Teaching Assistant (Grade 2)

The West Park Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG17 8EE

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  29 November 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5hrs a week, Monday to Friday Term time only
• Contract type: Fixed term - end of academic year 24/25
• Pay scale: Grade 2 Point 2-4

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Forge Trust are looking for a Teaching Assistant to join The West Park Academy from January 2024.

We are seeking to appoint a dedicated and motivated Teaching Assistant-

• Do you have the skills and expertise to understand the needs of children?
• Do you have a proven track record of improving outcomes for all children?
• Do you have high levels of commitment to inclusion?
• Do you have sensitivity and understanding to build good relationships with individuals and parents and carers?
• Do you have good communication skills?
• Can you consistently and effectively implement agreed behaviour management strategies?
• Do you have knowledge of guidance and regulations around safeguarding?

If the answer is ‘Yes’ to most of the above then we would love to hear from you!

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• A warm and welcoming, forward-thinking school
• A Multi-Academy Trust that focuses on the most important aspects of children’s

education

• Excellent facilities
• A collaborative learning community

Our Trust Values are: Work-ethic, Team player, Respect, Discipline, Positivity and Ambition.

We believe in The Forge Trust Motto ‘Labor Omnia Vincit’.

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.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to office@westparkacademy.co.uk

CVs are not accepted.

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.

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About The West Park Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 247 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The West Park Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: office@westparkacademy.co.uk
• Phone number: 01623460274
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-west-park-academy (opens in new tab)

The FORGE Trust is a primary school led, multi-academy trust which was
founded in September 2016 on the success of The Sir Donald Bailey Academy in Newark, Nottinghamshire.

There is a clear vision to provide the very best education for every pupil in our schools ensuring the quality of teaching is excellent and the environment for learning encourages all pupils to find their talent and succeed. We believe strongly in our mission to change the lives of these children and have the ambition to be the most successful multi-academy trust in the country!

The Trust specialises in working in communities which face disadvantage and challenge, and prides itself on having a transformational agenda to significantly impact on the life chances of children in the communities served by FORGE schools.

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