Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment Centre would like all candidates to answer specific questions for the personal statement section. For reference, here is a preview of the questions/headings:

1. Please describe your experience of working or caring for children of pre-school or primary age children with complex special educational needs including training in the relevant learning strategies such as Makaton TEACCH, PECS.
2. How do use ICT effectively to support learning such as use of technology (e.g. ipad, switches)?
3. How do you demonstrate a general understanding of national/foundation stage curriculum and other basic learning programmes/strategies?
4. Describe your understanding of child development and learning.
5. How do you self-evaluate your learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities?
6. How do you work constructively as part of a team, understand classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these?
7. How do you demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills?
8. Please give examples of how you demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of children with challenging behaviour.
9. Describe how you are calm, consistent and with a ‘can do’ attitude
10. How do you undertake personal care roles such as toileting?