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Teaching Assistant

Lift Charles Warren, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 3AZ

This job expired on 13 February 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  13 February 2025 at 1:52pm

• Date listed

  16 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18645 - £19863 per annum

Teaching Assistant job summary

Salary: NJC 5 - 9, £24,790- £26,409 (actual), £18,645 - £19,863 (pro rata salary) + well-being cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits

Hours: 32.5, 39 weeks

Contract: Fixed Term, Full Time

Start date: February 2025 / As soon as possible

Are you passionate about education and looking for a fulfilling career?

We're looking for a dedicated SEND teaching assistant to join our supportive team at Charles Warren Academy.

You're someone who'll be able to:

* Join our specialist provision based in our school for children with Autism and/or Social Communication Difficulties
* Use positive behaviour management strategies and motivate children to learn and enjoy school

Looking to make a difference every day?

Join our team and play a vital role in ensuring our students receive the education they deserve. You'll provide invaluable support to delivering an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.

You're someone who has:

* Experience of supporting children in primary education.
* Experience in the use of visual strategies to support children with communication needs.
* Work collaboratively with other teaching assistants so you must be able to work in a team.
* This is an opportunity to make a tangible impact on the lives of young people.

About Charles Warren Academy

Charles Warren Academy opened on 1st September 2012 and is part of Lift Schools. Our school is situated in the beautiful area of Simpson, surrounded by trees and bordering the canal. We cater for children aged 4-11 years old and we have high expectations for all with an inclusive outlook.

We aspire for Charles Warren Academy to be an inspirational and exciting place to learn where children can achieve their very best. Our children are enthusiastic, hardworking and want to succeed.

This is an opportunity to make a tangible impact on the lives of young people.

We offer you:

* Comprehensive training: Access a wide range of developmental training to boost your career.
* Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
* Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives.

Ready to apply? Get in touch here. We can't wait to hear from you.

The role is due to commence February 2025 / As soon as possible. This is a fixed term, full time position.

Closing date: 16 February 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

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About Lift Charles Warren

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 191 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lift Charles Warren website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/charles-warren-academy

Thank you for your interest in joining the team here at Lift Charles Warren.
We are very proud and privileged to serve the young people in and around the Milton Keynes area.

In recent years enormous strides have been made to improve progress and attainment and we are very proud that Lift Charles Warren is in the top 1% of all schools for progress and attainment at KS1. Our dedicated teachers and leaders continue to develop a curriculum that inspires and prepares our pupils for their future.

Lift Charles Warren has an exciting future and it is absolutely vital that we attract the right calibre of professional to lead us on our journey to excellence. You will be a colleague who is relentless in their desire to raise standards and improve outcomes; a colleague who is able to enjoy positive, professional relationships with young people, staff and the wider community; and, perhaps most importantly, a colleague who can demonstrate high levels of resilience and emotional intelligence when dealing with complex and sensitive situations.

The Aims of Lift Charles Warren

At Lift Charles Warren we expect the best of everyone. We recognise the transformative power of self-belief, and our children are happy, confident, resilient and self- critical. There are no short cuts and no excuses. We value hard work, determination and ambition, acknowledging and celebrating the variety of ways in which learners can be excellent. We undertake all our work with professionalism, honesty and integrity. A strong moral compass underpins all our work.

We have an inherent belief in the following:
- Everyone is a leader.
- Creating a can-do, solution focused culture.
- Doing it and having impact - make a difference.
- Attention to detail - follow up and follow through.
- Understanding that making mistakes is okay - what’s important is how we learn from them.
- Being outward thinking - adopt a mind-set of restless excellence.

Our Specialism and Awards

We are delighted to have won two National awards from SSAT for progress and Closing the Gap 2015.

We have also been successful in gaining the EYFS Quality Mark and the Quality Mark for the whole school (March 2021)

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