Senior Teaching Assistant (TA3)

Senior Teaching Assistant (TA3)

Perseid is a vibrant, happy and nurturing school located in the London Borough of Merton. We offer young people aged 3-19, with severe and complex learning difficulties and learners with an additional diagnosis of autism and/or physical and sensory difficulties, an outstanding educational provision. Our mission is to inspire learning, through an enjoyable, interactive and creative curriculum and our staff are key in making this a reality.

Pupils flourish in our school and this enables us to trail-blaze holistic learning. We are seeking to recruit positive, enthusiastic and inspirational staff with a commitment to our pupils’ welfare and achievement. The right candidate needs to be passionate for achieving the best for all – if this sounds like you, we would love to invite you to meet our wonderful community of pupils and staff.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post is subject to safer recruitment measures, which will include an enhanced criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Investing in you:

• Endless opportunities for CPD

• Prospects to enhance your personal development – guest speakers, external trips, conferences and a range of projects throughout the academic year

• Detailed induction programme including high-quality training

• Strong relationships with local schools

• A member of the Merton Special Training Association

Enrichment and personal benefits:

• An enviable location, in one of London’s greenest boroughs, well connected on transport routes and only 30 minutes from central London

• Wealth of unique sights, attractions and activities to benefit staff in their free time and provide exciting learning opportunities for pupils

• Supportive network of staff and positive working environment

• Empowering leadership that recognise potential and commitment of staff

Salary : Scale ME6 (£22995- 24258) pro rata for the number of hours/weeks worked.

Please note that the salary quoted is for the full-time working annual salary. The actual salary will be lower that this as the post is only for a 39 week working year. This post is subject to passing basic literacy and numeracy tests which will be administered by the school on a date to be confirmed.32 ½ hours per week, term time only plus training days (39 weeks per year) Scale ME6 (£22995- 24258) pro rata for the number of hours/weeks worked.

These are physically and emotionally challenging posts. Please note that you may be working with pupils at either our lower campus (aged 3 - 11) or our upper campus (aged 11 - 19). This is determined by the needs of the school and you may be moved from one campus to the other at any time. 

Full-time - Monday to Thursday 8.30am – 3.45pm, Fridays 8.30am – 3.30pm, plus 18 Mondays per annum to 4.30pm

This post is subject to passing basic literacy and numeracy tests which will be administered by the school. For all posts, a commitment to Perseid children and their complex needs is essential, as is the ability to work as part of a team. You must be in good health as these are energetic, challenging posts We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and the post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.