Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Teaching Assistant to join our experienced team at Vermont Primary School, a small special school for children with SEMH as the primary area of need on their EHCP.

Vermont School, is a Thrive school. Relational practice and trauma informed approaches are core to how we support our wonderful children. We believe that our children need to be safe, feel special and have their needs met and we do this through love, play and a strong understanding of our children’s individual needs.

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Teaching Assistant to join our team at Vermont School, a nurturing and inclusive environment catering to children with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. We would welcome applications from anyone with preschool, or EYFS experience, as well as Teaching Assistant experience. If you are ready for a new challenge and enjoy working with an organisation where no day will be the same, then please apply.

We are part of the Aspire Community Trust, which is a small but fast paced trust consisting of 9 schools,1 secondary and 8 primaries. Our family of schools are based in the vibrant and diverse city of Southampton, on the South Coast of England. Our trust is based on the co-operative values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity. We believe in openness, honesty, social responsibility and caring for others.

Unlike a Multi-Academy Trust, our schools remain autonomous bodies with their own governing bodies and their own Headteachers. Whilst we are all Foundation Schools that work within the Aspire Community Trust, we also maintain our Local Authority maintained status. This is important – we want to provide a local education that meets the needs of our local context.

Job/person summary:

To assist teachers in providing a learning environment that enables all children to access the curriculum and learn to the best of their ability
To work with and support children with a variety of complex academic, physical and emotional/behavioural needs on a class, group or individual basis

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About this school

Vermont School

Foundation special school · Ages 5–11

Not rated

Pupils: 53
Avg teacher salary: £46,893
Pupil:teacher ratio: 5.9:1
Academy trust: Aspire Community Trust

Average (mean) teacher salary · DfE School Workforce Census 2024/25

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