Teaching Assistant
This expansion underscores our commitment to providing exceptional education and creating additional opportunities for our students.
Our school offers achievement, opportunity and challenge to our students within a supportive environment. The students have a passion and desire to excel in learning. We are looking for conscientious and hard-working individuals who are passionate about education and pay meticulous attention to detail.
All Teaching Assistants are responsible for supporting effective pastoral care to develop pupils' social and emotional progress as well as their learning. They are also required to contribute and be involved in extracurricular activities and the wider life of the school community.
Duties and Responsibilities- To aid the pupils to learn as effectively as possible both in group situations and on their own, by:
o Clarifying and explaining instructions
o Ensuring pupils are able to use the equipment and materials provided
o Helping pupils to concentrate on and finish work set- Liaising with class teacher
- Establish a supportive relationship with pupils
- To encourage acceptance and inclusion of pupils
- To develop methods of promoting/reinforcing the children’s self-esteem.
- To attend relevant training both in school and external
- To conduct yourself in line with school policies and organisation ethos
- To be aware of confidential issues linked to home/pupil/teacher/school work and to keep confidences appropriately.
- To undertake duties before, during and after school and to get involved in extracurricular activities.
We offer:
- Supportive staff, and an involved community who are committed to school improvement, who will work with you to achieve your goals
- Students who are enthusiastic and highly motivated with a love of learning
- Excellent premises and well-equipped classrooms providing a modern and technologically advanced learning environment for students. From September 2025 KS4 will be housed in a newly developed building across the road.
- The opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of our students
- A competitive salary (including a staff laptop) and pension contributions
- Professional support to continually progress and develop your career
- Access to Simply Health
We encourage early applications, as we reserve the right to close the advert early, if we find a suitable candidate.