Teaching Assistant Level 2
Driffield School and Sixth Form, Driffield, YO25 5HR39 days remaining to apply
Start date details
October 2024
Closing date
3 September 2024 at 9am
Date listed
22 July 2024
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, part time, term time
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months
Actual salary
- £17,684 based on five days a week term time
What skills and experience we're looking for
This is an exciting opportunity to join our SEND team as a Level 2 Teaching Assistant. Each day, you will provide individual support to our students in Key Stages 3 and 4, creating opportunities to help them reach their potential indifferent subject areas, ranging from music and drama to PE and science. You will also support students to build confidence and self-esteem, so they can participate in learning and experience a real sense of achievement.
As well as working with subject teachers in the classroom, you will have the opportunity to deliver and supervise small group interventions which support a range of need types.
The working hours are from 8.30 am to 3.30 pm Monday to Friday during the school term. We welcome applications on a full time or part time basis. An additional 13 hours per year ensure you have paid time for team meetings, training and development. Your actual salary is £17,684 per annum, and this is paid in 12 equal instalments over the year so even when it is the summer holidays, you continue to receive the same payment that month. This role is fixed term until 31 August 2025.
Why choose us?
The SEND team is located in ‘the Link’ at the heart of the school and provides a safe haven for our students with special educational needs and disabilities. Our motto is ‘work hard and be nice to people’ and the school was recently described by Ofsted as a ‘friendly and happy place’ (2020). We are genuinely committed to our students and our staff, and we do everything we can to ensure every child receives the care and guidance they need to thrive. We are proud of our school and would welcome the opportunity to give you a tour, so please don’t hesitate to contact Jess Burnell (HR Assistant) on 01377 232362 or by email via hr@driffieldschool.org.uk if you would like to visit or find out more.
What are we are looking for?
We are looking for individuals who are engaging and versatile. You will be committed to ensuring every individual child receives the care, support and guidance they need to thrive and be the best they can be. We’re also looking for the following:
- Good literacy and numeracy skills
- Positive and caring nature
- Great team player
- Passion to ensure every child achieves their full potential.
What the school offers its staff
What can we offer you?
- Free parking and good transport links with easy access from Hull, Beverley, Bridlington and Scarborough and surrounding villages
- Family friendly policies and opportunities for flexible working
- Opportunities to engage with extra-curricular activities including drama, music and PE
- A programme of training and development and opportunities to train to be a teacher with the Yorkshire Wolds Teacher Training should you be interested
- Well-being support including discounted East Riding gym membership; free annual flu vaccinations; refund of the cost of the annual NHS prescription prepayment certificate; access to a free employee assistance scheme 24/7 with advice on a wide range of practical issues ranging from legal information and consumer issues to specialist counselling.
- Financial incentives including a cycle to work scheme offering discounted bike purchase, affordable loans and savings available through the Salary Finance Scheme
- Membership of the East Riding Pension Scheme with benefits including secure earnings linked pension and a lump sum death grant of three times your salary
Access to Vivup – a wide range of employee benefits can be accessed through our Vivup platform which are designed to improve your physical, financial and mental health wellbeing.
Commitment to safeguarding
Driffield School and Sixth Form is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required prior to appointment and we undertake an online check, in line with the Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 guidance.
The Education Alliance’s Child Protection Policy can be accessed at: https://theeducationalliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Child-Protection-Policy.pdf and Driffield School and Sixth Form’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy can be accessed at: Microsoft Word – Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy September 2023 (driffieldschool.net)
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hr@driffieldschool.org.uk
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Driffield School and Sixth Form
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1383 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@driffieldschool.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01377232362
We are an 11-19 Comprehensive School with approximately 1,350 students on roll. We are part of The Education Alliance, a growing multi-academy trust, currently consisting of South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College, Malet Lambert School, Driffield School and Sixth Form, The Snaith School, Hunsley Primary School, North Cave Church of England Primary School, Howden Junior School, Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School and Yorkshire Wolds Teacher Training. We are here to make great schools and happier, stronger communities so that people have better lives. We do this by always doing what is right, trusting each other and standing shoulder to shoulder and doing what we know makes the difference. Doing what is right means always acting with integrity, in the interests of others and being honest, open and transparent.
We are proud of our school and welcome the opportunity to show prospective staff, who are interested in any current vacancies, around the site.
Arranging a visit to Driffield School and Sixth Form
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@driffieldschool.org.uk.
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