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TA2s (Teaching Assistants) and TA1s (Care Assistants)

More than one location, The Ascent Academies' Trust

This job expired on 10 March 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  Upon completion of recruitment clearances

• Closing date

  10 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 February 2025

Important

This teaching role is at more than one school in the trust. You can find out more in schools overview.

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)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: Please see advert text

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

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

This job post has expired.

About the schools

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: kismith@ascenttrust.org
• Phone number: 07741310336
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-ascent-academies-trust

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• School website: Hope Wood Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hope-wood-academy

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• School size: 208 pupils enrolled
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• School website: Portland Academy website
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