Teaching Assistant
Sir James Smith's School, Camelford, Cornwall, PL32 9UJ5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
19 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subjects
- Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,658.00 - £24,027.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary: £16,347 to £16,602 per annum
Teaching Assistant job summary
Sir James Smith’s is looking to appoint a new colleague to work across the SEND department. The successful applicant will demonstrate a positive and adaptable approach to ensuring all students achieve excellent outcomes.
You will be expected to work alongside teaching colleagues to support students in the classroom, work alongside SEND colleagues to deliver individual mentoring to students with SEND and work with pastoral colleagues supporting some of the schools most vulnerable students.
The successful applicant will be working with a variety of young people who need additional support, both academically and pastorally, to achieve the very best outcomes from their education and have the opportunity to successfully move on to an exciting Post 16 area of education. Experience of working with young people would be beneficial but not essential. Most important is a positive approach to young people, patience, empathy and a belief that all young people can achieve and succeed.
The students of Sir James Smith’s have huge opportunities ahead of them. They have high expectations for their futures and understand the need for an outstanding education. This appointment will specifically support those students who require additional support to be happy in school and make interesting choices for their futures.
A collaborative approach and the ability to work with colleagues positively is essential, alongside high levels of professionalism and expectations for oneself and our students. The main duties of the role will be:
- Deliver Mentoring to individual SEND students.
- Support teachers’ delivery of the Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 curriculum.
The core skills for the role will include:
- Confidence to work with a range of students from those with SEND on an individual basis through to group work with older students to promote engagement and positive behaviours.
- Collaboration and co-operation with students, colleagues, and school leaders.
- Personal drive to develop strategies and techniques to support individual students and groups of students.
- Levels of professionalism and an outlook that match the school’s aspiration and allows all students to leave with excellent outcomes.
The school have a commitment to developing our staff and providing full training opportunities. Therefore, this role would equally suit somebody looking for a new professional challenge, embarking on a career in the education sector or an experienced individual looking to work in a new setting.
Appointments would be subject to an enhanced DBS and two references, at least one from your present employer.
We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis. We reserve the right to withdraw this job advertisement when we have received sufficient applications.
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Commitment to safeguarding
Sir James Smith's School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all pre-employment checks necessary to meet Safer Recruitment requirements, including a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and references.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Sir James Smith's School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 600 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sir James Smith's School website
Sir James Smith’s is part of North Cornwall Learning Trust. Apart from being a ‘Good’ school, Sir Jim’s is also a great place to work. Visitors, including Ofsted, comment on the friendly and supportive atmosphere. Staff and students are happy and enjoy their time at school.
We are a smaller than average co-educational comprehensive school, serving a large rural hinterland in North Cornwall. It’s a fantastic place to live if you like the outdoors. Our extensive rural catchment area of 100 square miles includes 8 partner primary schools though we attract students from many others. The dispersed settlement pattern means approximately 70% of students travel daily by bus. North Cornwall is one of the least sparsely populated areas in England and Wales thanks to the glorious Bodmin Moor.
At present we have 38 teachers, and 40 non-teaching staff including 4 technicians, 1 Librarian, 8 admin assistants and 7 classroom assistants. The Local Governance Committee work closely with staff, as do various support agencies. The small size of the school means that we all know the students very well and staff work together effectively. This is a school on a humane scale where personal relationships matter.
We have a "continental day". This means an earlier start - at 8.10 am for staff and 8.25 am for students. Students have one year assembly per week. There are 5 one-hour lessons and 2 breaks of 20 and 30 minutes. The main part of the day ends at 2.30 pm. On Mondays there are meetings; on Wednesdays Tuesdays and Thursdays, extra-curricular activities and late buses; on Fridays many staff go home a little earlier!
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