Teaching Assistant

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to support our Primary team of excellent teachers at Wey Valley College (WVC). The role is a permanent position for 36 hours a week, Monday to Friday, term time. The successful candidate will have excellent support skills and good all-round knowledge of supporting the education of students and an understanding of special education, mainstream education and / or Pupil Referral Units.

WVC is a 5 - 16 Alternative Provision school and we are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to complement our Key stage 1 & 2 curriculum.

The successful candidate will be:

Passionate about inclusion and making sure all students gain an inspirational education.
An outstanding practitioner with high expectations of pupils’ achievement and behaviour who is committed to providing high quality support for all children.
Able to maintain and drive forward outstanding standards whilst meeting the needs of a very vulnerable group of students.
An excellent communicator, able to work inclusively with pupils, staff, parents, Management Committee and other stakeholders.

As a Trust, IET offers staff the following benefits: -

A competitive salary
A chromebook
'Growing Great Staff' programme that enables you to flourish as a practitioner
Weekly internal CPD and numerous external CPD opportunities
Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
A genuine commitment to staff wellbeing and work/life balance
Employee Assistance Programme & Pension Scheme
Sociable and friendly staff
Free onsite parking
Most importantly…free tea, coffee and biscuits!

If you have a strong commitment to inclusive values, excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to strengthen partnerships, are ambitious to make a difference to the lives of young people and play a significant role in our exciting journey to become a truly excellent school, we would like to hear from you.

Closing date: Monday 22nd June at 09:00am

Interview date: Tuesday 30th June (tbc)

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advert ahead of the closing date.

For further details regarding this role please contact the Simon Whittington - Head of School via swhittington@ietmat.co.uk

WVC forms part of a Multi Academy Trust under the Inclusive Education Trust (IET) which includes Reigate Valley College, Fordway Centre and Rowhill School. Please see our school website, employee prospectus for further details about other schools in the Trust.

The Trust is an equal opportunities employer and wholeheartedly supports the principle of equal opportunities for all its employees and for all applicants for employment. It is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosing and Barring checks along with other relevant pre-employment checks. Please be aware; to comply with the update of KCSIE 2025, all applicants consent by completing their application to a preliminary online search of their name to identify any safeguarding considerations to be discussed at interview. We can only consider applicants who hold the right to work in the United Kingdom.