1:1 Teaching Assistant

Venture Academy, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, B95 6AD

31 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  18 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share): 35 hours per week, TTO
• Contract type: Fixed term - 31/08/2026
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,391.00 - £24.761.00 (B19-B21) FTE, £19.215.00 - £19,507.00 Actual
• Additional allowances:

  + £750 SSA Pro Rata

What skills and experience we're looking for

Job Title: 1:1 Teaching Assistant

Closing Date: 18th August 2025

Location: Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire

Salary: £24,391.00 - £24.761.00 (B19-B21) FTE, £19.215.00 - £19,507.00 Actual + £750 SSA Pro Rata

Hours: 35 hours per week, TTO

Fixed term: to 31st August 2026

Start Date: 1st September 2025

About Us

Venture Academy based in Henley-in-Arden joined MacIntyre Academies Trust in September 2020 catering for pupils in years 5-11 (ages 9-16) who may have Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties and/or Diagnoses of Autism or an associated condition.

MacIntyre Academies' mission is to become a leading Special Academy Trust that provides outstanding outcome-focused state education by promoting high aspirations, empowering parents as partners and successfully equipping every child for adult life. We currently have 4 Academies, 3 in Warwickshire and 1 in Oxford.

MacIntyre Academies benefits greatly from its sponsor MacIntyre, which over the last 50 years, has developed a strong reputation nationally, as a high quality, personcentredorganisation.

The Role

TEACHING ASSISTANT - We are looking for an inspirational and creative Teaching Assistant to join us - this a really exciting opportunity to be part of something very special.

You will be responsible for supporting the teaching and learning in a class of up to 8 students, working alongside a class teacher and a HLTA. If you have Autism, BESD or AP experience that will be an advantage but is not required. Our current TAs come from a range of experiences.

You will care passionately about each child as an individual, be able to observe and listen and then respond to advice. You will be able to implement strategies for raising achievementacross the curriculum and be committed to your further professional development. You will be non-judgemental, resilient and unconditionally accepting.

You will be confident and happy to work with children of any age or ability. All our children are currently verbal, able bodied and literate. They need support to make the most of their talents and abilities. Venture Academy is committed to the professional development of all; roles can be tailored to allow strengths to be shown as well as areas for development or professional interest to be experienced and understood. You will also work closely with internal and external stakeholders to successfully contribute to the delivery of the vision, ethos, aims and objectives of the academy; in turn, enabling successful learning and achievement by young people and sustained improvement in their spiritual, moral, social, cultural, mental and physical well-being in preparation for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.

We know that children and young people with autism, social and emotional or mental health needs have to be presented with learning that is motivating and reinforcing and we want to recruit flexible and creative staff who understand how learning can impact on the overall wellbeing of children and young people and enable them to succeed. We will work very closely with parents/carers and families to ensure that they also feel supported and are confident that their child is getting the best that an academy can offer.

What the school offers its staff

•A competitive salary

•Excellent local government pension scheme

•Family Friendly policies

•Wellbeing, Bereavement and Menopause policies

•Enhanced Sick Pay

•Wellbeing initiatives in your setting

•Full induction

•Training and development and the support of a trained line manager and dedicated senior leaders

•Access to further professional development

•Cycle to Work Scheme

•Annual MAT Life Day to take for that special occasion

•Annual Flu Jabs

•Free eye tests through Specsavers

•An Employee Assistance Programme to Support your health and wellbeing an access to various perks including discounts Tesco, Cineworld, Go Ape and many more •Pension benefits for death in service

•Long Service Recognition

•Recommend a Friend Scheme - £100 Voucher

•Trained Mental Health First Aiders

•Enhanced DBS Certificate (Paid for by MacIntyre Academies)

•Self service portal to facilitate leave and amend personal information

•We have an active employee engagement programme which includes Termly ‘You are Awesome’ awards, an annual Employee Big Thank you Day, Annual CPD Trust wide conference.

•Access to Blue Light Card/ Discounts for Teachers which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for Teachers and support staff

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

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About Venture Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 9 to 16
• School size: 48 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Venture Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@macintyreacademies.org
• Phone number: 01564 792514
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/venture-academy

Arranging a visit to Venture Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@macintyreacademies.org.

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