Teaching Assistant

Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich, London, SE22 0AT

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  18 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 June 2025

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: Term time only; actual salary £25,324-£25,687 (38 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,120-£30,552
• Pay scale: Grade 3 (Inner London)
• Additional allowances:

  Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an experienced Teaching Assistant to join our existing team in supporting our students at Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich.

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• At least 3 x A-Levels or Level 3 qualifications and a good pass in GCSE English and Maths
• A basic understanding of the emotional and physical development of adolescent young men and boys
• Basic knowledge of strategies that can improve self- esteem and self-efficacy to ensure students can grow in their well-being and achievements
• Ability to deal sensitively with difficult or stressful situations in a professional manner whilst managing and prioritising your own caseload
• Ability to work in a creative and flexible way and be solution focused to any issues arising
• Ability to work under pressure and meet agreed deadlines and timescales, whilst holding others accountable for agreed deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and social skills which will be used to manage complex situations in achieving successful outcomes for the student
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team to ensure that corporate objectives are achieved
• Ability to be able to evidence the impact that you have had on student outcomes through your monitoring, support and intervention
• Ability to manage time effectively, be punctual and adhere to the SEN department and academy codes of professional practice
• Ability to communicate issues and strategies to academy staff in a professional and sensitive manner and to act as the coordinator between external agency, family and academy support
• To be open and willing to be trained to further develop your knowledge and experience of this role

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

What the school offers its staff

Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich opened in September 2009 and is part of the Outstanding Harris Federation. Our vision is clear: nothing is impossible and everything is possible, irrespective of personal characteristics or background. Every problem has a solution. We believe we are more robust, resilient and determined as a team than as a group of individuals. We support, challenge and hold each other to account at all levels within the academy to ensure that our students achieve their potential, are motivated, engaged and fully prepared for life beyond our academy.

Benefits

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance (usually £2,000 for Inner London and £1,500 for Outer London), a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Teachers Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Flexible working opportunities

We are committed to fostering a positive and supportive working environment for our staff, recognising that achieving a balance between professional and personal responsibilities is essential. We understand that each individual's circumstances are unique, which is why we offer flexible working options that can be adapted to meet the needs of both the academy and our employees.

Further details about the role

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting students on the SEND / AEN Register
• Helping students access support and understand the causes and consequences of their behaviours, and to modify their behaviours to gain greater academic success
• Working closely with all academy staff to ensure that information is shared as appropriate to improve directly studnets' academic success
• Staffing the learning support department, supporting students who need timetabled time for academic study
• Knowing and understanding the learning needs of all students
• Liaising with staff to ensure that students can make maximum progress
• Supporting the learning and social development of students, including planning and delivering support sessions to small groups and 1:1
• Where appropriate, meeting with other external professionals to meet the needs of individual students

Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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About Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 877 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich website
• Email address: info@harrisdulwichboys.org.uk
• Phone number: 0208 299 5300
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harris-boys-academy-east-dulwich

Harris Boys’ Academy East Dulwich opened in September 2009 and is judged Outstanding by Ofsted. Our vision is clear: nothing is impossible and everything is possible, irrespective of personal characteristics or background. Every problem has a solution. We believe we are more robust, resilient and determined as a team than as a group of individuals. We support, challenge and hold each other to account at all levels within the academy to ensure that our students achieve their potential, are motivated, engaged and fully prepared for life beyond our academy. The academy’s specialisms are Enterprise and Sport with a ‘can-do’ ethos of always improving upon your personal best. We have now reached our full capacity of 750 students across Years 7 to 11 and we work in partnership with Harris Federation Post 16. In 2017, we achieved a Progress 8 score of +0.73, which places us in the top 6% of schools nationally.

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