Higher Level Teaching Assistant – SEN

Overview and Responsibilities

Higher Level Teaching Assistant – SEN

Location : Rockshaw Road, Chaldon, Surrey Contract Type : Fixed Term Contract - Until April 2026

Actual salary : £27,713 - £30,250 dependant on qualifications and experience Hourly rate : £15.51 - £16.93 per hour Hours : 40 hours per week-Term Time only - Start time 8.15am - Finish time Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday 4.45pm. Thursday 5pm and Friday 4pm

Start Date : September 2025

Aurora Chaldon School

As part of our growth strategy, The Aurora Group are really pleased to be opening a brand new SEND Secondary School in September 2025 in Chaldon, Surreyfor young people aged 11-16 who require support with social communication, emotional regulation and sensory processing, typically associated with Autism. All our students have access to a broad and exciting curriculum, allied to the national curriculum, personalised to meet their needs, interests and passions. With a model of small classes, high levels of classroom support and a supernumerary multi-disciplinary intervention team we are able to give students “every opportunity to achieve”

We are looking to recruit Higher Level Teaching Assistants to join our team at Chaldon School. This is an exciting opportunity to join the school at the start of their journey. You will be based at Aurora Chaldon school with a requirement to work out of our satellite site Caterham when required.

The main purpose of the role :

The purpose of the Higher Level Teaching Assistant is to support the Class teacher with all elements of the day to day running of the class and to teach whole classes, groups and individual lessons in consultation with the Class Teacher on a regular basis across a range of classes.

To learn more about this amazing school, please follow this link – Chaldon School

Key duties :

Pupil Welfare and Safeguarding

• Take responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils according to the school’s policies, including safeguarding and PREVENT.
• Provide meaningful feedback on pupil behaviour, relationships and attitudes.
• Monitor pupils conduct and behaviour throughout the learning process and intervene to resolve highly complex, difficult or very challenging issues and to keep records of incidents, health, behaviour etc. as necessary

Supporting Teaching and Learning

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. Please see the link below for our full job description :

Job Description – Higher Level Teaching Assistant

Skills and Qualifications

Successful candidate qualities :

Benefits and Additional Information

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes :

How to apply :

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. If you need any assistance or would like any more information, please contact Lizin the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at liz.hudson@theauroragroup.co.uk

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

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