Teaching Assistant

Job overview

We are seeking a Teaching Assistant to join our well-led and motivated team committed to continuous improvement.

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a talented individual to help foster a caring and supportive learning environment for our young people. Your experience of pastoral care will place our pupils’ welfare at the heart of the school.

The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to problem solve and provide excellent customer service to our community.

You will have:

• 5 A*- Cs at GCSE including English and Maths. 
• Experience of working with young people in an education setting. 
• Experience of providing pastoral support within an education setting. 
• The ability to maintain positive relationships with students and other adults. 
• The ability to speak in front of large groups of students and small groups of staff. 

This is an exciting time to join us and a great opportunity to be involved in the next stage of development of this strong team. Over the last few years, there has been a real drive to develop collaborative planning of a well-sequenced, knowledge-rich curriculum in order to ensure our curriculum is inclusive and all students can achieve.

This is an ideal opportunity for a colleague who is ambitious, creative and enthusiastic about helping students to learn in a strong, supportive environment.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Dawn Holliday on 01675488825

About us 

At The Secret Garden, we are committed to promoting a broad and balanced curriculum with high expectations for all pupils, and we work hard to ensure that we sustain and maintain positive links with their families. 

The Secret Garden is a small Independent School situated on an eight- acre farm site, which educates up to 76 pupils from Early Years to Post 16, with a range of needs that are supported through the day-to-day school experience, specialist interventions, as well as external Professionals. 

All of our pupils have an Education, Health and Care Plan in place, and we use a range of different therapies to support the challenges that pupils face. In addition to this we have our Multi- Disciplinary team (MDT) which works alongside pupils, families, and staff. The MDT team includes Educational Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, specialist autism teachers and family support workers. 

At The Secret Garden, all pupils are encouraged to strive to be the best version of themselves, and we hope that pupils leave our school with the skills needed to prepare them for adulthood and to become positive members of their communities in order to contribute to society. 

Here, at The Secret Garden, we believe that every moment is a learning opportunity and that every day matters to a pupil’s individual educational journey.

Benefits

When you join TSG, you join a nurturing family where your professional satisfaction and personal happiness really count. You can expect heavy investment in your career development alongside an outstanding package of benefits, including:

• Educational support
• Pension scheme
• Professional learning and regular training
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Wellbeing updates and stress management guidance
• Free flu jabs
• Work- life balance
• Therapeutic learning outdoors
• Additional time to plan/ collaborative working with professionals

Closing date: 8.00am on 2nd December 2024

Interview date: 9th December 2024

TSG is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and 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: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974