Enhanced Teaching Assistant (Maternity Cover)

Sedgefield Community College, part of Laidlaw Schools Trust, are seeking to appoint a Enhanced Teaching Assistant to cover maternity leave from March 2025 for an initial term of 5 months with the potential for extension.

The role of Enhanced Teaching Assistant involves providing effective support to identified individuals and groups of SEN students under the guidance of our SEND Coordinator.  This includes working alongside teachers and other professionals helping ensure work programmes are accessible to individuals and that tasks are being completed as intended. In addition, the role requires post holders to take a key role in the delivery of literacy and numeracy developments programmes.

This post may be particularly attractive to those who would like to make a career in teaching and would like to first gain experience in a highly supportive school setting.

Sedgefield Community College is a highly successful 11-16 school located in County Durham.  Our students join us from the village of Sedgefield and also many other local towns and villages in the area.  We pride ourselves on the way a very comprehensive intake of students comes together as one strong school community.  Our vision at Sedgefield is summed up by the phrase ‘Achieve at Sedgefield’ and we work tirelessly to support all students to achieve excellent progress in every sense of the word.  Our success in achieving this vision has resulted in the school being extremely popular for a number of years and this is reflected in very high student numbers.

At Laidlaw Schools Trust we appreciate the amazing work that our people do every day and like to reward our staff through benefits that are mentally, physically and financially rewarding.  To see a complete list of our benefits please visit: https://www.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk/120/benefits

To see the full job description and person specification for this role please refer to the attached supporting documents.

To apply please complete our online application form here: https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Enhanced_Teaching_Assistant_Maternity_Cover_/275598

If you require assistance with your application please contact: recruitment@laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk

Closing date for Applications is 12 Noon on Monday 3 March 2025

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding. All successful appointments will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and a range of other pre- employment recruitment checks.