Key Role Information

Salary
£22,737 - £23,500 plus SEN Allowance £1,455
Job type
Full Time
Contract type
Permanent
Closing
13/03/2024 09:00
Interview
To be confirmed
Contract term
TTO - Term time only
Pay grade
SCP 3-5
Department
SEND
Hours per week
32.50
Weeks per year
52.143
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

We are seeking to attract the very best, talented, aspirational Teaching Assistants to join Wade Deacon High School. Due to the significant successes and achievements and continuing rapid growth of our school, you would be joining us at an exciting time.

Applicants must be well-qualified, passionate and inspiring colleagues to join our highly regarded and successful SEND Department. We pride ourselves on our commitment to ensuring student progress through high-quality teaching and learning provision for all. The successful applicant will share these values and play an active part in the education of our students, supporting them to ensure their learning needs are met.

We can offer the successful candidates an opportunity to work with highly trained and supportive staff, as well as a whole school commitment to professional development, since we believe that staff development is a fundamental aspect in raising standards further for our students. Our school community is also a highly rewarding place to work. A comprehensive programme of CPD and a commitment to wellbeing supports colleagues at all career stages; through the School and the Trust, we provide excellent career opportunities for our staff. Colleagues seeking a varied, challenging and rewarding career can find this in the Wade Deacon family.

Wade Deacon High School is friendly, dynamic and innovative. Our latest OFSTED report from November 2022 described us as “an Outstanding School" in all areas, praising the school for providing pupils with a ‘first-rate education’ and an ‘aspirational curriculum’, describing pupils as ‘extremely happy’ and their behaviour as ‘exemplary’.

We pride ourselves on the quality and diversity of our curriculum, including our personal development and extracurricular provision which not only enable our students to enjoy their learning but also allows them to be able to meet the many challenges that they will face in the future, understanding the wider world and their place within it.

Above all else, we are a school that believes that every student, regardless of their context or starting point, can and should achieve their full potential. If you believe that you have the motivation, belief and leadership quality to contribute to our future success, we would welcome an application from you. 

Wade Deacon High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will have to meet the requirements of our Safer Recruitment Specification and be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and medical clearance.




Qualifications

GCSE Maths and English grade 4-9 (A-C) or equivalentessential
Evidence of continuous professional developmentessential

Skills

Experience/Knowledge

Understanding of principles of child development, learning styles and independent learningessential
Understanding of inclusion, especially within a school settingessential
Working knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice/legislationessential
Understanding of statutory framework relating to teaching and learningessential
To have experience and evidence of working with children with emotional and or behavioural issuesessential

Organisational Fit

High motivation and professional commitmentessential
Adaptable and flexibleessential

Personal Attributes

The ability to relate to and motivate staff, parents and studentsessential
Ability to listen to and understand others.essential

Relevant Skills

To have the ability to prioritise and organise own workloadessential
Relate to and work with others as a member of a teamessential
To have the ability to assist with the development and implementation of Education and Health Care Plansessential

Wade Deacon High School

Claire Rutland

jobs@wadedeacon.co.uk

Wade Deacon High School
Birchfield Road,
Widnes
Cheshire
WA8 7TD

Safeguarding Information

The Wade Deacon Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure. All applicants should read the school’s Safeguarding/Child Protection policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on our websites.