Teaching Assistant
The Weston Road Academy, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 0YGThis job expired on 7 October 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
7 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
4 September 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: 32.5 hours per week, term time (39 weeks)
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £18,436- £19,062
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to recruit an inspiring SEN Teaching Assistant ideally with experience of assisting SEN pupils and experience of working with 11-16-year olds in the secondary sector.
We can offer you a friendly working environment with a supportive and dedicated team of colleagues and enthusiastic and well-behaved pupils.
The Weston Road Academy is a friendly, harmonious, progressive, over-subscribed 11-18 academy, located on the edge of an attractive county town. The Academy has an outstanding
reputation for pastoral care. In March 2023, Ofsted judged the Academy Good, commenting that, “The Weston Road Academy is a calm, caring school in which pupils can thrive and feel safe. Staff know pupils well and support them to achieve their full potential. Pupils appreciate this support and are happy at school. They respond by working hard and achieving high standards.”
Please see our website for further details:
www.westonroad.staffs.sch.uk/TheAcademy/Vacancies/
Closing date: Monday 7th October 2024, 9am
Completed applications should be returned to lbirks@westonroad.staffs.sch.uk
What the school offers its staff
Thank you very much for requesting details for the position of Teaching Assistant at The Weston Road Academy.
This is an exciting opportunity for a person wishing to develop their career in an
environment that is supportive of its staff. The successful candidate will be joining the academy at an exciting time as it continues to be oversubscribed. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed individual who cares deeply about the prospects of the young people under our care, and someone who is passionate about working in education. Although this is a term time only role, your salary will be paid monthly throughout the year.
We seek somebody who will have a committed focus on developing children within a caring and aspirational environment. You will benefit from working with a strong team of staff in a purpose built area of the school. All staff at the school share the Academy’s vision that every pupil will ‘Aspire and Believe to Achieve the Extraordinary’. Pupils will leave The Weston Road Academy with excellent academic outcomes and a clear purpose for the next stage of their lives.
Our information pack gives details of the post and the recruitment process. I hope that you will be inspired to apply for this exciting opportunity and look forward to receiving your completed application. In the meantime, if you have any queries or would like to arrange a visit to The Weston Road Academy, please contact us on 01785 413600.
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 The Weston Road Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 970 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Weston Road Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- lbirks@westonroad.staffs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01785 413600
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