Level 3 Learning Intervention Mentor/Teaching Assistant

Oakwood High School, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 2UH

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  23 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday between 8am and 4pm
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,824 and £29,540
• Pay scale: Inspire Learning Trust Band E+

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint a L3 Practitioner/Learning Intervention Mentor/Level 3 Teaching Assistant with good experience of delivering small interventions including for pupils with additional needs and or barriers to learning to join an enthusiastic, supportive and successful school as a Level 3 Pupil Engagement and Intervention Coach.

• Working primarily in Oakwood House, you will be working under the direction of relevant leaders to implement agreed work with individuals and groups.
• In particular, the successful candidate will be required to work with pupils who need support and nurture to empower them to access the school day and curriculum.

The role is primarily dedicated to ensuring that all pupils, including those with additional needs or barriers to learning, make measurable academic and / or personal progress. The post holder will be required to work with students who need support and nurture to empower them to access the school day and curriculum. A key aspect is identifying individual needs and adapting to that particular student, as well as being responsible for creating a safe, stimulating, and supportive learning environment.

Successful candidate will be truly committed to supporting pupils to progress and achieve, have high aspirations for the pupils’ success. To enhance pupils’ learning and create independence, all pupils and staff are provided with an electronic device.

What the school offers its staff

We Offer:

• A supportive and successful school where staff work in a way that encourages a positive work environment that is solution focused and proactive for all.
• A school with a way of working that encourages a positive work environment that is solution focused and proactive for all.
• And a positive working environment, we care about our pupils, and we care about our staff, all of whom know and appreciate that. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of this, contributing to this culture and developing it further.

Oakwood High School is a Leadership School for ITT Provision and recognised by Sheffield Hallam University as “a school of excellent practice” for NQTs. In addition, the school offers CPD routes through a Core Leadership Development Curriculum with the Learners First Schools Partnership.

Commitment to safeguarding

Inspire Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, other workers, and volunteers to share this commitment.

All candidates are expected to read the Trust’s Safeguarding Policy accessible via our website: https://www.inspiretrust.uk/page-template/statutory-documents/

Applying for the job

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About Oakwood High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1061 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oakwood High School website
• Email address: f.challans@inspiretrust.uk
• Phone number: 01709 512222
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oakwood-high-school-rotherham

Inspire Trust is a Multi Academy Trust based in Rotherham which includes Oakwood High School, Sitwell Junior School and Thomas Rotherham College.

Arranging a visit to Oakwood High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email f.challans@inspiretrust.uk.

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