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Expected start date
As soon as possible
Application deadline
24 January 2022 at 9:00am
Date listed
12 January 2022
Job details
- Job role
- Education support
- Working pattern
- Term time
Permanent, 35 hours per week - Contract type
- Permanent
- Annual or full time equivalent (FTE) salary
- Grade 4
- Actual salary
- £15384 - £16326
Job summary
Teaching Assistant
Required to start as soon as possible
Permanent, part time (35 hours per week)
39 weeks per year (term time plus Inset days)
Grade 4, Spinal Column Point 4 – 7
(Equating to £15384-£16326)
Birches Head Academy has recently become part of the Frank Field Education Trust and we work collaboratively with others in our FFET family, allowing our students and staff many opportunities to develop. This is embodied in the FFET vision: ‘Social Justice through Excellence in Education’ and in the Academy motto: ‘Aspire to be More’.
Birches Head Academy is looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated staff, who will support students with social, emotional and mental health needs to overcome barriers to learning.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience of working with children of relevant age in a learning environment. You should possess the ability to communicate effectively with students, colleagues and parents / carers. You must be computer literate, organised and have a good general standard of education at Level 2 or above, including English and Maths.
All staff play a vital role in helping us to ensure our students receive a world-class education, thereby enabling each child to reach their full potential.
This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual to demonstrate their ability to champion the Academy’s development and to be part of our exciting journey.
We welcome applications from all parts of our community as we aspire to have a staff body that matches the social and cultural diversity of our student intake.
Closing date for applications: Monday 24 January at 9am
Interviews to be held: Friday 28 January.
For further information, including the recruitment pack and application form, please visit our website at: www.bircheshead.org.uk. Alternatively, you can contact the school for an information pack.
Completed application forms should be emailed to jbracegirdle@bircheshead.org.uk
Birches Head Academy requires an application form to be completed in order to be considered for this role. Please note that CVs alone will not be accepted.
Birches Head Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants will, therefore, be subject to stringent vetting and induction processes, including an enhanced DBS disclosure. References will be requested prior to interview.
All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of age, sex, race or disability.
Social Justice through Excellence in Education
Supporting documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
School overview
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 888 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Birches Head Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Contact email
- jbracegirdle@bircheshead.org.uk
About Birches Head Academy
Thank you for downloading this application
pack and for your interest in becoming
a Teaching Assistant at Birches Head
Academy, in Stoke-on-Trent.
This is an exciting time at the Academy, as
we have made dramatic improvements and
seen a complete culture change in recent
years, resulting in growing numbers of
children applying for places.
We have recently joined the Frank Field
Education Trust, providing a firm foundation
to enable us to flourish. As an Academy
within the Frank Field Education Trust,
schools will particularly benefit from the
Trust’s access to services that will improve
the support we can offer to all students and
families and also from the opportunity to
work with like-minded people, who want the
best for children and young people.
The Academy works in partnership with
a number of schools both locally and
nationally, including our primary feeder
schools and colleges to ensure all students
have the very best opportunities and
outcomes.
Our vision is to provide:
• An exceptional academic education to all
children (Intellectual Capital)
• A values led approach to education for
every child (Cultural Capital)
• The right environment for every
child to flourish by building learning
communities in partnership with parents
and carers (Social Capital)
Achieving these commitments will ensure
that, when pupils leave the Academy, they
are ready for the next step in their journey;
leaving with the necessary skills and
knowledge, and the desire to serve others,
to become the next generation of leaders.
Our determination to do this, in its fullest
sense, resonates with our Academy motto
inspired by the words of Oscar Romero
“Aspire to be More”. I have very high
aspirations for the young people at Birches
Head Academy. I want the very best for
them. I want them to ‘Aspire to be More’.
If you feel you can make a contribution
to this important enterprise and help our
children to be the best that they can be, then
I look forward to receiving your application.
If you would like to discuss this vacancy
or visit the school please contact Mrs
J Bracegirdle, Principal’s PA and Office
Manager, by email at: jbracegirdle@
bircheshead.org.uk.
Ms Katie Dixon
Principal
School location
Birches Head Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST2 8DDSimilar jobs nearby
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