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Teaching Assistant - Level 3

The Clifton Centre, Manchester, M27 8GW

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  2 March 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  6 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours Monday to Friday term time only plus 5 days
• Contract type: Permanent
• Hourly rate: 15.25 to 16.28
• Additional allowances:

  SNA

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will:

• possess ability to use own initiative
• have a passion for engaging students using imaginative strategies
• be flexible and an effective team player
• have effective interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire students
• value, and contribute to, the distinctive ethos of the centre
• be confident in KS4 curriculum

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate a commitment to ensuring that students make rapid progress in a supportive and caring environment.

What the school offers its staff

SEN allowance,

High Quality CPD,

A culture of supporting a positive Work / Life Balance and

A fabulous team ethos.

Further details about the role

The Clifton Centre

117, Silverdale,

Clifton,

Manchester,

M27 8GW.

Tel 0161 921 1300

Head of Centre: Julie Owen

TA3

Payscale: Grade 2C, SCP 22-25 plus SNA

Type of post: 32.5 hours per week TTO plus 5 days

The Clifton Centre is a Key Stage 4 Pupil Referral Unit working with students who are excluded from mainstream schools or who are at risk of such. The Clifton Centre operates in Salford.

Students attend with us for varying periods of time ranging from a number of weeks to at least a full Key Stage. Students are entered for a range of qualifications up to GCSE level or equivalent, including English and Maths as well as a range of vocational subjects.

All students have a personalised timetable to meet their individual needs.

We are seeking to appoint a TA3 to support/deliver teaching and learning of the school curriculum, enabling students to improve their accreditation and to support future aspirations.

The successful candidates will be part of a team promoting positive learning experiences. Our students respond well to innovative teaching and learning experiences as well as to calm, yet enthusiastic and charismatic, staff.

The centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. These posts are subject to a fully-enhanced DBS check. Our recruitment procedures are rigorous in this respect.

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 complete the online application.

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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TA3_PS 2025 PS curriculum.docx - 25 KB (opens in new tab)

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About The Clifton Centre

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 14 to 16
• School size: 91 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 14 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Clifton Centre website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: samantha.fargher@salford.gov.uk
• Phone number: 0161 921 1300
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-clifton-centre (opens in new tab)

The Clifton Centre is a Key Stage 4 Pupil Referral Unit working with students who are excluded from mainstream schools or who are at risk of such. The students attend with us for varying periods of time ranging from a number of weeks to at least a full Key Stage. Most KS4 pupils are entered for a range of GCSEs, including English and Maths.

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