Teaching Assistant Level 2 SEN
| Posting date: | 20 March 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 April 2025 |
| Location: | Bolton, BL7 9AT |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75691327 |
Summary
Teaching Assistant Level 2 + SEN
Hours 30 term time only
Grade D / SCP 6-11 £25,183 - £27,269 per annum pro-rata +SEN Allowance
Actual Salary £17,073 - £18,487 per annum
(12 months Fixed Term 1st September 2025 to 31st August 2026)
Eagley Junior School is a happy and welcoming two-form entry Junior School in Bromley Cross, Bolton. We have an opportunity for a caring and supportive individual to join our team of Teaching Assistants as a SEN Teaching Assistant.
You will work with teachers to support teaching and learning, providing specialist support to the teacher in an aspect of the curriculum or age range, for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN).
The ideal candidate will have a strong commitment to fostering a love of learning in their pupils, demonstrating creativity and enthusiasm in their approach.
We are looking for someone who:
- Have a level 2 qualification (or equivalent)
- Have knowledge and procedures for supporting and leading learning activities in SEN
- Have successful relevant experience of working with children
- Are able to devise and implement structured learning activities, under the direction of the teacher, and be able to evaluate their effectiveness and measure pupils’ progress, giving feedback as required.
- Thrives off nurturing and developing children and is positive, approachable and caring
- Champions our character virtues of kindness, curiosity, honesty, positivity, gratitude and bravery in all that they do
- Has consistently high expectations of all children’s learning and behaviour
- Has high expectations of themselves and works hard, both in and out of the classroom
- Works efficiently, can prioritise their time and meet deadlines
- Is accurate, has attention to detail and good subject knowledge
- Is self-reflective and able to respond positively to feedback
- Can form and maintain mutually respectful working relationships
- Is enthusiastic, professional and friendly
- Is able to communicate clearly and has a good sense of humour
What we can offer you:
- A supportive mentoring and CPD programme
- A hardworking, dedicated, talented and smiley set of colleagues
- A dedicated induction day prior to a start date in order to familiarise yourself with school systems, procedures and an opportunity to meet key personnel in school to discuss aspects such as curriculum design and safeguarding
- A wellbeing day or equivalent hours over the course of the academic year
- Time in-lieu when attending school residential trips
- Friendly, enthusiastic and motivated children with excellent behaviour
- A supportive and forward-thinking staff team
- An innovative school with a broad and balanced curriculum
- Staff with high expectations of behaviour, learning and personal development
- Supportive trustees, families and wider school community
- An excellent opportunity to influence and shape the future of our school, staff and pupils
- A school site that provides a wealth of outdoor learning opportunities
The Junior Leadership Team would like our new member of staff to:
- Have high expectations of us and our learning
- Help and support us in a caring and smiley way
- Create fun and engaging lessons making use of our curriculum booklets, knowledge organisers, trips and visitors (We are unique as we go on three school residential trips!)
- Use technology to make learning easier and more enjoyable
- Help to us understand our feelings better through the Zones of Regulation
- Build strong connections with our families and community to show how great our school is
- Be kind
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a fully enhanced DBS check.
Please note that under the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 it is an offence:
- for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, or accept or do any work in a regulated position. An individual is disqualified from working with children if he/she is included on certain lists held by the Disclosure & Barring Service (Criminal Records Bureau), or has been disqualified from working with children as part of a sentence.
- to knowingly offer work in a ‘regulated position’, i.e. work which will have regular contact with children, to a disqualified individual or fail to remove an individual from such work.
Where you have lived or worked abroad for 12 months or more, continuously or in total over the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
Application Process
Informal pre-application visits to our school are warmly welcomed and encouraged, ideally during the school day so you can get a good feel of our warm and welcoming school environment. After school visits are also welcomed. Please contact our School Business Manager, Mrs Jenna Proctor, either by email: proctorj@eagley-junior.bolton.sch.uk or by telephone 01204 333708, to arrange a visit.
Applications should be emailed to our School Business Manager at proctorj@eagley-junior.bolton.sch.uk
Closing Date: Wednesday 23rd April - 12pm
Short Listing: Thursday 24th April & Friday 25th April
Interview/Tasks: Tuesday 6th May
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