Advanced Teaching Assistant
Outwood Academy Ripon, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 2DEThis job expired on 26 September 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
26 September 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 September 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Full time: 30 Hours /week , Term time only + 5 days
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £21,269- £22,129
Advanced Teaching Assistant job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic and inspirational Inclusion department, supporting our students as an Advanced Teaching Assistant (TA) within our outstanding school in the heart of Yorkshire. You will join our Family of Schools and work with us as part of the team. This rewarding position would suit someone working in a school with experience of supporting the learning of students; someone looking to further progress their career. The role is permanent and you would be instrumental in supporting our amazing students, assisting them by creating a culture of success, ensuring they have a positive attitude to learning to increase their life chances, attainment and social and emotional development.
Our academy offers a high quality of education for our students and excellent career progression and training for staff. Our driving ambition is Students First: Raising Standards and Transforming Lives.Outwood Academy Ripon has been part of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust since 2011 and is an exceptional place to build your future. Our school-based community is welcoming & friendly; students and staff make excellent progress together.The Academy benefits from being part of the Outwood Family of Schools and you will be joining a highly innovative, inspirational and successful organisation. The Trust guarantees every member of staff CPD and development opportunities and various routes for career progression.
The successful candidate will work as part of our inclusion team to support students in all necessary interventions. A key focus will be to increase student’s ability to access all areas of the curriculum. Examples of the work the successful candidate will be expected to deliver are to:
- Take responsibility for a caseload of students inside and outside of the classroom during structured or unstructured time.
- Assess the needs of students and use detailed knowledge and specialist skills to support students’ educational progress and attainment.
- Deliver intervention programs to individuals and small groups, preparing relevant and appropriate learning experiences in conjunction with the department staff.
- Track and monitor student life-skill targets and/or EHCP outcomes, discussing progress with parents and agreeing new targets/EHCP outcomes at Interim Reviews.
Driving may be required within this role for home visits.
You must have the qualifications as per our attached person specification. These must be listed on your application and certificates must be provided at interview. Please also ensure your employment and education history is listed in chronological order with any gaps explained.
If you are interested or have any further questions regarding this role, we invite you to contact us at Outwood Academy Ripon, by emailing Amber Southern, SENDCO viaa.southern@ripon.outwood.comor phone 01765 604564. We reserve the right to close advertisements early. Advertisements will thereforecloseat 12 noon, either on the advertised closing date, or the day the decision hasbeen taken to close the advertisement early.
Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.
Closing Date : 26th September 2022
Interview Date :30th September 2022
Further information about the job
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.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Outwood Academy Ripon
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 662 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Outwood Academy Ripon website
- Email address
- Vinutha.n@hotmail.com
About the School:
Principal: Rachel Donohue
We are proud that Outwood Academy Ripon is rated Good with Outstanding features by Ofsted. We are an 11-16 academy based in the cathedral city of Ripon which is a thriving community with a magnificent cathedral making it one of Yorkshire’s most loved cities. The city’s history is entwined with the church and its proximity to the UNESCO World Heritage Site encompassing the magnificent Studley Royal Deer Park, including the well-preserved Cistercian Fountains Abbey. Ripon is a delightful city with riverside and canal sidewalks that reach into the countryside and buildings that span the last thousand years. Our success is one of the most impressive in North Yorkshire, and we have been recognised for our consistently excellent outcomes in progress and attainment.
Judged as Good with Outstanding features by Ofsted in 2024, the inspection stated that “Pupils are supported by caring staff who know them well”, “Pupils know that learning is important and apply themselves diligently to their work" and noted that ”the relationships between staff and students are very strong and behaviour around the academy is of a high standard".
We aim to promote the highest standards of academic achievement through inspiring teaching and learning, with a curriculum designed to stretch and enrich our students’ experience. Our success speaks for itself as we are above the national average for the number of students achieving at a Grade 5 or above in english & maths GCSEs, and we have won numerous awards as a school including the Carnegie Mental Health Silver Award, Anti-Bullying Alliance Bronze Award and being accredited with the prestigious IQM Centre of Excellence status, which highlights that inclusion at all levels is of paramount importance to us.
Put simply, we take pride in serving the local community, ensuring everyone has a right to learn.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Horizons Level 1 Teaching Assistant
John Smeaton Academy
Barwick Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS15 8TA
Senior Advanced Teaching Assistant
Manor Church of England Academy
Millfield Lane, York, North Yorkshire, YO26 6PA
St. Mary's Menston, a Catholic Voluntary Academy
Bradford Road, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 6AE
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in North Riding Of Yorkshire