Level 2 Teaching Assistant

Our outstanding innovative and welcoming primary special school caters for children between the ages of 2 – 11 years old who are Deaf and require a sign bilingual education. We are currently funded for 65 places. The school has a national reputation as a centre of excellence in Deaf Education.

We seek to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching Assistant who has high expectations for Deaf children and a firm commitment to raising standards, working alongside our Teachers of the Deaf and fellow Teaching Assistants, both Deaf and hearing.

Longwill is a small, friendly school which offers an excellent education to Deaf pupils from throughout the West Midlands and surrounding areas. We are looking for a Teaching Assistant who:

• Thinks creatively
• Uses their own initiative
• Is enthusiastic, motivated and a lifelong learner
• Is able to work well in teams
• Support the varied and complex needs of our Deaf sign bilingual pupils, some with additional needs
• Can work flexibly to meet the needs of the school
• Has the ability to communicate in British Sign Language (minimum Level 1)