Teaching Assistant, Grade 3

Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy, Stafford, ST17 4BG

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  1 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 24,404

Teaching Assistant, Grade 3 job summary

Contract Type: Full time. (32.50 hours per week over 5 days) This is a permanent position.

Location: Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy, Stafford.

Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy is part of The Manor Hall Trust and is an 11-16 school for pupils who have been permanently excluded or at risk of exclusion from the Stafford and South Staffordshire districts.

Teaching Assistant

We are recruiting for a teaching assistant for general classroom support.

We are seeking a committed, knowledgeable and creative professional to join our school.

The Role

• General teaching assistant responsibilities across the school

Applications are welcomed from people who wish to make a difference by safeguarding, raising standards, and improving the life chances, behaviour and levels of attainment for some of the most vulnerable pupils in Stafford and South Staffordshire. Pupils whose previous educational experience, for whatever reason, has not been wholly positive.

Our motto ‘A Fresh start’ is central to the inclusivity of our school; there are strong, nurturing relationships between staff and pupils. The staff have a commitment to help each and every one of our pupils to reach their full potential.

We are interested in candidates that are resilient and flexible enough to work in a pressured school environment. You will work alongside experienced, friendly and welcoming staff members. In addition, you will also be able to access a range of continuing CPD. The successful applicants will demonstrate a strong commitment to the aims, values and ethos of The Manor Hall Trust and be a positive team player.

Please note that references will be requested prior to the interview. This School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A copy of the Safeguarding Policy is available on the school website. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form. By engaging in this recruitment process, shortlisted candidates consent to an online search in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance 2024. This position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• School size: 46 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bailey Street Alternative Provision Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bailey-street-alternative-provision-academy

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