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Teaching Assistant
To commence: TBC
Salary: £23,576 pro-rated over 39 weeks per year / 36 hours a week
Responsible to: Head of SENCO
Working in partnership with: Head of Centre, Class Teachers, Leadership Team Higher Level Teaching Assistants, and other Teaching Assistants.
Salesian is a co-educational 11-18 Catholic comprehensive school and is part of the Xavier Catholic Education Trust.
The school has 1900 students and is situated on two sites approximately one mile apart, near to the centre of Chertsey. The main school is situated at Guildford Road and our Sixth Form College has 467 students on its own site at Highfield Road.
We work hard to ensure that staff and students are well looked after but we also set exceedingly high expectations of everyone at the school and underperformance is always challenged. When you get the balance right between challenge and support you get great teaching, when you have great teaching, the school becomes heavily oversubscribed and when this is the case parents believe in what you are trying to do and support you in doing it.
Responsibilities in relation to Mainstream Support
To support teachers with their responsibility for the development and education of children in schools. Uses routine supervision and care skills to support pupils.
To provide Keyworker support to individual pupils, this may be across and extended school day.
To have a flexible and sympathetic approach that takes into consideration the sensory and social communication needs of students with autism.
Under the direction and supervision of the teacher:
1. Assists in the delivery of educational work programmes by participating in day-today learning activities
2. Discuss with and reports back to the teacher on the planning an assessment of pupil work
3. Organises and maintains the learning environment (displays and resources)
4. Works as part of a team to ensure that the well being, behaviour and personal development of pupils enhances their learning opportunities and life skills
5. Maintains confidentiality inside and outside workplace
6. Understands and applies school policies
Responsibilities in relation to Special Needs Support: Level 1
Supports the teacher with their responsibility for the development and education of pupils with special needs.
Uses ASD specific supervision and care skills to support pupils, including those who have physical, emotional or educational needs.
Under the direction and supervision of the teacher:
7. Assists in the delivery of individual work programmes for pupils with statements of special educational needs using agreed ASD strategies
8. Monitors progress and contributes to future planning
9. Works with small groups of pupils as required
10. Organises and maintains the learning environment (displays and resources)
11. Liaise with parents in keyworker role to support continuity of approach between home and school where possible
Level 2 post holders should demonstrate the competencies identified for the Level 1 posts listed above, together with additional competencies from the list below:
12. Develops and uses specialist skills in, for example, literacy, numeracy or science, to contribute to pupil learning
13. Assists with planning, preparation and development of work programmes for individuals and groups of pupils and prepares resources to support learning activities
14. Monitors and evaluates pupil progress and reports on this to the class teacher/Head of Learning Support
15. Discusses with the teacher/Head of centre and contributes to curriculum and classroom planning
16. Works as part of a team to ensure that the wellbeing, social and personal development of pupils enhances learning opportunities and life skills
17. Organises and maintains the learning environment and takes responsibility for specific aspects of class organisation and administration
18. Works as part of a team to ensure that the wellbeing, behaviour and personal development of the pupil(s) enhances learning opportunities and life skills
19. Maintains confidentiality inside and outside the workplace
20. Under the guidance of the Head of Centre to plan learning activities to suit pupil ability
21. Able to develop specific knowledge and expertise to work with groups of pupils to deliver aspects of the curriculum
22. Able to plan and organise learning activities for pupils, in liaison with the Head of Centre
23. Able to prepare resources for teaching and learning activities
24. Able to contribute to discussion on curriculum delivery and classroom planning
25. Able to think through and implement strategies to enhance pupil learning, in liaison with the Head of Learning Support
26. Able to plan and organise own work schedule, in liaison with the Head of Centre
27. Able to undertake administrative procedures as required by the Head of Centre
Closing date for applications: Applications will be reviewed on submission until 24th February 2026
Interviews: will take place week commencing 2nd March 2026
Safeguarding Statement
This School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.