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Teaching Assistant

Southgate School, Barnet, Hertfordshire, EN4 0BL

This job expired on 10 January 2024 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  10 January 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 October 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,151.86 Annually (Actual) 32.75 hours per week, 39 weeks per annum

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistant with the energy and empathy to work with and support students with Special Educational Needs. We would be looking for the candidate to have previous experience in the role but in the right circumstances we would be willing to consider a candidate who had alternative but appropriate experience. The role also includes some 1:1 and intervention work with our most vulnerable students (specific responsibilities for the post will be highlighted in the job description). The successful candidate will join a small but highly effective team working across all subjects.

Why work at Southgate School

• You will be joining a highly successful school with a national profile of excellence in teaching and learning, teacher training and student outcomes.
• Friendly staff and supportive working environment.
• We will provide you with exceptional support and provide excellent opportunities such as access to the Middlesex Learning Trust (MLT) Leadership Programme which has been implemented to support retention of our staff and provide clear career pathways within the Trust. Through this programme the MLT is able to identify and utilise the best practitioners and leaders to coach and mentor across the Trust.
• Access to the MLT Teaching and Learning Handbook, which sets out our shared principles for curriculum planning and implementation across the Trust as well as to termly publications of the MLT Teacher magazine, which staff from across the trust contribute to, looking at a wide range of topics. Recent topics have included ‘How Students Learn’ with a focus on cognitive science, ‘Closing the gap’ between all student groups as well as ‘Challenge, High-Expectations and Inclusion’ to ensure Excellence for All.
• Development of subject-specific pedagogical expertise through cross-school sharing of best practice and structured opportunities for developing subject knowledge with departments, for example through the development of a process for subject-specific reviews.
• Opportunity to be involved in peer review activities, including a Challenge Partners Quality Assurance Review.
• Opportunities for observing and shadowing practice across Trust academies.
• Flexible working considered favourably.
• A range of benefits, including the Employee Assistance Programme, cycle to work scheme and free onsite parking.

Location

Southgate School is situated in the London Borough of Enfield (Outer London) and it has excellent transport links. We are five minutes away from Oakwood Tube Station on the Piccadilly Line and central London is only 20 minutes away. We have parking on site and are also very well-connected by local bus routes. Additionally, there are plenty of shopping facilities, entertainment and recreational facilities nearby.

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 Southgate School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1455 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Southgate School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/southgate-school (opens in new tab)

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