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Teaching Assistant

Astrea Academy Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 9BE

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• Job start date

  17 April 2023

• Closing date

  19 March 2023 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 March 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours a week
• Contract type: Fixed term - Fixed Term until July 2024
• Pay scale: Grade 2, scale 3-4 Actual Salary: £17,878 - £18,202

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification or equivalent
• Experience of working within KS3/4
• Aligned to our values and mission. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here
• Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs. Someone that does not make excuses for what children can achieve.

What the school offers its staff

• High aspirations, with a firm emphasis on academic attainment​

• A knowledge-rich curriculum that develops a general knowledge of the world not simply for progression for the workplace, but for the love of the acquisition of knowledge​
• A calm and purposeful learning environment built on mutual respect and centralised behaviour systems​
• Outstanding pastoral care with the provision of specific trust delivered SEMH services where appropriate to the scholar​
• Standardised reading and arithmetic catch-up programmes for pupils where this is relevant that are taught by specialists​
• Active parental and community involvement​

• A broad range of extra-curricular activities including sports, music, performing arts and academic clubs

Further details about the role

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.

Commitment to safeguarding

Astrea Academy Sheffield is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its scholars and expects all staff, volunteers and members of the Academy community to share this commitment.

We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent and effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, scholars and staff within the Academy. All concerns are passed through the Safeguarding Team in line with our Astrea Academy Sheffield Safeguarding Policy 2023 and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 Guidance.

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About Astrea Academy Sheffield

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 18
• Education phase: Through school
• School size: 988 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Astrea Academy Sheffield website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@astreaacademytrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/astrea-academy-sheffield (opens in new tab)

At Astrea Academy Sheffield, we address our young people as scholars because we know that every single one of them is capable of outstanding academic achievements. We promote scholarship by offering an all-through curriculum which is rich in powerful knowledge and meticulously planned by subject experts. We know that powerful knowledge is the key that will open powerful doors for our scholars in the future. Therefore, we are relentlessly committed to delivering exceptional lessons in every classroom, every day.

We respect every scholars’ right to access an exceptional education and offer academic, inspiring and broad opportunities for all through both our curriculum and co-curriculum. We teach our young people to be responsible through our thoughtful character education programme and essential habit building work. Our scholars respect everyone in our academy’s community and grow their responsibility, knowing that they are the leaders of tomorrow.

We are tenacious in our commitment to do the very best for the young people in our care and this tenacity is mirrored in the way that our scholars work on their academic and character education every day.

We foster curiosity in our young people by providing them with a rounded education which opens doors to new opportunities, ideas and experiences. Our classrooms are filled with the awe and wonder that is comes from the joy of learning.

If you are interested in coming to see more of what we do, then please email info@astreasheffield.org to arrange a visit.

Arranging a visit to Astrea Academy Sheffield

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@astreaacademytrust.org.

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