal skills, is an effective team player and is knowledgeable about how to support learning in the infant phase.
We would love to hear from people who have an appreciation that everyone has the potential to achieve in their own way. An understanding of the Early Years Framework or KS1 National Curriculum or experience of leading interventions or supporting specific needs would be desirable.
Horley Infant School has a positive local reputation whereby we live by our vision and values of “embracing and nurturing the individual” and “inspiring all to achieve”. We pride ourselves on giving a family feel to our school, even though we have nearly 270 children on roll. In May 2018, Ofsted recognised that we continue to be a good school but don’t just take their word for it - feel free to come along and take a look around. We hope you would agree that being at our school is a lot like the difference between being in a home and being in a house. In our latest Staff Wellbeing Survey, our school staff reported an 11% greater level of job satisfaction than the national benchmark.
The successful candidate will:
be able to motivate and inspire our children to achieve their best in all areas of learning and behaviour;
be committed to inclusion, high expectations and raising standards;
be excellent communicators with good organisational and personal skills; and
be enthusiastic about contributing to the wider life of the school.
In return we can offer you:
the opportunity to work with an exceptional team of staff who are committed to the success and welfare of every child in our Trust;
high quality professional development both in school and as a member of Greensand Multi Academy Trust;
access to an employee assistance scheme offering a range of wellbeing and health support initiatives;
access to an employee staff shop offering a selection of staff discounts, including retail, food and beverages and;
an environment where innovation and inspirational ideas are encouraged.
This is a fixed term contract for one year until 18 July 2025. Working days are Monday to Friday from 8.40am to 3.10pm, 26.25 hours per week, across 38 weeks per annum (term time only)
Salary Scale: £23,576 to £24,690 FTE (pro-rata £14,409 – 15,090)
The closing date for applications is Thursday 26 September 2024 at 9am. Applications will be considered on receipt. CV based applications will not be accepted.
Safeguarding Statement
Greensand Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful candidate will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and an overseas criminal records check if you have lived or worked outside the UK within the last 10 years. Shortlisted candidates will also be subject to an online check in accordance with the updated KCSIE statutory guidance.
We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.