Achievement Assistant (Teaching Assistant)

Gospel Oak School, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 0BZ

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  17 April 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 March 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - 37 hours per week, Term time only including 5 training days
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: NJC point 6 £21,968 FTE – NJC point 12 £24,496 FTE (Pro rata salary £18,811.64 - £20,976.42)

What skills and experience we're looking for

As per the person specification for the role.

What the school offers its staff

As a small but growing Trust we are continually developing roles, we invest in our staff and can provide a clear pathway along with the appropriate level of support suited to your experience level.

We will work with you to create an individual professional development plan with specific CPD which is appropriate to your career stage. All of this with the ultimate aim of providing the best education for our students, placing strong emphasis on good behaviour so that no student is left behind

Further details about the role

We are looking to appoint a dedicated and enthusiastic Achievement Assistant (Teaching Assistant) for those interested in working with and supporting students with significant barriers to learning.

As a mainstream school we aim to offer a fully inclusive experience for all our students, including those with SEN. Our SEN team is committed to developing our young people to achieve the best they possibly can, overcoming challenges, developing new skills and becoming outstanding citizens.

The successful candidate will:

• Hold a degree in a relevant discipline
• Be committed to the development of their own practice
• Support teaching staff with the full range of curriculum activities, using appropriate technologies
• Assist students who require additional support for learning
• Assist students who require nurture and/or behaviour recovery intervention
• Deliver interventions to students and track the performance of students
• Work collaboratively with teaching staff to maximise deployment within the classroom
• Apply the school behaviour policy and utilise techniques for managing classroom behaviour in collaboration with teaching and pastoral staff
• Possess a good working knowledge of Keeping Children Safe in Education outcomes
• Demonstrate the ability to build positive and effective relationships with students and staff
• Demonstrate optimism about young people and their ability to achieve
• Be committed to providing the best opportunities and an inclusive environment for all groups of pupils
• Be able to accept challenges, inspire and motivate others
• Be caring and committed to making a difference to the lives of pupils, families and the community

Commitment to safeguarding

Central Region Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, 2 work references and other employment checks.

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.

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to GOSHR@gospeloakschool.co.uk

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Person Specification Achievement Assistant.pdf - 110 KB (opens in new tab)

Job Description Achievement Assistant.pdf - 125 KB (opens in new tab)

About Gospel Oak School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1261 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Gospel Oak School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: GOSHR@gospeloakschool.co.uk
• Phone number: 0121 556 1351
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gospel-oak-school (opens in new tab)

Gospel Oak School, formerly the RSA Academy serves the borough of Sandwell, but due to its geographical position students join us from Wolverhampton and Walsall. In 2017 the school joined the Central RSA Academies Trust and has been working closely and collaboratively across the trust to offer greater opportunities for all. Over the last 5 years the trust has grown in size and strength, from September 2021 the trust is now an academy approved sponsor in its own right and the RSA will no longer sponsor the trust, although we will continue to work closely with the RSA. This changing relationship has provided the trust and the school to rebrand ourselves, the trust will now be known as Central Region Schools Trust and the school; Gospel Oak School. The rebrand for the school has allowed us to reflect on the true heritage of the local community. The school is based in Gospel Oak and as a community we are very proud of our Black Country heritage, it is for this reason our new branding reflects the colours of the Black Country along with symbolic representation of the area, with the narrowboat which reflects the locality of the Gospel Oak canal basin, the oak tree for when the parish was so large the parishioners prayed under it once a month and the Black Country links to industry within the area.

Arranging a visit to Gospel Oak School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email GOSHR@gospeloakschool.co.uk.

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