Teaching Assistant
Coppice Academy, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 2EY6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
17 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
2 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 37 hours per week, Term Time only plus 5 inset days = (39 weeks)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- G5 SCP 16–20, £23,893 - £25,119 FTE –Pay Award Pending
Actual salary
- Actual Salary: £20,826 - £21,895
What skills and experience we're looking for
re you committed to making a difference? Someone who has high expectations of students and colleagues? Excited about teaching and learning?
We are looking to appoint a person like you who is an enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching Assistant. We need a professional and enthusiastic person to work with our staff and students across the school.
You will demonstrate a caring and supportive approach, be highly motivated and be an excellent team player who aspires to high standards. You will provide direct support to students to help raise their confidence and attainment in subjects both at KS3 and KS4.
Our forward-thinking Principal is looking to appoint motivated colleagues in a range of areas. The Coppice is proud to be part of Shaw Education Trust which is a growing, multi-academy trust based in Staffordshire and as part of the trust, our new colleagues will benefit from high quality professional development and will be supported in their career progression by our new and inspiring leadership team. You will be an outstanding teaching assistant willing to embrace and develop our collective values and ethics. In return your efforts will be recognised and rewarded, and your contribution valued and celebrated by our whole school community. Our sole aim is to enable every one of our children to thrive and reach their potential as well as enjoying their time at the Coppice.
Coppice Academy is a welcoming, warm academy which empowers all students to recognise their potential and supports them through a personalised, interesting and achievable curriculum pathway, experiencing innovative, quality teaching and learning. All students make excellent progression from their individual starting points.
At Coppice Academy we model our approach to a mainstream secondary academy where we encourage independence, responsibility through curriculum movement with an additional focus on a holistic approach for our student’s development. We pride ourselves on identifying a student’s individual needs as well as building on our community and family philosophy of being ready, safe, respectful and to always be the best we can be, to enable students to succeed and achieve at the Coppice.
Learning, Achieving and Growing Together is our mission statement.
We believe in the abilities of our students and their successes never cease to amaze us and make us proud.
What the school offers its staff
Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
- An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
- Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
- Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
- Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
- Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
- Free Eye Tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
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About Coppice Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- School size
- 112 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Coppice Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- natalie.turner@shaw-education.org.uk
At Coppice Academy every student plays their part in making ours a unique learning environment. Each young person has talents which we recognise and encourage, relationships and friendships to develop, challenges to overcome and a bright future ahead of them to look forward to.
Our team of highly trained, enthusiastic staff provide each student with an exciting, individualised learning programme which engages, motivates and fosters a love of learning. Students are continually supported and encouraged to become the best they can be; academically and personally.
Well-equipped classrooms, excellent quality of care and cohesive multi agency working ensure that the diverse needs of all our students can be met. We provide opportunities to learn in the community and develop vocational skills to empower students to become meaningful contributors to society.
Our mission is ‘Learning, Achieving and Growing Together’. We believe in the abilities of our students and their successes never cease to amaze us and make us proud. Students leave Coppice Academy ready for the next phase of their lives; going on to Further Education, college, employment, independent living and university.
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