Teaching Assistant

The King's School, Grantham, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 6RP

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  2 posts available; one as soon as possible and one from September 2024

• Closing date

  3 May 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 April 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: Hours available: 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: Actual starting salary based on 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year £19,883
• Pay scale: GLEA payscale, Grade 3 - Points 6 to 9

What skills and experience we're looking for

As a member of The King's School family, you'll have the opportunity to work with some of the brightest and most motivated students in the region. Our comprehensive academic programme is designed to provide students with a well-rounded education that prepares them for success in all areas of life. At The King's School, you'll be part of a supportive and collaborative team of educators who are dedicated to helping students achieve their full potential both within the curriculum and beyond the curriculum. So why wait? Apply to be a Teaching Assistant today.

What the school offers its staff

If you are unsure what The King’s School is like but are considering applying, please contact the school for an informal telephone conversation or tour of the school to find out more. Our current SEND team have created a student support centre with a calm, caring and happy environment for students with special educational needs and would welcome visits from potential candidates.

Previous familiarity with an educational environment would be an advantage but not a necessity. Training for the role will be available to the successful candidate

Commitment to safeguarding

Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and as this post is considered to be a ‘regulated activity’, a check through the Disclosure and Barring Service, including the children’s barred list. The school may carry out online searches for shortlisted candidates. Successful applicants must comply with policies relating to safeguarding & child protection.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is permitted to ask applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are “spent” unless they are “protected” under the DBS filtering rules, see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance).

Applying for the job

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to HR@kings.lincs.sch.uk

Visas cannot be sponsored.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Job Description and Person Specificaton - Teaching Assistant.pdf - 146 KB (opens in new tab)

About The King's School, Grantham

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1188 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The King's School, Grantham website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: HR@kings.lincs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01476563180
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-king-s-school-grantham (opens in new tab)

Grammar school for boys aged 11-18.

Arranging a visit to The King's School, Grantham

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@kings.lincs.sch.uk.

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