Teaching Assistant 0112

Teaching Assistant

Location: Smallfield, Surrey

Salary: £13.51 - £14.45 per hour (£24,139 - £25,819 actual salary dependant on qualifications) Plus £1000 Welcome bonus

Hours:40 hours per week - Term Time only - Start time 8.15am - Finish time Monday/Wednesday/Thursday 4.45pm. Tuesday 5pm and Friday 4pm

Start date: As soon as possible

Aurora Redehall School, Smallfield, Surrey

Part of the Aurora Group

Aurora Redehall School supports pupils aged 6-11 with communication difficulties linked to Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC). We're seeking passionate Teaching Assistants to join our school. You will be suppporting high quality teaching and learning. Although Aurora Redehall is a primary school, many of the students are working at least 2 academic years behind their chronological age.

Why Join Us?

• Support our broad and creative curriculum offer.
• Work with a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team.
• Be part of an organisation that invests in staff wellbeing and development.
• You'll make a real difference in the lives of our students and their families.

To take a virtual look around our school please click here: Aurora Redehall

Key Duties:

• To establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with pupils in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the School.
• To promote and encourage independence and personal development
• Support the Class Teacher in all areas of the day to day running of the class
• To respond to the varying and changing needs of the school and adapt to any task presented to achieve the smooth running of the school. Some physical intervention may be needed upon occasion, full training on this will be provided.
• To promote pupils' cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, physical development and spiritual well-being.

Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of Redehall when required. Please see the link below for our full job description:

Job Description - Teaching Assistant

Skills and Qualifications

• GCSE Maths and English qualification minimum Grade 4 or equivalent.
• Level 2 or 3 Teaching Assistant Qualification (desirable but not essential)
• Experience of working in a special school environment is highly desirable.
• Team TEACH Training- desirable

How to Apply:

For candidates that haven't worked in this sector before please be aware that for regulatory reasons the application process is far more detailed and thorough compared to other sectors.

Please complete the online application form in full, including all employment and education details, and provide a personal statement that makes us keen to speak to you.

If you need any assistance or would like any more information, please contact Liz in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search