Teaching Assistant Level 3
Ninestiles, an Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B27 7QG6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
29 April 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
11 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time: Hours – 32.5 hours per week, term time only. Working times will be agreed - hours may need to be adjusted by the Principal from time to time and will be based on the academy’s needs
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,409 – £32,654
Actual salary
- £20,790 - £25,706
Pay scale
- Grade 3 pt. 9 to 22
What skills and experience we're looking for
Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement
Success through Endeavour
Ambition through Challenge
Strength through Diversity
Ninestiles, an Academy is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic person to join our team as Level 3 Teaching Assistant. Working under the instruction of SLT you will collaborate with teaching colleagues to support the delivery of quality learning, teaching and assessment to help raise standards of achievement for all learners.
To be considered for this post you must hold an NVQ Level 3 qualification (minimum entry requirement) and ideally have experience in working with learners preferably those with additional needs. You must be an individual who has the skills and passion to positively impact on our learners. You must also possess the commitment, enthusiasm and energy to inspire them every day. You must show your ability to interact well with learners and teachers alike in a culture built on the values of mutual trust and respect.
Our TA roles are different from other settings: we require our TAs to have the academic ability to support our Year 11 to gain strong GCSEs and make complex texts accessible to Year 7s – some of whom are working at KS1 levels; we expect true partnerships with parents and the confidence to facilitate these independently; you need to be able to work at pace in a fast-paced environment producing consistently high quality work. Your pastoral work will be excellent and you will be confident being the first point of contact for parents in need ofof suppprt. Optimism and consistency will be your core performance virtues. You will be both IT literate and IT confident. You will be assured in challenging colleagues to undertake their best endeavours for all learners, recognising excellence and challenging when standards of excellence are yet to be met.
At interview we will explore your ability to develop rapport with learners, and we will explore your personal engagement with reading, especially at a level reflective of the needs of GCSE study.
It would be advantageous if candidates could demonstrate the following:
- Experience of supporting learners with speech, language and communication needs including autism
- Experience of working with learners with cognition and learning needs thereby able to collaborate with teachers to differentiate / scaffold learning tasks and activities for learners working significantly below age related expectations
- Must be prepared to train for, or be experienced in delivering, intimate care plans.
- An understanding of learners sensory differences
- Experience of helping learners to understand and regulate their emotional responses and develop a greater sense of self-awareness, independence and resilience
- Working knowledge of a range of interventions and approaches to enhance literacy and numeracy development
- Partnership with parents
- Facilitating EHCP annual reviews
Experience of supporting KS2-3 transition would be highly advantageous.
About our Academy
The recent Ofsted report following an inspection in November 2024 concluded that Ninestiles, an Academy has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection and when we were confirmed to be an ‘Good’. Some highlights from the report confirm that our learners do well socially and academically and respect others’ differences. Our pastoral care and the support given to learners is highly effective and all staff have high expectations of what our learners can achieve. The focus of the Academy is to work with our learners to secure good qualifications as well as preparing them to be good active citizens. Our Leadership team have thought carefully about the subjects our learner’s study and are offered a wide range of subjects at Key Stage 3. This prepares them well for the choices they make at Key Stage 4. A full range of subjects are offered at Key Stage 4, matched to pupils’ interests and ability. A strength of the school is the number of trips and activities offered to pupils. There are more than 70 clubs, including sport, music, art, drama and debating.
What the school offers its staff
About the Trust
https://www.summitlearningtrust.org.uk/
Why work for us?
We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:
- Employee assistance programme
- High quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression
- Wellbeing Advocates
- Lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work
- scheme
- Health Protection Scheme alongside Flu Jab and Eyecare Vouchers
- Generous employer pension schemes
- Excellent holiday entitlement
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Ninestiles, an Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1491 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ninestiles, an Academy website
- Email address
- ninestileshr@summitlearningtrust.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0121 628 1311
The greatest strength of our school is our students who are often praised for their
creativity, musical talents, artistic performances and the respect they have for one another. Students generally understand the importance of learning, value their school and are proud to be part of it.
Ninestiles has a very reflective teaching staff body who welcome feedback from parents and students to secure the needs of all learners. The school has a wide and varied curriculum, students have access to an impressive range of sporting and extracurricular activities with well over sixty enrichment opportunities offered after school. There is a strong culture of safeguarding and staff work positively with the leadership team to ensure students are kept safe. The leadership team of Ninestiles is progressive and has the vision, drive and support to lead the school on a journey of excellence, with staff that have a passion for teaching and learning.
Arranging a visit to Ninestiles, an Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ninestileshr@summitlearningtrust.org.uk.
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