What skills and experience we're looking for Do you want to join a happy, collaborative and effective staff team committed to ensuring our children with SEN make real world progress? Westfield is a successful and stable primary special school, expanding (yet again) to meet demand for special school places. Flexibility, humour and willingness to go the extra mile are essential for all staff to ensure a high standard of support for all of our pupils. We are looking for someone who is: • Able to demonstrate good safeguarding practice and a commitment to fostering children’s well-being and positive mental health • Committed to working with children with SEND • An intelligent and reflective practitioner seeking to extend their professional skills • Flexible in their approach to school life and positive in outlook • Well organised and calm with a systematic approach to learning • Able to work as a member of a team, providing motivation and support to colleagues • Able to support learning within EYFS and KS1 of the national curriculum ensuring pupils make progress Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information. What the school offers its staff “Staff are happy and proud to work at the school. They feel highly valued by leaders and are highly motivated to help pupils achieve their best.” Ofsted Inspection Report February 2024. We are seeking enthusiastic and dedicated Learning Support Assistants to join our fantastic primary team! Successful candidates can expect to work in a calm and welcoming environment where positive relationships are central to our ethos and culture and an ongoing programme of training and staff development ensures continued learning for all. We can offer you: • Professional development opportunities • Innovative approaches to teaching and learning • A positive, caring and forward-thinking environment with superb space and facilities • A friendly and committed team of staff and governors and strong, supportive management • Frequent and regular bespoke training and support to fully develop your skills, knowledge and understanding of SEN Please see the attached School Information and visit www.westfieldschoolbucks.org for more information. Further details about the role If you would like to find out more about our school or arrange a visit, please contact the school office by telephone 01628 533125 or email recruitment@westfield.bucks.sch.uk. An application pack is attached. You can also obtain one using the contact details above or by visiting our website www.westfieldschoolbucks.org. Completed applications should be emailed to recruitment@westfield.bucks.sch.uk. Only applications submitted on the current Buckinghamshire Council application form will be considered. Please note we do not accept CV’s. Interview date: To be confirmed - Applications will be considered on receipt and we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. We reserve the right to interview candidates before the closing date and withdraw the post if an appointment is made. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare: • All unspent convictions and conditional cautions • All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’). It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview. Commitment to safeguarding Westfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS, Teaching Regulation Agency, childcare disqualification, qualification and reference checks. As part of the shortlisting process, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on the shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with the applicant at interview.