8 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    Required for September 2024

  • Closing date

    8 July 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    25 June 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week , Term time only plus 2 PD Days

Contract type

Fixed term - 1st September 2024 to 31st August 2025

Pay scale

Grade 6, scp 9 (£13.02/hr, Actual Salary £21,274 per annum pro rata’d)

What skills and experience we're looking for

To be successful, you will:

  • Be able to converse at all levels with staff, students and parents.
  • Be able to plan effectively and have good understanding of child development.
  • Have experience of innovation and creativity to engage, enthuse and progress learners.
  • Think creatively to anticipate and solve problems.
  • Embody the values of ‘Achievement through Caring’.
  • Contribute fully to school life.
  • Have high expectations of yourself and be a role model to others.
  • Have an appreciation and awareness of child protection, confidentiality, health and safety, and data protection.

What the school offers its staff

We offer:

  • Well-equipped classrooms with a variety of facilities
  • an enthusiastic and supportive department team
  • excellent professional learning and support at every stage in your career, with opportunity for continued personal development through our Talent Pathway
  • a core belief in staff wellbeing and work life balance for all, evidenced in policy and practice
  • year-round free membership to our state-of-the-art fitness suite
  • benefits including funded counselling, physiotherapy and GP and other medical support.

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

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

Apply for the job by following the link below

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About The Marches School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
1459 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Phone number
01691 664400

The Marches School is a successful, forward-thinking 11-18 Academy, with 1,420 students currently on roll. Located in the attractive border town of Oswestry, the school enjoys a semi-rural location, within walking distance of the town centre. In 2013, The Marches opened its doors to the school's first ever Sixth Formers and now delivers a broad range of A-Levels and boasts modern, spacious Sixth Form Facilities.

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