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  • Start date details

    September 2024

  • Closing date

    12 September 2024 at 2:21pm

  • Date listed

    15 August 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

Up to £6.72 per hour

PE/School Sports Apprentice job summary

Salary: £6.72 per hour within the first year of apprenticeship, national minimum wage (NMW) for all other apprentices + AET Wellbeing Cash Plan + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Additional AET Benefits

Hours: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

Start: September 2024

Kickstart Your Career with Us!

Earn while you learn and make a difference.
Are you ready to gain valuable skills and jumpstart your career? Join our PE team at Unity City Academy!

You will:

* Gain hands-on experience in a supportive environment
* Earn a salary while working towards a sports apprentice qualification
* Be part of a team making a positive impact to our school and community
* We're committed to your professional growth and offer excellent training opportunities through our apprenticeship program.

The role:

We are seeking a PE Apprentice who will be required to support Physical Education lessons and provide administrative service to the Head of PE. The post holder will work under the direction of the Head of PE. All duties are carried out within recognised procedures or guidelines. The ideal candidate will have a broad understanding of PE and be able to set up and use equipment within the department as well as provide support by organising PE fixtures and preparing resources for lessons as required. The ability to communicate effectively with students, colleagues and staff is essential, along with good time management skills.

You will complete a Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard. You may also be required to complete English and maths functional skills (depending on existing qualifications).

As a Sport Apprentice you will:

* Provide learning support to the PE department.
* To take ownership of your apprenticeship training.
* Promote and adhere to the Trust's values to be unusually brave, discover what's possible, push the limits and be big hearted.
* Complete the Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship Standard.
* You may also be required to complete English and maths functional skills (depending on existing qualifications).
* Attend tripartite reviews with your employer and apprenticeship Trainer every 10 weeks to review your progress on the Level 3 programme

Your Trainer will meet with you in the workplace or online every 2-4 weeks. In between these meetings you will have dedicated time away from your job to work on the apprenticeship and collate evidence for your apprenticeship e-portfolio with ongoing support from your Manager and Trainer.

This is an exciting opportunity to be in a real job, with real variety, from day one whilst working towards a qualification. The successful candidate will have excellent people and communication skills and will be flexible to adapt to changing situations.

To be eligible for the Apprenticeship, applicants must have resided in the UK or EEA for 3 years prior to the start of the Apprenticeship. Please note: applicants must not have already completed a Level 3 Teaching Assistant apprenticeship.

This will be a fixed-term position and the duration of the apprenticeship will be determined by the job role and current skills. The typical duration of the apprenticeship is 21 months, however, can be longer or shorter depending on existing knowledge, skills and experience, up to a maximum

About Unity City Academy

Unity City Academy is a thriving school in Middlesbrough with a strong focus on student success. We've recently achieved an Ofsted 'Good' rating and are proud of our supportive community.

Closing date: 14th Sep 2024

Interviews are scheduled to take place as soon as possible after the closing date

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV's.

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Commitment to safeguarding

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

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About Unity City Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
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School size
996 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

Thank you for visiting our website to find out more about Unity City Academy. As Principal, it is a genuine pleasure to serve the local community and the students of the school.

We passionately believe that every student should achieve the best they can. We call this “choosing a remarkable life”. There are six core areas which can be found across Unity City Academy:

Excellence is a habit where high expectations and high performance are the norm;

All students aim high, achieving results without excuses;

Individuals matter where equality, diversity and difference and celebrated and understood;

We are a community and a family at UCA and we always put people first;

We are worldwise citizens of tomorrow but also fiercely proud of our Teesside roots and our place within the north-east;

Culture is really important to us - it’s important to have fun.

We are on a journey to adopt the High Performance Learning (HPL) philosophy and framework. This is a well-researched approach that sees all students as potential high performers who are not limited by ability. As Principal, I am determined to ensure that your child gets the best education possible and that they can achieve their dreams without limit.

Students are invited to take part in a range of extracurricular activities and enrichment. We ensure that as well as academic success, our young people develop really positive characteristics that are needed in future life. These include curiosity, enthusiasm, empathy, resilience and self-belief.

I would strongly encourage you to visit the school, be it as a potential student with their parent or carer, a business looking to get more involved in the school’s curriculum or as anyone in the community that has an interest in the learning of young people.

We look forward to welcoming you to Unity City Academy in the future.

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