TA2s and TA1s - Academies within Ascent Academies Trust
Portland Academy, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR3 2NQ4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Once recruitment clearances are complete
Closing date
5 September 2024 at 9am
Date listed
15 August 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share): Please see advert text for further information in relation to the working hours for the posts
Contract type
- Fixed term - please see advert text for all types of contract information
Actual salary
- Please see advert text as this contains the salary for both posts in all academies
What skills and experience we're looking for
What we need:
• A commitment to and a passion for building a brighter future for young people with Special Educational Needs
• Someone who will embrace being part of a family of schools, sharing good practice and collaborating with others across a Trust.
• An enthusiastic and positive approach within the classroom part of the wider school and family of schools
• Commitment to own professional development and to enhance those of others in order that we can respond to the needs of our young people
• Consistently high expectations and aspirations for our young people and yourself
• A commitment to fresh and exciting methods to assist the delivery of the curriculum
• A relentless drive to secure the best possible outcomes for all young people in our academies
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Complete commitment to the core values of Ascent
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals who love what they do
Chance to work with our amazing young people and their families• Excellent career development and progression opportunities
Comprehensive induction programme
Opportunity to work across all ages and abilities within the Trust
Opportunity to work in settings which value multi-disciplinary ways of working
Access to a range of subject and SEND specific networks, regionally and nationally
An exciting and extensive commitment to high quality professional development, identified through a strong appraisal process
A comprehensive wellbeing and support package for staff
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.
CVs are not accepted.
About Portland Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 204 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Portland Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- ljohnson@ascenttrust.org
We cater for approximately 168 students between the ages of 11 and 19 who experience severe learning difficulties and profound, multiple and complex medical needs. A growing number of our pupils also have an Autistic spectrum condition. Portland offers co-educational day provision to pupils from a catchment area which covers the city of Sunderland and beyond.
The academy is able to offer a number of part time or assessment placements for identified pupils.
Portland Academy is part of ‘The Ascent Academies’ Trust’, a multi-academy trust which currently consists of 5 special schools across Sunderland, Durham and Stockton. This partnership provides us with a wealth of experience and knowledge and opens up many opportunities for working together to improve outcomes for our pupils.
The school has excellent facilities, including a social café, therapy pool, sensory room, OT Room, woodland walk, outdoor adventure area and bike track. These, together with a relevant, progressive and challenging curriculum delivered and supported by committed staff, enables us to offer a wonderful range of varied opportunities to enrich our pupils’ lives.
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