SEND Teaching Assistant

About This Role

This is a fixed term role until Friday 17th July with the possibility of an extension.

Cockshut Hill School is seeking highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our team in the role of Teaching Assistant. Working under the instruction/guidance of the SENCO, senior leadership team and in collaboration with teaching staff to support the delivery of quality learning, teaching and assessment to help raise standards of achievement for all students.

To be considered for this post you must hold an NVQ Level 3 qualification (minimum entry requirement) and ideally have some experience in working with children. You must be an individual who has the skills and passion to positively impact on our pupils, possess the commitment, enthusiasm and energy to inspire them every day, and communicate clearly with pupils and teachers alike in a culture built on the values of mutual trust and respect.

As a SEND Teaching Assistant you will be supporting teaching primarily in our Teaching and Learning Resource Base. Working alongside the class teacher you will supervise outside‑class learning from pupils who have been identified as needing extra support or intervention.

Cockshut Hill School (rated Good with Outstanding features in our recent Ofsted inspection) is part of the Summit Learning Trust comprising Cockshut Hill, Lyndon School, Ninestiles, an Academy, four primary schools and the Solihull Sixth Form College. Our trust’s Professional Learning Institute offers all of our staff opportunities to collaborate with great educators from across our sector. Our school provides a friendly and supportive working environment, valuing each and every individual.

We are committed to providing our students with the best education they need to become confident, articulate and successful adults in the future. We have a very reflective teaching staff body who welcome feedback from parents, carers and students to secure the needs of all learners. We are one of the few schools in Birmingham to receive the Rights‑Respecting Schools, UNICEF UK Gold Award, for successfully embedding children’s rights throughout our practices and ethos.

There is a strong culture of safeguarding and staff work positively with the leadership team to ensure students are kept safe. This is an exciting time for our school as we strive to improve and are proud of our commitment to teaching and learning – our school motto is ‘Nothing But the Best’.

• Supporting teaching, learning and assessment across the curriculum with the aim to improve attainment and progress for all learners.
• Creating and maintaining a positive, orderly, well‑managed and stimulating environment contributing to the maintenance of high standards of uniform, punctuality and behaviour.
• Using the academy’s rewards and sanctions process effectively.
• Undertaking supervision of learners out of class time, including before and after school, at breaks and lunch, and during clubs and taxis.
• Delivering intervention programmes and monitoring the impact of these.
• Assisting with the planning of and administration of assessments.

• Experience of supporting pupils with speech, language and communication needs including autism.
• Experience of working with pupils with cognition and learning needs, thereby able to collaborate with teachers to differentiate and scaffold learning tasks and activities for pupils working significantly below age‑related expectations.
• Understanding of pupils’ sensory differences.
• Experience of helping pupils to understand and regulate their emotional responses and develop a greater sense of self‑awareness, independence and resilience.
• Working knowledge of a range of interventions and approaches to enhance literacy and numeracy development.
• Experience of supporting learners within the secondary classroom across KS3 and KS4.

We are happy to explore flexible working, subject to the operational requirements of the role.

A welcoming, supportive, and inclusive working environment. Commitment to your professional development with high‑quality CPD opportunities and career progression. Access to staff…