Teaching Assistant – Special Support Centre
Felpham Community College
West Sussex
- New
- Salary:
- NJC Grade 5 (SCP 7 - 8) £24,294 - £24,702 p.a. pro-rata salary Actual salary approx. £15,209
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 15 October 2024
Job overview
27.5 hours per week, term time only
(20 mins morning break & 40 mins lunchbreak - unpaid)
8:30am – 3pm (Mon - Fri)
Felpham Community College is an 11-18 local authority, mixed comprehensive with 1600 students on roll and a successful sixth form. In March 2019, our one day, short OFSTED inspection confirmed our OFSTED ‘Good’ status originally achieved in January 2016. This is an exciting time to join Felpham following the opening of our £11.5M new build programme in late 2019, providing outstanding facilities for our students and staff.
Our newly built Special Support Centre (SSC), for autistic young people, accommodates 12 children with an EHCP, whereby social communication differences are identified as being the primary area of need. We are looking to recruit a highly skilled TA to work directly with autistic children and young people within the SSC in an autism affirming way, placing the young person at the heart of decision making.
You will work closely with the Lead Teacher and HLTA of the SSC and daily roles will include supporting emotional regulation, supporting young people in lessons across the wider mainstream school environment, facilitating completion of classroom tasks (both across the mainstream setting and within the SSC as necessary) and advocating for neurodiversity.
Candidates must display a good knowledge of special educational needs, specifically autism and co-occurring neurodiversity’s such as ADHD and Speech and Language differences, although additional training will be available.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate their ability to reflect and evaluate their own practice.
Please visit our website (www.felpham.com) for more information about the school.
Application closing date: 4pm, 15 October 2024
Interview date: Week beginning 21 October (exact date TBC)
We ask that candidates submit their application to Jobs@felpham.org.uk
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About Felpham Community College
- Felpham Community College
- Felpham Way, Felpham, Bognor Regis
- West Sussex
- PO22 8EL
- United Kingdom
FCC is an 11-18 local authority, mixed comprehensive with 1420 students on roll and a successful sixth form. In March 2019, our one day, short OFSTED inspection confirmed our OFSTED ‘Good’ status originally achieved in January 2016.
The school has a good record of academic outcomes and pastoral support and our core values of achievement, care and equality underpin our work, creating a happy and vibrant school.
Last year saw the completion of significant building work costing £11.5M. Students joining us from 2020 benefitted from fantastic modern facilities in our new three-storey block that replaced all of our older classrooms. Whilst great schools are about the people in them and not just the buildings, the enhanced facilities at Felpham have been a massive boost.
Headteacher
Suzanne Pike
Values and vision
Felpham Community College want all students to thrive in a nurturing and stimulating learning environment and follow three core values: achievement, care and equality. It hopes for all children to reach their full potential and identify their individual talents, allowing for them to have the confidence to succeed. The secondary school wants students to show compassion and kindness, and respect one another, regardless of their differences. Students are prepared for life after school and have plenty of opportunities to attend extra-curricular activities to broaden their experiences outside of the classroom. Felpham Community College holds an International School Award, where a global outlook is embedded into students. The school has also been recoginsed as a Healthy School and has received an Artsmark Award and Sportsmark England award.
Ofsted
“The school is a warm and welcoming place. Pupils’ welfare is a very high priority for staff and good systems are in place to offer help and support, sometimes involving external agencies when appropriate. A very high proportion of parents say that their child is happy in school and is well looked after here. One parent described how, ‘the staff have been excellent at looking after [their son’s] whole educational well- being. They have responded to any concerns immediately and have helped him as if he were their own’”.
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