SEN Teaching Assistant

Start date: As soon as possible Annual Salary: FTE £29,436, actual (pro rata) £25,598 Working hours: (39 weeks a year – 35 hours per week) Whatley Campus is a specialist SEN school in a leafy corner of Raynes Park, London. We opened in September 2022 and we were judged as GOOD by Ofsted less than two years later. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and passionate KS2 SEN Teaching Assistant, for our Wandle class to work with students with Autism and MLD, who is ambitious in creating a learning culture in which our pupils will feel valued and safe. This post offers an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed teaching assistant to work within a dedicated and successful team and positively impact on the lives of some of the most vulnerable young people in Merton through our trauma-informed approach. Do you: Have a passion for working with young people and their families Have a genuine desire to improve the lives of some of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable young people in London Have previous experience working with SEN students and strong behavioural management skills Want to work with like-minded colleagues who put children at the centre of everything they do Consider yourself to be patient, compassionate, determined, kind, rigorous and hard-working Believe that education is about facilitating academic progress, personal development and life skills in a nurturing, structured environment Actively seek out ways to improve your practice Want to learn from children, as well as enable them to learn from you In return, we can offer you: A wonderfully supportive family of teaching, support, therapy and admin staff No more than 10 students in a class Young people who want to be in school and enjoy their time with us Supportive parents A huge building, redesigned and fully renovated to our specific requirements New, bespoke SEN facilities and resources On-site parking and secure cycle storage On-site gym (after school hour