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Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
3 February 2023 at 9am
Date listed
20 January 2023
Job details
Job role
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- View all Full timejobs - Part time, 31 hrs per week, term time only Contract type: Multiple permanent positions available
- View all Part timejobs - Part time, 31 hrs per week, term time only Contract type: Multiple permanent positions available
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- G4 (SCP 13-16) £21,190 - £21,968 (pro rata salary £15,011 - £15,562)
Actual salary
- pro rata salary £15,011 - £15,562
What skills and experience we're looking for
As a school we are passionate about inclusion and we are looking for people who share the same drive and commitment. We are looking to appoint highly effective and motivated Teaching Assistants to join our wonderful SEND team. Our new colleagues will be confident in establishing constructive relationships and interacting with students according to their individual needs. The role will focus on supporting students who have significant barriers to their learning to ensure success and positive educational outcomes. The successful candidates will: • Willingness to be flexible and support the school when needed • Bring rigour and an eye for detail and experience to our ambitious school • Be professional and approachable.
What the school offers its staff
In return we can offer: • A forward thinking and innovative Senior Leadership Team • An open and transparent workplace that has an honest and respectful culture • Friendly and enthusiastic children • Caring, friendly colleagues with a strong team spirit and a positive attitude • Supportive parents and Academy Councillors The Westleigh School enjoys a successful partnership with the Shaw Education Trust, which is a growing multi academy trust led by an Executive Leadership Team steeped in school leadership and improvement experience. Working with the Shaw Education Trust also allows colleagues to access a large range of well-established training opportunities and work alongside like-minded professionals across a range of schools. The Shaw Education Trust offer the following benefits with your employment: • An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme / Teachers Pension • Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (28 days holiday rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service + Paid Bank Holidays) • Access to health and wellbeing support via Occupational Health • Cycle to work scheme • Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust. At The Westleigh School, each pupil can feel that they belong to a caring and supportive environment. The school/academy is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of students and expects all staff to share this 2 commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo appropriate child protection screening including a DBS check.
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About The Westleigh School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 862 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- Email address
- vacancies@westleigh.wigan.sch.uk
The Westleigh School is a secondary school providing education to pupils aged 11 to 16, as well as providing an adult education centre to members of the local community. The school motto of “Aspiring and Achieving Together” accurately captures the shared vision which ensures that leaders at all levels are developing their ability to communicate high expectations. At The Westleigh School, an unrelenting focus is placed on the quality of teaching above all else so that the pupils are able to grow in a continuously developing learning environment.
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