The South Downs Community Special School is seeking to appoint a classroom based teaching assistant to undertake learning support duties and assist the class teacher in the day to day needs of the pupils.

Teaching Assistants are also expected to support the teacher with the delivery of the curriculum and respond to the pupils’ needs enabling them to make rapid progress.

This is a fixed term post starting in the new year until 22nd July 2016, term time only for 30 hours per week.

The South Downs Community Special School is a school for children with a wide range of educational special needs.

We educate children between the ages of 3 and 11 years old on two sites.

The West Site is in Beechy Avenue (the Old Town area) and accommodates our younger pupils and the East Site is in Shinewater Lane (The Langney Area) and accommodates our older pupils.

The school is federated with The Lindfield Special School also in Eastbourne. 

The Lindfield Special School educates secondary age pupils between 11 and 17.

This post is initially required for The South Downs Community Special School, however, candidates should be aware they may be required to work on any one of the Federation’s four sites.