Teaching Assistant
Coppice School, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN7 6JH8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
At earliest opportunity
Closing date
6 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
17 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 31.25 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year minimum with a view to renewed if needed
Full-time equivalent salary
- NJC4 – NJC 6 £23,114 - £23,893
Actual salary
- Actual Salary £16,894 - £17,463
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic, hardworking and flexible Teaching Assistant to join a team of dedicated staff who are committed to providing an excellent learning environment and become part of a successful teaching team in a busy working environment.
Whether you are an experienced teaching assistant who has worked within mainstream or specialist education setting or someone who has exceptional vocational skills and a real drive to make a difference in children’s lives, you must be able to provide our children with aspirations for their futures along with promoting a positive culture in everything you do.
Knowledge of SEN will be advantageous and you must and able to respond to the emotional, social and mental health needs of our children and young people. You will be required to ensure the safety of our children and young people and facilitate their access to learning by responding to individual needs, which may include personal care and hygiene needs such as toileting and nappy changing.
Via your excellent interpersonal skills you will have the opportunity to make judgements on the attainment and progress of our students and be able to help them to celebrate success.
You will be working as part of a team supporting whole class lessons, group work and working one to one with pupils. You will be part of a committed staff team who are motivated every day by improving the life chances of our students.
What the school offers its staff
Wellbeing – Pay – Careers and Training – Annual Leave and Flexibility
Access to free wellbeing support resources and corporate membership of a healthcare plan. This includes counselling, medical and legal advice and an option to top up to private healthcare
Access to discount schemes for savings with high street retailers, restaurants, activities and lifestyle services
Auto enrolment into a leading pension scheme with Teachers Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
Access to extensive and tailored career pathways, CPD programmes, training and coaching giving you the opportunity to grow and develop your career
An Induction package to help you settle in and approach your role with role confidence and enthusiasm
The ability to contribute to and share quality practice with other professional TA’s, teachers and the wider team
Internal opportunities across the Trust academies and to work with specialised leaders in education on nationally recognised projects
Flexible working policies
Cycle to Work Scheme
Annual leave increases based on length of service plus bank holidays for support staff
Commitment to safeguarding
Nexus Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to coppice.admin@nexusmat.org
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Coppice School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 19
- School size
- 153 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Coppice School website
- Email address
- coppice.admin@nexusmat.org
We are a 3-19 school which educates a wide variety of very special children and young people with
additional needs.
“Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the
power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.”
At Coppice School we firmly believe in the words above and are seeking Classroom Support
Assistants to join our staff.
We are looking for staff who will use their own initiatives and imagination to open up the possibilities
for learning to our special pupils.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post involves working with
children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service
records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found
at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.
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