SEND Teaching Assistant

Vacancy Summary

SEND Teaching Assistant

Fixed Term Contract to July 2025

30 hrs per week

Term Time Only plus 5 Days

We are seeking to appoint a SEND Teaching Assistant on a fixed term contract until July 2025. The right candidate will be a highly valued member of our Team within Team Beckfoot Nessfield. We are a local trust with a national outward focus, determined to make a difference to the community that we are so privileged to serve. We would urge you to take the opportunity to visit us or speak to us to find out more. This role is 30 hours per week 8:30am - 3:30pm and Term Time Only with an additional 5 plus days to be worked.

Vacancy Information

About us

• Our mission is to create remarkable schools where no child is left behind.
• Established in 2013, we are a well-respected local school trust, completely committed to our inclusive and ambitious mission.
• We are different to many trusts in that we are diverse in composition; 10 schools: primary, secondary, and special and this gives us a unique feel as we learn so much from one another.
• We want our students to love learning and be well placed to do something great with their lives, our values of enjoy, learn, succeed reflect this.
• We are ambitious for all our children, and we are determined that all can succeed
• We value our teams and are committed to the professional development of all.
• We are proud of the clarity that we have as expressed in our principles of alignment and the value that we place on individual and school diversity.
• This Trust is determined that everyone has the power to lead and that we serve our local community in action as well as words.
• All our leaders are committed to being supported and challenged to be better tomorrow than they are today and are genuinely excited about the next phase in our journey to remarkable.
• We are Team Beckfoot Trust and Team School

Please see the candidate pack for more details about our Trust

Why Choose Beckfoot Nessfield     

• We are a smaller than average primary school with a thriving nursery provision.
• We have the benefit of knowing our colleagues, children and families well and this gives us a real sense of community and a shared purpose 
• We have been on a rapid journey to remarkable and we are very proud of what we have achieved so far.
• As a small school, we benefit from the expert support and challenge from the central team and from shared resources and trust-wide opportunities for continuous professional development
• We are committed to the all-round achievement and development of all our children and work hard to ensure they feel happy, safe and supported to be successful.
• We are committed to being a People First organisation – our recognition and value of staff reflects this.
• Our school sentence (underpinned by our values of hard work, kindness and ambition) sums up our ethos; At Beckfoot Nessfield we all strive to be even better tomorrow than we are today 

Beckfoot Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.  The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. If they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website and further information about filtering offences can be found in DBS filtering guide

If you have any questions, please contact centralrecruitment@beckfoottrust.org

To apply, go to https://candidates.every.education/Vacancies/Details?advertKey=0041729b-d33e-42ad-a55b-acd518317c7e

Closing Date: 12 Noon, Monday 8th July 2024