Teaching Assistant
Avanti Grange Secondary School, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2BD10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 July 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 June 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
- Full time, part time: Please view the JD for further information.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 2, £22,665 - £22,841 per annum (Approximately £15,709 - £15,831 pro rata per annum (0.69309 FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Salary: Grade 2, £22,665 - £22,841 per annum(Approximately £15,709 - £15,831 pro rata per annum (0.69309 FTE)
About us and the role
Are you passionate about making a difference in students' lives? We are looking for a dedicated Teaching Assistant to join our team, providing essential support to pupils and teachers.
In this role, you will work with individuals and groups of pupils, assist with classroom preparation and resource management, and support the general pastoral care of students.
If you are enthusiastic, compassionate, and eager to contribute to a positive learning environment, we encourage you to apply.
What will you do?
- Support individual and group learning activities under the supervision of the class teacher and encourage pupil interaction.
- Assist with the pastoral care of pupils, including helping those who are unwell or distressed.
- Prepare and maintain classroom resources and provide clerical support to the teacher.
- Provide regular feedback on pupils' progress and achievement to the teacher.
- Ensure compliance with school policies on child protection, health and safety, and participate in school trips and out-of-school activities.
What are we looking for?
- Experience of working with relevant age group within a learning environment
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing
- Awareness of Health and Safety requirements within a school setting
- High degree of drive, resilience and enthusiasm
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people
Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.
What the school offers its staff
Avanti Grange Secondary School opened in September 2022 with 4 forms of entry (120 Year 7 students only) in September 2022 rising to 6 form of entry (180 Year 7 students) from September 2023. One of the many things that makes Avanti Grange Secondary School distinctive is its values-based approach to education. We encourage students to value self, others and the environment and empower them to be effective learners as well as good and responsible citizens.
We will develop resilient, communicative, and organised young people, the leaders of the future with drive and initiative. We will seek to create an environment where we can all live and thrive together, where the conditions for growth are ideal.
Our students will be:
- Courageous - with a strength to stand up for their beliefs and values
- Curious - with a love for lifelong learning
- Resilient - with no self-imposed limits
Avanti Grange Secondary School is part of Avanti Schools Trust, a successful and growing multi-academy trust (MAT) with a track record of delivering strong outcomes for children. The majority of our schools are significantly over-subscribed.
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we'd encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
Why should you apply
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:
- Great opportunities for professional development through the Avanti Institute and our family of schools
- LGPS pension scheme subject to eligibility criteria
- O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
- Flexible working opportunities
- Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
- Access to multiple well-being programmes (Weekend Retreats, Yoga Classes and Apps)
- Cycle-to-work and Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes
Further details about the role
Pre-employment checks
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.
Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
Commitment to safeguarding
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
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About Avanti Grange Secondary School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 107 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- careers@avanti.org.uk
Avanti Grange is a school that is committed to giving all children an engaging and enriching educational experience. We provide a richly diverse and connected school environment, representative of the world that our pupils will enter. Our pupils mature into individuals who are ambitious, open-minded and confident. Along with our academic pathway, we also take care to support individual character formation and spiritual insight through The Avanti Way.
Each pupil at our school is celebrated for their individual talents. For our pupils’, school is about exploring strengths and developing academic and personal skills that will ensure that every child is well prepared for the quickly changing world that awaits them. It is our promise that we will create an environment of challenge, enjoyment and collaboration, both within our school and throughout the Avanti Schools Trust and beyond.
Avanti Schools support each person’s life journey along three parallel paths: Educational excellence; Character formation; and Spiritual insight.
Avanti’s unique ethos places a key emphasis on each individual’s wellbeing and good mental health. Children with higher levels of emotional, behavioural, social, and school wellbeing, on average, have higher levels of academic achievement and are more engaged in the school community. All our schools share a dedicated approach to wellbeing, from providing yoga and mindfulness sessions, sports and exercise, charity work, and working with parents and carers as co-educators.
Arranging a visit to Avanti Grange Secondary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email careers@avanti.org.uk.
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