What skills and experience we're looking for
CLASS COORDINATOR (Senior Teaching Assistant)
Full Time : 32.5 hours per week : Term Time Only
Monday to Friday 8.30am - 3.30pm
£19,245 actual gross p.a. : £13.04 per hour (39 working weeks + 6.4 weeks paid holiday)
Benefits include a generous pension scheme & life cover, retail discounts, training opportunities, well-being sessions, subsidised meals, free on site parking
As a Class Coordinator you will coordinate, inform and advise support staff deployed in lessons to enable them to effectively support students' learning within an identified pathway class. You will provide high quality support for teaching and learning and deliver particular strategies and programmes for students in a variety of settings.
In addition you will ensure effective communication with, and between, staff and students and contribute to securing efficiency and high standards of care and personal development for students. You will also lead on general support duties including providing physical management and personal care.
You will have a good general education, including GCSE English & Maths (grade 5 or above or equivalent).
C.V.'s alone will not be accepted. Applications must be made on the school's application form.
For details please visit > work for us to complete an application form (we are unable to accept CV's) or contact the HR team on 01959 567841.
It is important for the online application form to be completed in full, including complete employment history from leaving full-time education (age 16 or 18) and any gaps must be accounted for. If this is not fully completed your application will not be progressed.
Please also submit a suitable statement describing how you meet the criteria of the person specification and outline your reasons for application.
Please note, we can only consider applicants who have the right to work in the U.K. We are not able to offer visa sponsorship, and we are not a sponsorship organisation. For details, please read information for applicants.
As we are recruiting on a rolling basis you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible
We reserve the right to close this vacancy, interview and appoint earlier if we receive sufficient applications for this role.
Valence School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every student and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We value diversity and promote equality for all.
References will be taken up before interview and online checks undertaken for shortlisted candidates. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check (this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act).
What the school offers its staff
Benefits include a generous pension scheme & life cover, retail discounts, training opportunities, well-being sessions, subsidised meals, free on site parking
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.