Vacancies

Governor

We are at an exciting time of our school development and are looking for new Governors to join our board. We fully embrace diversity and welcome applications from those who feel that they can contribute to our Special School. The Board of Governor meetings are held six times per year, in school in the evenings.  In addition, we promote an active engagement between school life and our Governors.

Please contact the Head Teacher Mrs Sarah Sellick on 01963 33234 for an initial discussion. Please forward completed applications to the school address or via email to s.sellick@marchant-holliday.co.uk

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Teaching Assistant - Full Time

We require a resourceful, enthusiastic, and self-motivated teaching assistant to support pupils within the classroom. Our class groups have a maximum of 8 pupils. The staffing structure of the school is a teacher and two TAs per class. With this high pupil to adult ratio, TAs have the opportunity to be flexible in their approach and provide individualised and adaptive support.

• Supporting teachers in the classroom
• Delivering sessions with small groups of pupils
• Supporting pupils’ emotional regulation
• Managing dysregulated behaviours through a range of descalation strategies
• Being playful and having fun
• Supporting pupils 1:1 with curriculum tasks or social skills activities
• Organising resources to support learning
• Lunch and play time duties
• Club time duties
• Accompanying classes on trips

A passion and enthusiasm for working with SEN children is essential as is the ability to work cooperatively within a team setting.

Pupil Support Practitioner (Residential)

We require a resourceful, enthusiastic, and self-motivated pupil support assistant to work across the
education and residential provision. With a high pupil to adult ratio, staff have the opportunity to be
flexible in their approach and provide individualised and adaptive support.

The role includes the following responsibilities:
• Being playful and having fun
• Supporting pupils 1:1 with curriculum tasks or social skills activities
• Organising resources to support learning and evening club times
• Evening and bedtime routine supervision
• Sleeping in overnight twice a week -Monday to Thursday (additional sleep in allowance paid at £85.50 per night.
• Lunch and play time duties
• Club time duties
• Accompanying classes on trips
• Supporting pupils’ emotional regulation
• Managing dysregulated behaviours through a range of de-escalation strategies
• On occasion, supporting teachers in the classroom
• Assisting with morning routines