Teaching Assistant
Heworth Grange School, Gateshead, NE10 0PT15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2024
Closing date
17 December 2023 at 9am
Date listed
20 November 2023
Job details
Visa sponsorship
- No, visa sponsorship not available
Working pattern
- View all Full timejobs - 32.5 hours a week, term time plus 5 days
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,330.10 - £19,984.60
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a motivated Teaching Assistant to join our Learning Support Department here at Heworth Grange School.
The role of the Teaching Assistant will be to work under the instruction/guidance of a teacher to provide work, care and support programmes to pupils.
The successful candidate should be supportive of the ethos and values of the school and have the ability to encourage and motivate our students. We are looking for someone with a sense of humour, who understands the importance of developing a positive culture in our organisation and has high expectations of their pupils.
If you feel you share our values and are committed to ensuring that students fulfil their potential, then we would like to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
I am very proud to welcome you to Heworth Grange School. Heworth Grange is an exciting place to learn and a school where we are committed to giving each student equal opportunities to succeed, regardless of their background. We expect the best for all our young people and we continuously strive to ensure they can engage with the highest quality teaching and learning as well as opportunities to develop personally. We know that our young people learn best when they feel cared for and well supported. Heworth Grange is a ‘family away from home’ where in endeavour to ensure all our young people feel safe and secure so that they feel confident to engage fully in all aspects of their learning.
Our school ethos and values provide an important cornerstone in realising the potential of all students that we are proud to support. At Heworth Grange we do this through a blend of academic and therapeutic strategies underpinned by a well-developed personal development curriculum. To ensure our young people have the best opportunity to learn, we expect exemplary standards of behaviour, attendance and respect for all within our inclusive school community and strive to encourage a thirst for learning.
We put students and staff at the heart of our decision-making, ensuring everyone benefits from continuous improvement. We ensure that our staff have access to great professional development so that we continue to grow in expertise and provide the very best education for our young people.
We want to do everything in our power to ensure that the students at Heworth Grange leave school with the academic qualifications and personal skills to become happy and successful adults in their own right.
Further details about the role
To apply please download and complete the attached application form. Please note we do not accept CV’s. We ask that all completed application forms are sent to Kirsty Gordon at Kirsty.Gordon@consilium-at.com
Please ensure that within your application you provide the names, addresses, and contact details for two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 17th December 2023 at 9AM.
Interviews will take place on Friday 22nd December 2023.
Consilium Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.Appointments are made subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education Consilium Academies is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which Consilium Academies might want to explore with you. Further information on online searches can be found in paragraph 221 of Keeping Children Safe in Education.
The Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English.
Please note: If you have not been contacted within one week of the closing date please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. We are unable to provide feedback on individual applications. Applications received after the closing time stated will not be considered.
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About Heworth Grange School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1055 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- kirsty.gordon@consilium-at.com
Arranging a visit to Heworth Grange School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kirsty.gordon@consilium-at.com.
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