Teaching Assistant
Whitmore High School, Harrow, HA2 0ADThis job expired on 3 June 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
3 June 2024 at 9am
Date listed
20 May 2024
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
- Part time: FIXED TERM (to July 2025) 30 hours 40 minutes per week, term time only – half an hour unpaid lunch (8.50am to 3.20pm on Monday, Thursday and Friday / 8.50am to 3.40pm on Tuesday and Wednesday) Scale G2 - £18,490 per annum
Contract type
- Fixed term - July 2025
Actual salary
- £18,490 per annum
Pay scale
- G2
What skills and experience we're looking for
- To be able to students with their work in all areas of the curriculum according to a negotiated timetable
- Build up relationships with students in the class who may not have previously experienced much success at school
- Attend to students' personal care including helping some with toileting; following the advice of medical professionals, psychologists and social workers working with the school
- Plan with teachers how individual students' educational needs can best be met in lessons and, where appropriate, helping adapt learning resources
- Be a positive team player, willing to pitch in and help out where needed and believe in the importance of team work and a collaborative approach
- Be committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and the principles and practice of equal opportunities
- Be committed to the principles and practice of safeguarding all young people
What the school offers its staff
- State of the art building with well-equipped classrooms, excellent resources and modern facilities
- Fantastic support from your line managers and SLT who will develop you and want to see you succeed in your career
- You’ll be working in an OFSTED rated ‘Outstanding’ school
- Exceptional and wide ranging CPD opportunities
- Staff Wellbeing group who promote a healthy work life balance and arrange activities such as weekly staff yoga, on-site massage, weekly fruit, breakfast boxes, well-being garden, book club with free Kindle loan for staff etc.
- Free annual flu jab
- Free use of the on-site gym
- Cycle to Work tax free bike scheme
Commitment to safeguarding
Whitmore High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and all staff are expected to share this commitment.
All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and pre-employment checks. Online searches may be completed for shortlisted candidates as part of due diligence checks. It is an offence to apply for any role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, all posts are listed as exempted employment. You therefore need to reveal all spent convictions during the recruitment and vetting process.
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About Whitmore High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1733 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Whitmore High School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- applications@whitmore.harrow.sch.uk
Whitmore High School is a mixed comprehensive school with an excellent record of achievement.
Students are expected to achieve the highest standards of work and behaviour in a positive, friendly but disciplined atmosphere. Our staff are highly qualified and passionate about ensuring all students reach their full potential and we work closely with parents to achieve this aim.
At Whitmore High School we aim to provide the best possible education for all our students by:
* Promoting a broad and balanced curriculum in which students take an active part in their own learning.
* Recognising the needs of individuals, placing suitable high demands on them and stimulating them to achieve success.
* Encouraging students to aim for the highest standards of work and behaviour at all times.
* Creating an ordered and friendly community where relationships are positive and founded on courtesy, respect and shared values.
* Acknowledging the importance of links between home, school and the wider community.
* Maintaining a spirit of constructive self-criticism, regularly considering improvements to existing practice.
Arranging a visit to Whitmore High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email applications@whitmore.harrow.sch.uk.
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