Closing Date:             Thursday 19 September 2024 [Noon]

Interviews:                  w/c Monday 23 September 2024

Job start:                     As soon as possible

Salary:                         Scale 5 pt.11-15 [£23,175 - £24,629]

Contract Term :           32.5 hours per week, Term Time

Contract Type:            Permanent

The School is seeking to appoint, as soon as possible, an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant with personal qualities and skills of the highest order to compliment the work currently being undertaken by the Inclusion Department. The skills required for the role include excellent communication and organisation, as well as being able to support in mainstream classes in a calm and professional manner. The right person will be accountable to the SEN Manager.

Heston Community School is a successful, vibrant, happy and oversubscribed school where ‘pupils have high aspirations and want to succeed in education. Leaders have established the right school climate for them to do so. Pupils achieve very well in a wide range of subjects in the main school and sixth form’ [OFSTED December 2022]. We are now seeking to appoint an individual who shares our passion for learning and our determination to change lives through the education we provide.

We place great store in staff development, at all levels with an extensive programme of professional development which offers a whole range of opportunities for colleagues to develop their potential within and beyond Heston.

We believe that schools can and do make a difference; change lives and that the most important asset in any school is its staff. The success of Heston Community School is due to our dedicated, committed, experienced and enthusiastic staff.

The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment. This appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and positive references.