Educational Assistant - Individual Needs (Aug 2025- Jun 2026) - South Island

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Educational Assistant to work with our excellent Individual Needs Department from August 2025 to June 2026. South Island School wish to recruit an EA to work with students with learning needs, and support & work alongside teachers both in the Individual Needs Department and with subject teachers in the mainstream classrooms.

Responsibilities 

• Be responsible for an area of administration within the department

• Support the students by working either with an individual or groups of students on specified tasks

• Support the teachers by liaising and feeding back about student progress and positive behaviour management strategies, and approaches

• Support the school by liaising as a team in promoting the aims, ethos and policies of the IN department and the School at all times

• Support professional development opportunities by attending courses and training days whenever possible

• Record data and progress of students to inform staff

• Perform any other duties as and when assigned by the Line Manager

Requirements

• Working experience with children is essential

• Fluency in English is essential

• Able to work independently and effectively with individual students, small groups and in a whole class setting

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Compassionate, kind and a genuine interest in supporting students to achieve to the best of their ability.

• Collaborative and a team player

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