Learning Mentor (Teaching Assistant)
Great Western Academy, Swindon, SN25 2PPThis job expired on 2 October 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
30 October 2023
Closing date
2 October 2023 at 9am
Date listed
19 September 2023
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Part time: 32.5 Hours per week (8.20am to 3.10pm daily, 20 mins lunch) 39 weeks per year (includes 5 TD Days)
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £16,818 to £17,762(likely to rise to £12.59-£13.24 per hour) (£24,293-£25,545 FTE, actual salary £18,269 to £19,212)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will join our SEND team, reporting to our experienced SENDCo. 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.
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 programme
- State of the art facilities
- 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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
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
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Great Western Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@gwacademy.co.uk
- 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 Sixth Form is thriving with exceptional results.
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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