Level 2 Teaching Assistant

Heatherbrook Primary Academy, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 1BE

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  13 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Part time (Can be done as a job share): 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday for 39 weeks per year
• Contract type: Fixed term - 8 months
• Full-time equivalent salary: Between £24,790 and £25,183
• Actual salary: Between £17,347 and £17,622
• Pay scale: Grade 3 Points 5-6

What skills and experience we're looking for

Heatherbrook Primary Academy offers a small, nurturing community where we all work together to make sure we are the very best that we can be. We are committed to developing a curriculum that offers challenge to all our pupils through outstanding learning opportunities both inside and outside of the classroom, enhanced further by the offer of a range of extended school activities. It’s a place where people matter, with a proud tradition for taking care of and supporting children as they learn and develop.

We are looking for a teaching assistant to support our Foundation/EYFS; someone who will put our pupils at the heart of everything they do and who has a genuine belief that all children can be their best selves with the right support.

This is a fixed term position, until August 2025.

The post is for 30 hours per week for 39 weeks per year and will be paid at Grade 3, points 5-6 currently £24,790 to £25,183 (actual salary £17,347 to £17,622).

Heatherbrook Primary Academy is part of the Learning without Limits Academy Trust (LwLAT) - a small multi-academy Trust based in the heart of Leicester City, serving diverse and vibrant communities.

Why work for LwLAT?

Our strength comes from collaboration, with an emphasis on winning hearts and inspiring minds. We know that by positively celebrating and sharing the great work we are doing, through our vision and values, there are no limits to how high we can aim, and to what our learners, staff and communities can achieve.

As a Trust we value inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, please let us know on your application and we’ll facilitate this wherever we can.

You will:

Be committed to high expectations and standards of learning, behaviour and aspirations for yourself and our pupils

Be committed to raising attainment helping to ensure all children are making good progress

Have excellent communication skills

Have a positive attitude and approach to change and development

Be willing to participate in and expectation of contribution to the wider life of our school and extra-curricular life

Have the ability to support the pastoral needs of our pupils

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• Access to the highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme
• Favourable annual leave entitlement, above the statutory minimum, plus bank holidays.
• Access to extensive, free and confidential wellbeing services, including counselling sessions, physiotherapy, GP phone and video consultations, menopause support, manspace and mindfulness programmes.
• Staff Benefits Package - Access to a huge range of savings from retailers such as Currys, Halfords, Wilko, Asda, Tesco, M&S, Morrisons and many more!
• Cycle to Work – In partnership with Pluxee, this initiative allows you to make Tax and National Insurance savings on the cost of a new bike and safety accessories. Savings are achieved via salary sacrifice which is managed by the Trust and lets you spread the cost to make payments more convenient.
• Free Financial Support Service from Barclays - support with all aspects of your financial health and wellbeing, and you don't need to be a Barclays customer to use the service.
• Eye Test Vouchers – Free SpecSavers voucher for eligible staff
• Annual Flu Vaccine – Free flu vaccine voucher for eligible staff
• Free onsite parking

Flexible working opportunities

Further details about the role

This post is subject to a successful Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check and satisfactory references.

How to Apply:

For safer recruitment purposes we will only accept fully completed LwLAT application forms. CVs and resumes will not be considered.

Closing date: Monday 13th January 2025 at 11.59 a.m.

Interviews will be held on Friday 17th January 2025 at Heatherbrook Primary Academy, Astill Lodge Road, Leicester LE4 1BE

Social Media Checks

As part of the shortlisting process, in line with measures identified in statutory guidance relating to safeguarding practice, the Trust will conduct searches on candidates selected for interview, through a third party, on social media in order to identify anything that could give rise to a safeguarding concern in what has been said or done online. Only information relevant to safeguarding concerns obtained from the search will be passed over for consideration during the recruitment process.

Diversity Statement

As an equal opportunities employer, the Learning without Limits Academy Trust is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

Commitment to safeguarding

Heatherbrook Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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LwLAT Teaching Assistant L2 JD HEA Jan 2025.pdf - 195 KB (opens in new tab)

About Heatherbrook Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 171 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Heatherbrook Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: kwilford@lwlat.org.uk
• Phone number: 01162746330
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/heatherbrook-primary-academy (opens in new tab)

We refer to ourselves as Team Heatherbrook and this team spirit underpins everything we do as we work to educate, support and inspire our children. Our teachers and support staff all act as exemplary role models, educating and nurturing each child enabling them to become capable, caring and confident human beings.

Pupils are supportive of each other and their positive behaviour, both in and out of lessons, is a strong feature of our school. Our pupils develop empathy and compassion alongside respect for themselves and others. We believe in high quality pastoral care and work closely with families to support pupils' emotional development, also teaching mindfulness throughout the school to develop pupils' resilience, well-being and mental health.

Heatherbrook is an inclusive school and we embrace and celebrate our diversity. We are proud that our pupil group is so diverse, with children from a range of backgrounds, including many different nationalities, a higher than average number of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities and pupils who do not speak English as their mother-tongue. We enjoy, and are grateful for, the loyalty and support of our families who play a vital part in our continued drive to achieve the very best.

Arranging a visit to Heatherbrook Primary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kwilford@lwlat.org.uk.

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