Teaching Assistant (Maternity Cover)
Bourne Grammar School, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9JE5 days remaining to apply
Job start date
6 January 2025
Closing date
29 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time: Monday to Friday 08:40 - 12:40
Contract type
- Fixed term - 10 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Actual salary
- 11,812
What skills and experience we're looking for
Teaching Assistant (Maternity Cover)
20 hours per week - 08:40 - 12:40 Monday to Friday
DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE
1. Assist in the support and inclusion of a named learner with Special Educational Needs (SEN) under the direction of the SENCO, mostly assisting Class Teachers as directed within the classroom and during unstructured times.
2. Raise student achievement by delivering interventions to individual students or small groups of students.
3. Support the wider life of the school on occasions, as directed.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Classroom / small group / 1:1 support
1. Provide classroom support for named student(s) as directed by the SENCO and class teacher. This may include one-to-one support, recording of homework, dealing with behaviour issues and assisting with organisation/planning.
2. Deliver interventions (e.g. Social Skills development) to either small groups or individual students as required.
3. Support student(s) during unstructured times and on school trips as required.
4. Ensure that students’ health and safety is maintained in, around and out-of-school (e.g. on educational visits) including supervising use of subject specific tools, equipment and learning materials.
5. Manage the behaviour of students whilst they are undertaking their work to ensure a productive environment. Pre-empt/manage situations arising in accordance with school policies and procedures.
6. Advise teaching staff of the needs of the named student(s) and ensure that appropriate support is delivered to meet student needs.
7. Advise the SENCO of the progress of the named student(s) utilising available data and recommend changes in support as required.
8. Provide suitable communication to parents/carers of named student(s) in consultation with the SENCO.
9. Attend training specific to the needs of the named student(s) and deliver specialised support as required.
Administration / Other
1. Attend and contribute to SEND related meetings (e.g. review meetings), as required by SENCO. This may also include taking minutes and distributing accordingly.
2. Attend training/any other meetings as required by SENCO. The post holder is responsible for their own self-development on a continuous basis.
3. Exam invigilation as required.
4. Support SENCO in ensuring BGS remains compliant with the most recent Special Educational Needs Code of Practice and the Disability Rights Act (2010).
5. Provide general support as required at Open Evenings (approx. twice a year)
6. To actively engage in the performance review process
7. Undertake any other reasonable tasks as required by SENCO and other senior staff.
CONTACTS AND RELATIONSHIPS
Regular contact with students, teaching staff, parents/carers, SEN team, SENCO and Heads of Year. Must be approachable and confidential.
GENERAL
Other Duties - The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties that may be required from time to time within the general scope of the post. Any such duties should not substantially change the general character of the post. Duties and responsibilities outside of the general scope of this grade of post will be with the consent of the post holder.
Equal Opportunities - The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with Bourne Grammar School’s Equal Opportunities policies.
Health and Safety - The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the Bourne Grammar School’s Health and Safety policies and procedures.
Safeguarding - All school staff have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people within the school. The successful candidate will be appointed subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
What the school offers its staff
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 download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@bourne-grammar.lincs.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
About Bourne Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1726 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Bourne Grammar School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@bourne-grammar.lincs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01778 422288
We are an oversubscribed mixed selective school serving Bourne, Stamford and Peterborough. Our students are well-behaved and motivated and are taught in modern and well-resourced facilities. The school offers 240 places to students in Year 7 and, with a growing Sixth Form of over 500, has expanded to become one of the largest grammar schools in the country. The vast majority of Year 11 students transfer into our Sixth Form where students are offered a choice of 26 A-Level subjects.
The best atmosphere, the best support, the best results
This is our purpose statement - we have no long or complicated mission statement. The order of the purpose statement is deliberate; we believe that if we get the atmosphere and support right then, given our able students and committed staff, good results will follow. The atmosphere is special and cherished by us all and something that interview candidates often remark upon. We are a large and busy school and our students are well-behaved, motivated and want to be here and their parents/carers want them to be here. Most of the students, most of the time, want to learn and enjoy lessons which are well-taught and engaging.
The teaching staff body numbers around 100 teachers supported by 40 non-teaching colleagues. All teaching staff are subject specialists and are only required to teach their own subject. Staff absence is very low, as is staff turnover. Staff who do leave often do so for promoted posts. All teaching staff at Bourne Grammar School are issued with a laptop and other benefits including no breaktime, lunchtime or bus supervision duties and free on-site parking. Tea and coffee are freely available in our two large staffrooms.
Arranging a visit to Bourne Grammar School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bourne-grammar.lincs.sch.uk.
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