Higher Level Teaching Assistant (Maternity cover)

Laisterdyke Leadership Academy, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD3 8HE

3 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2023

• Closing date

  11 June 2023 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  26 May 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Higher level teaching assistant
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - 37 hours per week
• Contract type: Maternity or parental leave cover - 1 year
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,369.00 to £24,054.00 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a dedicated individual to provide tailored support to our pupils. You will be committed to making a positive difference to young people’s lives and in supporting and developing their learning. Your intervention will help enable an outstanding learning environment for our young people, providing the support they need to succeed.

The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to effectively support learning and teaching, and to develop relationships across our school and the Star community.

You will have:

• Level 3 qualification (NVQ level 3 or A level).
• Experience in working with children in a secondary school or other setting.
• Experience in supporting children with special educational needs and/or Disabilities (SEND).
• The ability to maintain positive relationships with students, parents and staff.
• The ability to work effectively within a team.

What the school offers its staff

About Laisterdyke Leadership Academy

Laisterdyke Leadership Academy is a secondary school for 11 to 18 year olds in Bradford. We joined Star Academies in 2016 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.

The school was rated ‘good’ in all four areas of the inspection framework during its inspection in January 2023.

We are an ambitious school with high expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

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About Laisterdyke Leadership Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 832 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Laisterdyke Leadership Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: info.laisterdyke@laisterdyke.staracademies.org
• Phone number: 01274 454 400
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/laisterdyke-leadership-academy (opens in new tab)

Laisterdyke Leadership Academy in Bradford, West Yorkshire is a 1200 place, 11-18 secondary school and sixth form. Laisterdyke joined the Trust on 1 April 2016. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism.

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