General Teaching Assistant
Graham School, Scarborough, YO12 6QWThis job expired on 24 January 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 January 2022 at 9am
Date listed
10 January 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
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- 25 Hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- TBC
General Teaching Assistant job summary
General Teaching Assistant
Location: Graham School, Scarborough
Grade C, Scale Points 2-4, £10,376.33 to £10,795.42 Actual Salary Per Annum
25 hours, term time only plus staff training days
Permanent Post
Start date: As soon as possible in February 2022
‘There are no great schools without great colleagues’
‘Come and Grow your career at Graham School’
Our school
Welcome to Graham School. We are a rapidly improving 11-16 school situated in Scarborough with almost 1000 students on roll. Since joining the Hope Learning Trust family of schools in 2019 there have substantial and sustained improvements. We are on a journey and everyone at #teamgraham is rightly proud to be effecting change within our coastal community.
Our motto is ‘Grow, Learn and Achieve together’ and we have five key values which underpin everything we are working to achieve here. These are Honesty, Empathy, Aspiration, Resilience and Team Work; ‘HEART’.
Whilst many of our current staff are local, many also travel from York, Hull, Driffield and the surrounding areas. Staff wellbeing and team work are at the heart of our plans and we are proud that our school now has low staff turnover and high staff retention.
We are a proud member of the Hope Learning Trust family of schools along with our coastal partner George Pindar School. As our new colleague you will join a staff body who with the tailored support from our Trust are making Graham a school our community can be proud of.
We are an inclusive school with a healthy intake in Year 7 and we have the highest aspiration for our students to achieve their very best and grow both as individuals and as members of their community. The development of the whole child forms an integral part of our vision; we want the best for every student at Graham School irrespective of their background. We value honesty, high expectations and aspirations, resilience and we work together as #Team Graham.
Our opportunity
Over the last three years a huge amount of work has gone into ensuring that our students can achieve their full potential. This has included ensuring our climate for learning is productive and aspirational, our behaviour and attitudes policies and strategies benefit all of our student body and our pastoral systems reach every student that needs extra support.
Due to funding we are looking to appoint a dedicated colleague to join our support team and support one of our pupils on a one to one basis, both in lessons and individually. Under the guidance of our SENCO our teaching assistants are highly skilled and we encourage applications from candidates who want to develop their career in education.
You will play a key role in helping to support pupils both on a one to basis, and in small groups.
We encourage interest and applications from candidates who are interested in and would thrive in working in secondary education which offers reward, challenge and where no two days are the same.
You will:
• Ideally have previous experience in this type of role or with children and young people
• Be able to support in the delivery of high quality learning experiences for all pupils
• Have high expectations of learning and behaviour and inspire and motivate our children
• Be supportive, nurturing and understanding with high expectations.
• Seek to make learning exciting and a positive experience
• Work well as part of a team
• Demonstrate good communication skills both orally and written.
Our Trust is part of the highly successful Ebor Hope Teaching Alliance which in partnership with York St John University is teacher training provider. Many of our teachers are ‘home grown’ and have benefited from gaining classroom experience as a member of our support staff.
We welcome interest from colleagues at all levels.
Overview and career development recruitment incentives:
• An opportunity to join a staff team, which is fully behind our journey, and who have real HEART.
• Trust specific career development programmes
• Tailored coaching programmes within our supportive and nurturing network
• Friendly and caring schools where all stakeholders work together for the benefit of the children.
• A high level of support from staff and colleagues within the Hope Learning Trust
• Motivated, dedicated staff and a committed, active and supportive Trust Board.
• Improving schools which support pupils to aspire to the very best, with a broad and balanced curriculum offer, collaborative learning and a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
• A commitment to professional development and advancement opportunities within a growing MAT.
Application process
The date of commencement for this post will be as soon as possible in February 2022 and the closing date for all applications is Monday 24th January 2022. Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.
Application process
For an informal conversation, to arrange a visit and further details please contact Garry Morrison at garry.morrison@northyorks.gov.uk or call 07869719069.
To apply for the post you will need to complete our Trust online application form by clicking on this link:https://hslt.academy
To get a feel for our school you are welcome to view our video at https://grahamschool.org/virtual-open-evening/ as well as visit our website at Graham School, Scarborough | Part of the Hope Learning Trust
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, medical clearance satisfactory references and right to work checks.
Commitment to safeguarding
Hope Sentamu Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks.
Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.
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About Graham School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1006 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Graham School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- garry.morrison@northyorks.gov.uk
- Phone number
- 07814935700
Graham School is an 11-16 community situated in in Scarborough, which has just under 1000 students on roll. Scarborough is easily accessible and whilst many of our current staff are local, many also travel from York, Hull, Driffield and the surrounding areas.
Our staff are our greatest resource and we are proud to be a host school to Teach First and NPQ providers. Staff who have relocated or who have entered teaching through all routes have stayed with us whilst our support staff have successfully applied for internal promotions and careers in teaching – and for us that is a sign of a school on the up!
On the 1 March 2019 we officially joined the Hope Learning Trust family of schools along with our fellow coastal partner George Pindar School. This is a positive step in our school improvement journey which sees us working collaboratively sharing best practice, developing our staff, developing advancements on teaching and learning and ensuring strong outcomes for our students.
We follow good educational practice and tested school improvement strategies which will over the next three years see Graham School begin to take its rightful place as a leading school in the area.
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