16 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    6 January 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    12 December 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 32 hours 30 mins per week (8.20am to 3.10pm daily, 20 mins lunch) 39 weeks per year (includes 5 TD Days)

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

NJC scale 7-10, £13.26 - £13.91 per hour

What skills and experience we're looking for

Great Western Academy is looking for two new members of staff to join its team of Learning Mentors (Teaching Assistants).

See Job Description for full salary information.

The successful candidate will join our SEND team, reporting to our experienced SENDCo. Each member of our team is placed in a specialist hub, focusing on a particular field of SEND provision (Cognition and learning, communication and interaction and Social, Emotional and Mental health). Our vision is that our learning mentors will each focus on a particular field of additional needs provision (or have the potential to do so with appropriate training and support). Experience, qualifications, or simply a strong interest in a specific area of SEND work would be an asset to any application.

See Job Description for further details of duties and responsibilities

What the school offers its staff

Additional benefits of working at GWA include: 

  • Average class sizes of 26 in years 7 to 11 

  • Excellent CPD program

  • State of the art facilities – including dedicated student support area for SEND students

  • Leading edge ICT, including a laptop provided for all staff and pupils 

  • Medical and Wellbeing Support Service 

  • Easy access to the A419 with free parking on site 

Commitment to safeguarding

Great Western Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks. All posts within the Trust are therefore subject to an Enhanced DBS and barred list check. 

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@gwacademy.co.uk

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About Great Western Academy

School type
Free School, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
952 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Phone number
01793 209700

Great Western Academy opened in brand new, state-of-the-art facilities in North Swindon in September 2018. The Academy is heavily oversubscribed in years 7,8,9,10 and 11 and our first two cohorts of A-level students celebrated their exceptional results in summer 2021 and 2022

Arranging a visit to Great Western Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@gwacademy.co.uk.

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