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  • Start date details

    Spring Term 2025

  • Closing date

    26 February 2025 at 8am

  • Date listed

    6 February 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

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Subjects

Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£19,360.00 - £20,970.00 Annually (Actual) Meridian Trust Support Staff pay table, Grade 6, Points 7-12 (£25,584 - £27,711 FTE)

Teaching Assistant, Level 3 - Northstowe Secondary College job summary

TEACHING ASSISTANT, LEVEL 3

Salary: Meridian Trust, Grade 6, Points 7 to 12

Hours of work: 32.5 hours per week (8:30am to 4pm, Monday to Thursday and 8:30am to 3:35pm on Fridays)

We have an exciting opportunity for a kind, curious and hardworking individual to join our team of Teaching Assistants, working across the secondary college and potentially with the sixth form as well. Ideally you will be an experienced Teaching Assistant currently working within a secondary setting. Knowledge and experience of working with students with SEND is essential. This role will involve working with students to deliver interventions both in and out of the classroom.

Northstowe Secondary College was built in 2019 and is the cornerstone of the Northstowe Learning Community, an all-through school from 2024, catering for students aged 4-19. We are also lucky enough to have the Martin Bacon Academy, an area Special School, on our campus that also caters for children aged 4-19. Northstowe Secondary College opened to just 71 students but is now over-subscribed with students in Years 7-11. In September 2024, Northstowe Primary School opened with its first intake of Reception aged children and our Sixth Form Provision welcomed its first young adults into Year 12. The secondary school has grown year on year, and it will continue to grow until it reaches its full capacity of 1,800 places for students aged 11-16, with a further 400 places available for sixth form students.

You will be part of an experienced and growing team of teaching and support staff working to create an inclusive, innovative and aspirational learning environment for the young people and families within the community we serve.

The Opportunity

To join our established and dynamic team of teaching and support staff

To contribute to the educational outcomes of young people in our community

To enhance the learning experience of young people with SEND

Collaboration and training opportunities within Meridian Trust

The ideal candidate will

Be an experienced teaching assistant looking to progress their career

Be knowledgeable around child protection and safeguarding matters

Possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills and personal integrity

Be competent using IT packages and school based systems

Be professional in their working relationships with students and colleagues

Benefits of working for us:

As a multi-academy trust of over 30 schools, Meridian Trust can provide a wide network of opportunities for collaboration and career development for both teaching and support staff. With an initial teaching training facility and a teaching hub network within our Trust, there are ample opportunities to both, get into teaching, and develop within the profession.

Meridian Trust offers a wealth of fantastic benefits for teaching and support staff which are highlighted below but are not limited to -

Support for mental health and wellbeing through our Employee Assistance Programme and other resources

Cycle to work scheme

Defined benefit local government or Teacher’s pension scheme

Healthcare benefits including free eye test vouchers and flu vaccinations

Free on-site parking

Discounts on a wide range of benefits from everyday essentials to holidays To explore our full range of benefits, please visit https://www.meridiantrust.co.uk/jobs-and-training/benefits/.

Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities.

Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 30 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk

How to apply:

For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.

Applications must be submitted via My New Term. In line with safer recruitment practices, we are unable to accept CVs. If you have any questions about the application process or you would like to arrange a visit to the school, please contact Sarah Wakerley, HR Officer on recruitment@northstowe.education

Closing date for applications is: Wednesday, 26th February 2025 (by 8am).

Interview date is: Friday, 7th March 2025

We reserve the right to close the advert early if we have successfully recruited before the application deadline.

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.

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.

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About Northstowe Learning Community

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 19
Education phase
Through
School size
622 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 19
Ofsted report
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School location

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