Teaching Assistant 2
The St Leonards Academy, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 8HHThis job expired on 19 February 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
20 March 2023
Closing date
19 February 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 February 2023
Job details
Job role
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- View all Part timejobs - 15 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- East Sussex Grade 3 - £21,029
What skills and experience we're looking for
We believe all children deserve the very best early start in life. Do you? Are you passionate and committed to supporting children with their learning and personal development? If you have answered 'yes' to both of these questions, please continue reading about our new vacancy
We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and committed Teaching Assistant. In a mainly classroom based role, you will work with colleagues to support both individual and groups of children in their core learning including reading, writing, and mathematics. You will also provide support in the playground encouraging the children's development of positive social friendships and play skills. Please refer to the attached job description for full details.
What the school offers its staff
The Academy is at the very heart of the community of St Leonards on Sea. We love our town. And the feeling’s mutual.
We are deeply committed to our families and making sure that the education we provide for their children raises standards and aspirations for everyone.
The academy has an extensive and beautiful grounds and very large playing fields, as well as an indoor heated swimming pool on site, a rainforest themed library, a Forest Schools outdoor learning area and a large bank of ICT resources. It has a published admissions number of 90 and total capacity of 630 pupils.
We truly value the experience, dedication, and commitment of all our employees and believe in the power of motivated and happy staff. This is why we seek to enrich and reward our employees wherever we can, by offering a wide range of exciting and useful employee benefits. These include:
- Automatic annual pay increments
- High quality continuous professional development and support for your career progression
- A strong commitment to your health & wellbeing including; onsite Wellbeing Champions, designated Mental Health Ambassadors, flexible working opportunities from Day 1, and Employee Assistance programme
- Generous public sector pension scheme
- Discounts on retail & travel
- Cycle 2 Work scheme
- Charity giving
- Our salaries are aligned to the Real Living Wage, ensuring all our support staff are paid a minimum of £10.90 per hour.
Further details about the role
We are proud to be part of the University of Brighton Academies Trust; a family of infant, primary and secondary schools based in Sussex.
Working Together, Delivering Excellence, Achieving Ambitions, and Nurturing Potential are the values that guide us. Our mission is to ‘inspire our children and staff to flourish and achieve their best’ so we positively impact our communities we serve. We aim to create a vibrant, inclusive community, transforming lives and broadening horizons through excellent teaching and learning.
The University of Brighton is the sponsor of the University of Brighton Academies Trust. Close connection with the university allows us to draw on the expertise of its education experts and external contacts – something that greatly benefits our academies and our pupils.
Our commitment
The University of Brighton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications from all members of the community. The Trust is proud to be part of the government’s Disability Confident scheme which underpins our staff recruitment practices.
Find out more To arrange a visit or to have an informal discussion about this role please contactJackie Gillespie: j.gillespie@silverdaleprimaryacademy.org.uk
About The St Leonards Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1467 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The St Leonards Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- j.gillespie@silverdaleprimaryacademy.org.uk
Arranging a visit to The St Leonards Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.gillespie@silverdaleprimaryacademy.org.uk.
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