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  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    19 December 2022 at 9am

  • Date listed

    8 December 2022

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

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

SET Grade 4, SCP 13-16 £21,190 - £21,968 FTE salary per annum pro rata £18,387 - £19,063

Pay scale

SET Grade 4, SCP 13-16 £21,190 - £21,968 FTE salary per annum pro rata £18,387 - £19,063

What skills and experience we're looking for

Tottington High School is a school with a very clear vision for its future, part of the family within The Shaw Education Trust. Tottington High School is an 11-16 years mixed community high school positioned north of Bury, Greater Manchester.

We seek a highly motivated Teaching Assistant to join our team based at Tottington High School. The successful candidate will be committed to our motto of ‘achieving excellence through partnership’.

The successful candidate will be:

  • Professional, creative, flexible, and innovative with the drive and determination to successfully contribute to improving students’ life chances.
  • A dedicated team player who develops excellent relationships with learners and colleagues
  • An individual who communicates clear expectations, leads by example, and promotes at all times positive behaviour for learning.
  • Willing to fully support and at all times uphold the policies and positive ethos of the school.
  • Willing to participate in personal continued professional development.

This is a fabulous opportunity to join Tottington High School, a school within the Shaw Education Trust. Please visit our main school website to gain further information about the school. An Executive Leadership Team steeped in school leadership and improvement experience leads the Trust: www.shaw-education.org.uk. They are committed to the continued professional development of all members of staff and the sustained successful performance of all its academies.

What the school offers its staff

The Shaw Education Trust offer the following benefits with your employment:

  • An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff)
  • Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (28 days holiday rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service + Paid Bank Holidays FTE) (Support Staff)
  • Access to health and wellbeing support via Occupational Health
  • 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.

Tottington High School is dedicated to the safeguarding and wellbeing of students; all staff must share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo appropriate screening including Enhanced DBS check.

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.

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About Tottington High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
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School size
919 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

Tottington High School is a secondary academy located in Tottington, Bury, providing high-quality education to pupils aged 11–16 years.

Tottington’s welcoming, lively and innovative school community helps pupils to leave the school as well-rounded individuals with ambition and self-confidence. School staff recognise the potential of all their students and provide opportunities that challenge their abilities, resulting in the school having a good record of consistently achieving impressive academic results coupled with personalised support and guidance; helping every student achieve their full potential – culturally, morally, socially, spiritually as well as academically.

Our Mission Statement states:

“We pledge, through respectful relationships, to ensure all members of our community are supported in taking responsibility for their own learning, to become ‘well-rounded’ and caring individuals, with the skills, attributes, qualifications and experiences to prepare them for their and our futures.”

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