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Graduate Teaching Assistant

The Nobel School, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 0HS

This job expired on 31 August 2022 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2022

• Closing date

  31 August 2022 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 May 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - two year teacher development programme
• Full-time equivalent salary: H4.1 (Actual salary £17,531)

Graduate Teaching Assistant job summary

As a graduate teaching assistant you will work alongside an experienced and successful SENDCo who will direct you and give you guidance. This graduate teaching assistant role will give you excellent paid experience so that by the end of the academic year, should you wish to do so, you wil be ready to embark upon a teacher-training qualification. At Nobel we have an excellent reputation for teacher training and act as a lead school for the University of Hertfordshire’s School Direct programme. The role will involve working with the SENDCo as part of a professional team to organise and support teaching and learning activities for SEND students. You will provide specialist learning support for students identified as having learning difficulties, including complex and multiple special education needs, in a broad range of different learning situations and settings. The post holder also plans, organises and undertakes other related duties to fully support and underpin the learning, personal and social development of identified students. You will also be given the opportunity to gain some experience of team teaching in the mainstream classroom in your subject specialism in the summer term.

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.

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About The Nobel School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1463 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Nobel School website
• Email address: hr@nobel.herts.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01438222600
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-nobel-school

We are committed to delivering an education that provides students with the relevant skills and experiences to prepare them for further education and the world of work, but also to develop their character to become fully fledged members of society. The school has been recently retained an OFSTED rating of ‘Good’ (June 2023).

We are seeking a highly qualified, enthusiastic, committed and successful teacher of sociology to make a contribution to an exceptionally strong and collaborative team. The successful candidate must be committed to providing high quality teaching and learning for all students. ECTs are welcome to apply, and we will be happy to discuss the support we can offer you as you continue your professional development.

Our lovely school has made tremendous progress in recent years. At KS4 our students’ make excellent progress, above that of other schools nationally. Performance in English and maths are above national trends. The school has made excellent progress in Ebacc subjects as well as our other option subjects. In addition, the school has made significant improvements for vulnerable groups. The size of The Nobel School Sixth Form has increased year on year, with students achieving fantastic results and progressing into further education. Each year we have students placed at Oxford or Cambridge, into medicine degrees and many other destinations or careers.

Nobel School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of all of its students and staff. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to satisfactory recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactoryreferences. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion.

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