Cherry Oak is a day school for pupils aged 4 to 11 years who have special education needs and/or disabilities arising from cognition and learning difficulties including severe learning difficulties and speech, communication and language difficulties. We are part of a Federation with Victoria School and College which gives us many opportunities for collaborative work and sharing good practice. The successful candidate will be assisting with feeding at lunchtime and playground supervision. The ideal candidate for these positions will have: passion for supporting children good communication skills enthusiasm, commitment, reliability and a willingness to learn and work work using own initiative, and as part of a team support the varied, complex needs of our children and pupils communicate clearly and effectively with pupils and colleagues take ownership of tasks work flexibly to meet the needs of the school This role will ideally suit people who wish to work in a vibrant SEND environment. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out on all shortlisted candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.