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Teaching Assistant G5

The Westleigh School, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 5NL

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• Job start date

  1 September 2022

• Closing date

  4 July 2022 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 June 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, part time: Full time, 37 hrs per week, term time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: (SCP 16-20) £20,043- £21,269
• Actual salary: (pro rata salary £17,392 - £18,456)

Teaching Assistant G5 job summary

As a school we are passionate about inclusion and we are looking for people who share the same drive and commitment. We are looking to appoint 2 highly effective and motivated Level 3 Teaching Assistants to join our wonderful SEND team. Our new colleague will be confident in establishing constructive relationships and interacting with students according to their individual needs. The role will focus on delivering intervention sessions to students who have significant barriers to their learning to ensure success and positive educational outcomes. The successful candidates will: • Willingness to be flexible and support the school when needed • Bring rigour and an eye for detail and experience to our ambitious school • Be professional and approachable. In return we offer • A forward thinking and innovative Senior Leadership Team • An open and transparent workplace that has an honest and respectful culture • Friendly and enthusiastic children • Caring, friendly colleagues with a strong team spirit and a positive attitude • Supportive parents and Academy Councillors The Westleigh School enjoys a successful partnership with the Shaw Education Trust, which is a growing multi academy trust led by an Executive Leadership Team steeped in school leadership and improvement experience. Working with the Shaw Education Trust also allows colleagues to access a large range of well-established training opportunities and work alongside like-minded professionals across a range of schools. The Shaw Education Trust offer the following benefits with your employment: • An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme / Teachers Pension • Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (28 days holiday rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service + Paid Bank Holidays) • 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. At The Westleigh School, each pupil can feel that they belong to a caring and supportive environment. The school/academy is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo appropriate child protection screening including a DBS check.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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

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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The Westleigh School - Teaching Assistant SEN L3 G5 - Job Advert - June 2022.pdf - 201 KB (opens in new tab)

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About The Westleigh School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 957 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Westleigh School website
• Email address: vacancies@westleigh.wigan.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-westleigh-school

The Westleigh School is a secondary school providing education to pupils aged 11 to 16, as well as providing an adult education centre to members of the local community.

The school motto of “Aspiring and Achieving Together” accurately captures the shared vision which ensures that leaders at all levels are developing their ability to communicate high expectations.

At The Westleigh School, an unrelenting focus is placed on the quality of teaching above all else so that the pupils are able to grow in a continuously developing learning environment.

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