Teaching Assistant
North Durham Academy, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 0TWThis job expired on 2 October 2024 – see similar jobs
Closing date
2 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £21,897.00 - £23,815.00 Annually (Actual) Actual salary based on working term time + 1 week
Teaching Assistant job summary
Teaching Assistant
Grade 3
£21,897 - £23,815
(Based on working 37 hours per week, Term Time + 1 Week)
This is an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic practitioners to join North Durham Academy and work with us as part of the team who rapidly transforms the school to one that offers outstanding provision and is school of choice in its community.
Starting as soon as possible, we wish to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join our existing Inclusion team. The purpose of the post is to carry out a range of duties that enable students with learning needs to fully access standard and differentiated curriculum activities. The post holders will work closely with all other members of the Inclusion team and teachers to promote high standards of inclusion and learning opportunities.
The core purpose of this role is to:
Plan and deliver a selection of interventions to small groups of students
Work with class teachers to raise the learning and attainment of students
Promote students’ independence, self-esteem and social inclusion
Provide support to students, individually or in groups, so they can access the curriculum, take part in learning and experience a sense of achievement
Duties will include:
Contribute to effective assessment and planning by supporting the monitoring, recording and reporting of pupil performance and progress as appropriate to the level of the role
Use allocated time to devise clearly structured activities that interest and motivate learners and advance their learning
To provide cover when for colleagues when required
Provide high quality learning resources for all students though the use of adaptations and differentiation
Liaise with parents/carers/outside agencies where appropriate
Communicate their knowledge and understanding of students to other school staff and education, health and social care professionals, so that informed decision making can take place on intervention and provision
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.
About North Durham Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1000 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- North Durham Academy website (opens in new tab)
New College Durham Academies Trust comprises of two large Academies, Consett Academy and North Durham Academy, located some six miles apart in North West Durham. New College Durham, is our lead sponsor and both Academies are located in multi million pound new builds, offering unrivalled state of the art facilities for our students and communities in Consett and Stanley.
The agenda is challenging, but for the right individual this role presents an unrivalled opportunity to make a real difference and a lasting contribution to our journey in becoming outstanding providers of education.
We are committed to lifelong learning and can provide a bespoke CPD package to support your professional development, whether you are starting out in your career, have the potential to expand into KS5 or simply looking for a greater teaching experience.
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