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Teaching Assistant

John Mason School, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1JB

This job expired on 2 November 2020 – see similar jobs

• Closing date

  2 November 2020 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  9 October 2020

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern:
  • Part time
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,426-£18,795 to be paid pro rata

Teaching Assistant job summary

Salary Grade: Grade 4, Point 4-5 (£18,426-£18,795)
Contract Type: Full-time, 1 year in first instance
Hours of Work: 31.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday (with half an hour unpaid lunch). Term time only (38 weeks) plus two INSET days in September and October
Responsible To: Director of Learning Support
Closing Date: Monday 2 November 2020 at 12 noon
Interview Date: Interviews on application. Should a suitable candidate be identified before the closing date, the vacancy may be closed early.
Start: ASAP

John Mason School is a friendly, dynamic school with a supportive and warm ethos.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated Teaching Assistant to join our committed Learning Support Team. If you would enjoy working in a friendly and busy school helping children with special needs and learning difficulties to make progress this could be the right opportunity for you.
Experience and training as a Teaching Assistant would be an advantage but not essential. We are looking for evidence of a real desire to help students achieve and a caring and sensitive approach to students’ needs.
The successful candidate will:
• Work effectively and flexibly within a team of experienced Teaching Assistants to support classes across the curriculum from Year 7 to Year 11.
• Be prepared to work with/support the learning of small groups of students or individuals as necessary.
• Build positive relationships with young people and be sensitive to their individual needs.
• Be committed to inclusion and equality of opportunity.
• Have good spoken and written English, and possess literacy and numeracy skills, preferably in English and Maths to at least GCSE Grade C or equivalent, and show a willingness to learn.
• Be proficient in IT to effectively support learning.

Commitment to safeguarding

Abingdon Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check. The Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, di-versity and inclusion and welcomes applications from less well-represented groups in the school and Trust. Posts in regulated activity are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and all shortlisted candidates will be required to disclose information about their previous criminal convic-tions. All staff are expected to promote fundamental British values.

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About John Mason School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1031 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: John Mason School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@abingdonlearningtrust.org
• Phone number: 01235 466054
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/john-mason-school (opens in new tab)

John Mason School is part of the Abingdon Learning Trust and is fully committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of all its students and staff.

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