Teaching Asssitant: Autism ARP

Hours: 30 hours per week/44.20 weeks per year  

Required for: September 2024.

Age range; 11 to 18

The Caterham Way: Believe, Connect, Innovate, Persevere, Excel

If you have a passion for working with young people with additional needs to help shape a young person’s world, and a commitment to work with all ages and abilities, we would like to meet you. 

This is an excellent opportunity for a bright and innovative individual to join our Autism Resource at Caterham High (ARCH) team, where we strive to achieve aspirational outcomes and provision for our children and young people, set within a culture of inclusion and high expectations.

We are a highly inclusive, community focused school where children are at the forefront of everything that we do. This is an incredibly exciting opportunity to be a founding member of a new specialist provision within our mainstream secondary setting. The provision opened incrementally from September 2022 with year groups phased in year on year. 

An exciting part of this role is the development of provision at all key stages including KS5. We have a large and inclusive sixth form as well as provision for KS3 and KS4 students. You will be responsible for supporting the teaching of specific programmes for the children and young people, delivering a bespoke and individualised curriculum. This will cover National Curriculum subjects (for KS3/4 students) and Study Programmes (Post-16) as well as specific interventions and approaches that are mentioned on pupils’ EHCP.

You will be calm, engaging, resilient, enjoy working as part of a team, and be genuinely motivated by helping every child to reach their potential. You will be good at forging good professional relationships with all members of the community that you work with at Caterham High. 

"Pupils at Caterham High School belong to a caring community. Staff encourage pupils to believe in themselves and persevere in pursuit of their ambitions."  Ofsted “Good” June 2022 We are a community school that serves a richly diverse area of East London, with many ethnic groups and languages represented. We have good facilities, including sports facilities, and opportunities to support students across the age ranges. Our students are well behaved, polite and friendly. We enjoy excellent relationships between students and staff.

“This is a diverse school where staff have high aspirations for all pupils. They value the help they get from their teachers.”​ Ofsted Good June 2022 We are ambitious for our children, striving for excellence in all that we do. We welcome colleagues who understand the need for a relentless focus on high quality of teaching and learning to achieve outstanding outcomes. There are lots of opportunities at the school to develop your professional profile and experiences.

We are committed to staff development including leadership opportunities. We provide personalised programmes to all teachers, and we close early to students every second Friday to support professional learning. We take pride in supporting colleagues' well-being. There are staff activities, and free access to our fitness suite, swimming pool and free parking. Our staff are well known as friendly and welcoming.

The Inclusion department boast a highly successful Hearing-Impaired provision, where resourcing is shared across Inclusion. We have rooms dedicated to small group learning and a dedicated ‘Zen Den’ specifically focusing on the social emotional and mental health needs of our children.   

We warmly welcome an informal telephone conversation prior to application. You are encouraged to read our most recent Ofsted report and visit the website to find out information about Caterham High School, Ilford.

Are you interested? If so, please see complete an application through the TES or use the application pack and form which are on our website. 

Completed application forms should be e-mailed to recruitment@ecaterham.net by Monday 9th September 2024. Please note, the school will assess applications on receipt and may arrange to interview successful applicants before the deadline. 

The school has an excellent culture or safeguarding and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offer of a position is subject to receiving satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS Clearance. We endeavour to reply to all applicants but if you have not received a response within two weeks of the closing date please assume you have not been shortlisted.      

References may be taken up for shortlisted candidates prior to interview unless you indicate on your application form that you do not wish your current employer to be approached prior to interview.     

In accordance with KCSiE, Safer Recruitment Guidelines and Data Protection Guidelines, we reserve the right to use social media as part of our recruitment processes. Further details are available from the LGA guidance note. If you would like to discuss this further, please contact the school.