What skills and experience we're looking for
Start date: January 2025, 33.15 Hours per week - Monday to Friday 8.30am to 3.20pm, term time only plus INSET days & weekly team meetings on Tuesdays (8:30am-16:30pm) - Permanent
Would you like to work in a Special Educational Needs Resource within a mainstream Primary School, we are looking to expand our provision at Southcote School.
SEN Support Assistant – Dragon Fly Class at Southcote Primary School to start January 2025.
Katesgrove and Southcote are both Schools Direct Training Schools and are very supportive of staff wishing to develop future Teaching Careers through this programme.
The successful candidate will:
• Have a sound working knowledge of supporting young children’s learning
• Demonstrate good interpersonal skills with team members and parents
• Have previous experience of working with young children and those with behaviour issues in particular
• Have a good standard of spoken and written English
• Have specialist skills / training in areas of Special Educational Needs
• Passionate about working with children with SEN
The Kennet Federation aspires to be an actively anti-racist organisation. We recognise our aspiration as ongoing, involving collective commitment and accountability.
We welcome employees who are committed to and will actively contribute to our efforts to celebrate our cultural diversity and be resolute in advancing inclusion and equity.
We encourage candidates who share our ambition to apply, and we welcome applications from those with protected characteristics
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged.
What the school offers its staff
Application packs can be downloaded from the school website -
Applications considered on receipt and successful applicants will be invited for interview.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The appointment will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check, appropriate references and health clearance.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.