Teaching Assistant - English
South Craven School, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD20 7RLThis job expired on 22 September 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
To start as soon as possible
Closing date
22 September 2023 at 9am
Date listed
6 September 2023
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: Full-time (37 hours per week) term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £21,227 - £22,740 maybe higher for the right candidate
Additional allowances
SEN Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
The main duties and responsibilities of this post include:
· Supporting students in class.
- Leading small groups.
- Supporting students with their reading fluency.
- Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of the curriculum.
- Using appropriate teaching and classroom strategies to motivate students and enable their progress.
- Contributing actively to the policies and aspirations of the school.
The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate:
· An ability to support students with a variety of different needs up to English GCSE.
- A strong subject knowledge – English specialist.
- Knowledge of literacy.
- Experience of small group teaching.
- Personal ambition and the capacity for hard work
What the school offers its staff
South Craven School, supported by South Craven Academy Trust since May 2011, is an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school situated in a semi-rural location on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales with easy access to Leeds, Bradford and Greater Manchester. South Craven achieves strong results at both GCSE and A level and has an excellent vocational programme.
Learning is placed firmly at the heart of the South Craven School community. Our main priority is to ensure our students have the best opportunities for success and the highest possible aspirations for the future. We are very proud of our excellent reputation in our local community, recognising our responsibility to provide young people with the skills and qualities to respond to the challenges of a fast changing world.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the school for an inspiring, enthusiastic and talented teaching assistant. The successful candidate would be assigned to the English faculty. The faculty is vibrant and highly successful and offers GCSE and A level specifications.
The successful candidate will join the team as soon as possible.
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 South Craven School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1874 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- South Craven School website
- Email address
- r.simeone@southcraven.org
- Phone number
- 01535 632861
South Craven School - Secondary Comprehensive
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