The successful candidate will have: 

• A passion and commitment to working with children with Special Educational Needs

• Understanding of the barriers to learning that children with special educational needs may face and be able to use effective strategies to support them

• Experience of developing learning resources that scaffold and support learning

• Awareness of child development and knowledge of how children learn

• Experience of working with or caring for children of a relevant age to those in the school 

• Communication skills to liaise sensitively and effectively with parents and carers 

• NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification or experience  

• Literacy and Numeracy skills equivalent to Level 1 of the National Qualification & Credit Framework 

• Completion of Department for Education Teaching Assistant Induction Programme (or to complete within first term)