15 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    8 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    17 December 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Part time: 37 Hours per week - Mon 8:30 - 4:30, Tues, Wed, Thur & Fri 8:30 - 3:45. 39 weeks per year.

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,404

Actual salary

£20,967

What skills and experience we're looking for

To work with the teaching staff to enable access to learning and quality education for pupils across the school within KS1/2/3/4/5 by supporting behaviour and pupil well-being. The purpose of this role is to provide support for classes or small groups alongside a team of regular teachers. The successful candidate will be organised and motivated to provide a high quality experience for the children.

What the school offers its staff

We are a high-performing, SEMH special school which was judged as Outstanding in every area by Ofsted in June 2023. We are not remotely complacent about this and are committed to ensuring that the quality of provision we offer to our students is consistently excellent. We believe that such sustained success is a team effort and every member of staff contributes to that level of excellence. We are a relatively small school, but we still have a distinctly ‘family’ atmosphere. Visitors to the School often comment on the friendly and supportive ethos.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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About Maplefields Academy

School type
Academy, ages 5 to 19
School size
116 pupils enrolled
Age range
5 to 19
Phone number
01536424090

We are a high-performing, SEMH special school which was judged as Outstanding in every area by Ofsted in November 2016. We are not remotely complacent about this and are committed to ensuring that the quality of provision we offer to our students is consistently excellent. We believe that such sustained success is a team effort and every member of staff contributes to that level of excellence. We are a relatively small school, but we still have a distinctly ‘family’ atmosphere. Visitors to the School often comment on the friendly and supportive ethos.

Arranging a visit to Maplefields Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email dwatt@maplefields.northants.sch.uk.

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