Apprentice Teaching Assistant

Cockburn School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 5TT

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2023

• Closing date

  19 June 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 May 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern:
  • Part time - 30 hours per week
• Contract type: Fixed term - 18 Months
• Pay scale: National Minimum Wage

What skills and experience we're looking for

• A strong, ambitious, and intelligent team player who is passionate about supporting young people to enjoy and succeed through their learning journey at Cockburn MAT
• An innovative, resilient, creative and motivated professional with an uncompromising belief that all children deserve an outstanding education.
• An organised, reliable colleague who is committed to working with staff and students to help them achieve.

What the school offers its staff

• An exceptional CPD programme which is research led, valuable and bespoke
• A growing school with incredible opportunities to develop, be promoted and take on further responsibility
• A Staff Wellbeing group that regularly reviews our approach to workload and operates a wellbeing policy.
• All staff have access to counselling, mental health support, physio and virtual GPs.
• A highly experienced, visible, and supportive Senior and Middle Leadership Team
• A sensible approach to everything that we do, taking staff workload into consideration.
• Access to the West Yorkshire Pension Fund
• Provision for special leave of absence
• Excellent maternity and paternity entitlements

Further details about the role

Hours: -30 hours per week. Working hours are normally 8.30am – 3.00pm Monday to Friday apart from Tuesday when you will be required to work until 4.00pm. You will receive a 15-minute unpaid break in the morning and a 30-minute unpaid break at lunch time. You will work 38 weeks (you are paid in 12 equal monthly instalments) of the year.

Working context: You will be based at one of the secondary schools with the Multi-academy Trust, (Cockburn School, Cockburn John Charles Academy or Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy) initially and there may be opportunities to gain experience working across different academies in the Trust.

Pay & Reward: This role will be paid at the equivalent of national minimum wage for your age group and will increase in April 2024 in line with any increases to the national minimum wage.

Age 18-20 £7.49

Age 21-22 £10.18

Age 23 and over £10.42

This post expects the successful candidate to safeguard the welfare of CYP and uphold your professional responsibility.

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK-either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children, and applicants will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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Recruitment Booklet Apprentice TA.pdf - 477 KB (opens in new tab)

Schools Information Booklet MAT.pdf - 276 KB (opens in new tab)

About Cockburn School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1255 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Cockburn School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@cockburnmat.org
• Phone number: 01132719962
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cockburn-school-leeds (opens in new tab)

Cockburn School is an inclusive community comprehensive school whose focus on each individual, acknowledging both their rights and responsibilities. Cockburn School is now judged as Outstanding in ALL areas by Ofsted in February 2022. A strong care, support guidance structure underpins a curriculum that seeks to develop the potential of every student. Academic rigour valued at all stages we strive create learning experiences provide challenge, engagement achievement. Our vision opportunities within beyond enable student so they become confident, independent successful citizens. We seek widen aspirations students, help them reach destinations are attainable fulfilling. have high expectations academic success personal behaviour believe these best achieved in caring environment. promote respect good manners; fundamental our community. recognise importance individual place local specialism enables students more interested involved arts, as part extended schools programme. ethos involves developing students’ enjoyment participation building self-confidence self-esteem creative abilities which often leads lifelong arts related activities. many see performances exhibitions. work raise attainment quality teaching chosen subjects for ways use new technologies improve whole curriculum. equality opportunity celebrating kinds. aim by creative, reflective learners. Arranging visit Contact 0113 2719962 location Parkside, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 5TT If candidates wish please contact us or email recruitment@cockburnschool.org

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