Primary School - Teaching Assistant
Mary Hare School
West Berkshire
- £19,961.93 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- NJC 5
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 28 October 2024
Job overview
Hours: 35 Hours per week, Monday - Friday during Term-Time.
Responsible To: Head of Primary
About Us:
Mary Hare Primary is a small specialist school for deaf children. We currently have 20 children on roll.
We teach using the Oral / Aural method which means that our children learn through listening, speaking, and writing.
Many of our children also have additional SEN and therefore experience of flexible approaches to teaching are required. We teach in small classes and behaviour at the school is exemplary. The children are very keen to learn, and we have very good relationships with the families of our children.
Children at our school are keen to learn and we strive to overcome barriers of deafness and other SEN through exemplary and effective teaching and learning. By joining us, you will become part of a small group of highly skilled professionals committed to providing the best possible holistic education for deaf children.
The Role:
Be part of the team helping the pupils at Mary Hare Primary to learn to grow in understanding of themselves and to develop their knowledge skills through the curriculum – with the aim of making each child a confident, self-motivated, and independent learner.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Working with individual children or groups when directed by the teacher.
- Aide in the development of pupils’ speaking and listening skills.
- Encouraging children to persevere and enjoy communication and supporting language development by listening to the children, talking to the children, and reinforcing the new vocabulary being learnt all the time.
- Supporting the teacher where appropriate on planning, target setting and evaluating.
- Taking responsibility for the effective running of the classroom by setting out materials for lessons, creating wall displays etc. and ensuring the classroom is reasonably tidy at the end of the school day.
- Working in close collaboration with the teacher ready to anticipate when support is required.
- Checking hearing aids and cochlear implants daily in the morning (after training).
- Being on lunch duty in the dining room with the children, by sitting at a table with them, talking to them, supervising the serving of the food, and encouraging the social skills of a mealtime around a table.
- Supporting break duty in the morning (on a rota) and in any break during the afternoon.
- Supporting the children’s general well-being and supporting positive self-esteem.
- Ensure children are kept safe.
About You:
Education Attainment & Professional Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C) including English and Maths
- Experience working with children
- Be an excellent English Language role model
- Level 2 or 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching & Learning in Schools
- Level 3 Diploma in Childcare & Education
- Other equivalent relevant qualification in childcare
- Awareness of Safeguarding requirements and good practice within an education setting
- Experience of working in a SEN environment
- Experience of planning and leading teaching and learning activities (under supervision)
Skills and Personal Qualities
- Excellent communication skills to enable effective dialogue with colleagues, staff, visitors and where applicable, students
- Dedicated team-player, who strives for excellence and leads by example
- Tactful and discreet, whilst mindful of observing Safeguarding and professional standards
- Displays a smart and professional appearance, representing the school in a positive manner
- Enthusiastic, with an eagerness to learn new skills and a commitment to personal continuous development
- Adaptable and flexible with working patterns when required
- Committed to contributing toward the school community
Benefits:
As well as an inclusive and supportive work environment, and a stunning location benefits also include: generous pension scheme, subsidized canteen, free on-site parking, discounted tickets for Arlington Arts Centre and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program.
Please note that Mary Hare adheres to Safer Recruitment Standards and as such all applications must be made via the Mary Hare website and using the Mary Hare Application Form.
Applications will only be considered via a completed Application Form; CV’s cannot be accepted.
Mary Hare | Arlington Manor | Snelsmore Common | Newbury | Berkshire | RG14 3BQ
This School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a criminal records self-disclosure form and successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks. We are committed to securing genuine equality of opportunity in all aspects of our activities as an employer and education provider. The role you are applying for is ‘exempt’ from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
About Mary Hare School
- Mary Hare School
- Arlington Manor, Snelsmore Common, Newbury
- Berkshire
- RG14 3BQ
- United Kingdom
Our vision
That all deaf children should receive the education and support which will enable them to achieve their full potential at home, school and in their subsequent careers
Objectives
- Achieve the highest possible standards of educating deaf children, from early learning to tertiary education
- Be a major influence of national policy, practice and guidance in relation to deaf children and their education
- Enable families to achieve their vision and aspirations for their deaf child
- Support deaf children and young people in their emotional and social well-being
- Be recognised as a key provider of the highest quality training for all practitioners working with deaf children and young people
- Provide consultancy, advisory support, assessment and technical services that support the vision
Our history
Towards the end of the 19th Century, a number of prominent women were beginning to influence events in ways which were to have a profound effect on developments in 20th Century society. One such woman was the educationalist Miss Mary Hare. Her vision was that deaf children were capable of realising the full potential of their intellect and that they had no need of shelter from the rigours of hearing society in the growing number of asylums for the deaf and dumb. Such shelter served only to deny them opportunities and fundamental rights. She set about overturning the short-sighted view that the deaf child's prime needs were for care and protection, by establishing a small school in London in 1883. By 1916 this centre of learning had blossomed into the Dene Hollow Oral School for the Deaf based in Sussex and widely regarded as one of the best schools for deaf children in the Kingdom. During these twenty or so years of growth and development, Mary Hare had been able to show that her vision was not only justified and realistic, but achievable.
It was to honour the great contribution that this pioneer had made to the education of deaf children, that shortly after her death in 1945, Dene Hollow School was redesignated as the National Grammar School for the Deaf. Bearing her name, The Mary Hare Grammar School came to serve the needs of potentially able severely and profoundly deaf children throughout the United Kingdom. The rapid growth that this change brought necessitated a move to larger premises, and in 1948 the school acquired and occupied its present beautiful site close to Newbury in Berkshire. It is our hope that half a century after Mary Hare's death, the achievements of our pupils today still serve to honour her name and her vision.
Local information and facilities
Newbury is a market town located in West Berkshire in England in the UK with good bus, rail and road links and is located 50 miles south west of London. There are a wide selection of hotels in Newbury offering good hotel accommodation and bed and breakfast accommodation for visitors in and around Newbury. The Kennet and Avon Canal disects the town which has many historical buildings and places of interest including the Corn Exchange Theatre and the Museum by the Canal. The Newbury Racecourse is within 1 mile of the town centre and nearby are Highclere Castle, Donnington Castle, Snelsmore Countryside Park, the Ridgeway, the Downs and a host of other attractions.
School Information
Mary Hare School is the largest school for profoundly and severely deaf children in the UK. Mary Hare teaches using an auditory oral approach, so that children learn though spoken and written English – no sign language is used in teaching. The school has maintained a high standard, with over 85% of pupils gaining 5 or more GCSEs for the last 5 years and 95 % pass rate at A level. Nearly all leavers go on to further education.
The school is part of a large national charity and benefits from the additional activities of the Mary Hare Charity. An active fundraising department and various trading activities generate funds to support the development of the school. The Training Division provides opportunities for teachers to attend national and international conferences organised on site. The Training Division also offers post-graduate courses including the mandatory qualification for Teachers of the Deaf and the MSc in Educational Audiology and MA in Special Education (Hearing Impairment).
Mary Hare also has an Arts Centre on site, which houses the school’s music and performing arts department, but also offers a programme of arts events including music, theatre dance and comedy.
For further information please visit our website: www.maryhare.org.uk
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