Salary:
£4,201 plus £252 SEN Allowance per annum
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Apply by:
12 January 2025
Job overview
Hours: 7.5 per week, Monday – Friday, 11.45 – 1.15 pm
Location: Addington Early Years Centre, Farley Hill
Salary: £4,201 plus £252 SEN Allowance per annum
We are seeking an individual with a caring and flexible approach to provide support during lunch breaks. You will assist with setting out tables for lunch, help the children with eating their lunch, and ensure that the lunch area is clean and tidy for the afternoon session.
You will also ensure that the children are engaged in suitable activities, which may involve supervising them inside and outside of the building.
With previous experience working with children with special educational needs and disabilities, you will have the ability to work in a team environment and be committed to achieving the best outcomes for children.
Please contact Amanda Cherry, HR Manager on 0118 966 9073 if you would like to discuss this position further.
Benefits include Local Government Pension Scheme, Free Car Parking, Employee Assistance Programme, Staff Wellbeing Group, Flu Vaccinations, and Access to Private Medical Scheme.
To apply, please submit an application form. Please note that we are unable to accept CVs. For further information and to download an application form, please visit
www.addington.wokingham.sch.uk
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Addington School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employees of Addington School are required to undergo safeguarding checks which will include reference checks and an enhanced DBS check. Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.
About Addington Special School
* Addington Special School
* Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading
* Berkshire
* RG5 3EU
* United Kingdom
Addington School is an Outstanding Special School for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. All our pupils’ primary need is a learning difficulty that is either moderate, severe, or profound, with up to 50 percent also having Autism.
All our pupils have an Education and Health Care Plan, and we are currently accommodating up to 308 pupils, aged between 3 and 19 years across 2 sites.
Based in Woodley and Farley Hill, and currently a Wokingham maintained school, we are fortunate to have 2 purpose-built environments which make our schools fantastic places for learning and wider curriculum enrichment. At Farley Hill, we have a new 40 place Nursery to Year 1 Early Years Centre that admitted 16 new pupils in September 23. We will admit a further 16 in September 24, and a further 8 in September 25 to complete the 40 place provision.
We tailor a personalised Educational Programme for every pupil to ensure that they reach their full potential as well as providing a bespoke sequential curriculum steeped in SEND pedagogy. The school has a long history of being outstanding and in March 2023 secured Outstanding again under the new Ofsted Framework.
We have particular strengths in our Creative Arts with Music being a focus for all our students and have considerable expertise in teaching strategies for pupils with learning difficulties as well as Autism and Down Syndrome.
We believe in a positive ethos based on a culture of mutual respect and openness, where we are all learning together to be 'a community committed to excellence and the development of the potential of all’.
We pride ourselves on our commitment to induction, professional development, and ongoing support to all our staff.
Our Aims
* To know that what we do is making a difference to the lives of our young people.
* To continue to promote an inclusive approach to educational life.
* To expand our Parent and Community Partnership.
* To provide a learning environment based on mutual respect and self-advocacy.
* To create a challenging forward-thinking culture.
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