Targeted Mainstream Provision (TMP) - Teaching Assistant
The Skipton Academy, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1UQ16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
15 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,790.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE)
Targeted Mainstream Provision (TMP) - Teaching Assistant job summary
TMP Teaching Assistant
Targeted Mainstream Provision (TMP) - Communication and Interaction (including ASC)
Actual annual salary: £21,771.98 - Salary Scale Point 7 (range 7-11)
Working hours are Monday-Thursday: 8.15-4.15 and Friday: 8.15-3.45 plus, a 30-minute unpaid lunchbreak each day.
Term time only plus 3 additional days
Thank you for requesting details for the post of Teaching Assistant in our 8 place Targeted Mainstream Provision for students with Communication and Interaction difficulties. This is an exciting opportunity for a knowledgeable and passionate teaching assistant who has experience of working with young people with additional needs and who is looking for a new, rewarding challenge. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work alongside the academy staff to develop this exciting new TMP, established in collaboration with the local authority and in response to the growing demand for resourced provision for Communication and Interaction within the Craven area.
We are looking to appoint a teaching assistant who has experience of working with students with Communication and Interaction difficulties, particularly within the area of Autism, to work in this new provision in our academy. This is an exciting time as the academy continues to strengthen and develop its positive reputation for supporting young people with SEND in the local community. As such, this is in excellent opportunity to be a key member of the team in developing and implementing the provision and relevant strategies to support some of our most vulnerable students.
The successful candidate will work as directed to meet the educational needs of students and support them in all areas of school life, where necessary. They will encourage students to become independent learners and at all times respect confidentiality of information relating to the school and its students.
The Skipton Academy is a comprehensive school with the community at the heart of its vision. Our school ethos of ‘Belong Challenge Inspire’ encapsulates our inclusive approach to working with the young people in our care and the opening of our new TMP is testimony to our ongoing drive to offer young people in our local community the opportunity to thrive and achieve success in our setting. We recognise the importance of recognising each student as an individual and giving them every opportunity to achieve positive outcomes in their school life, both academically and beyond.
We are looking for a positive, committed and highly-skilled individual to:
Work as directed in supporting and enabling students with Communication and Interaction needs to access the curriculum
Work in partnership with the teacher in the classroom to ensure students are able to achieve their personal best
Lead interventions for small groups of pupils
Promote students’ independence, self-esteem and social inclusion
Monitor student progress and report back to the TMP leader
Support and champion the work of the TMP and inclusion across the school
In return for your commitment we can offer:
the opportunity to make a real difference students with ‘highly positive attitudes to learning’
personalised CPD with a strong commitment to professional growth and developing individual career paths
a very calm and orderly school with high expectations and an ethos of trust and care
a committed and established staff and a supportive leadership team, parents and Governors
a location on the edge of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales
If you are inspired by this post and the opportunity to work in a setting where we continuously strive to ensure that our students feel they belong, they are challenged and they are inspired to achieve their best, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
How to Apply
As part of your online application (no more than two sides of A4) please explain:
The experiences, qualities and skills you have that make you suitable for the post, with specific examples of the impact you have had in your current role.
Closing date for applications is 9am, Monday 2 June 2025
Provisional Interview date is Friday 6 June 2025 (From 12:30pm)
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you do not receive an invite to interview by Wednesday, 4 June 2025, we regret your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion, but we wish you every success in your future career.
Commitment to safeguarding
Moorlands Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people in our recruitment procedures and in all our work across and beyond school. The school adheres to statutory guidelines in respect to safe recruitment. All persons employed by the school, in any capacity, will undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and confirmation of employment is subject to a successful outcome. All teaching staff members recruited by the school have their eligibility to teach checked with the DfE.
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.
About The Skipton Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 590 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Skipton Academy website
The Skipton Academy is a vibrant 11-16 comprehensive school which is rapidly growing and expanding in size; pupil numbers have increased recently to such a degree that we now need to expand our staffing across a range of subject areas.
We are committed to our ethos of “Belong Challenge Inspire” and this has been key to the improvements in every aspect of the school. Our dedicated staff are fully committed to this ethos and have bought into a common goal and support each other to make The Skipton Academy a vibrant and positive place to work.
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