Teaching Assistant
Westfield Academy, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3DBThis job expired on 6 July 2022 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2022
Closing date
6 July 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
23 June 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 32 hours per week, term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 14
Actual salary
- £14,205 - £14,778 (actual salary)
Teaching Assistant job summary
Required to start in September 2022, an experienced and enthusiastic individual to work as a Teaching Assistant. You will be calm with the ability to be firm and patient and have excellent written, numeracy and oral communication skills. Training and support will be provided.
The Main Purpose of Job:
To assist the Headteacher and teachers in the development and implementation of a programme of work and in the provision of a stable, caring and supportive learning environment, which enables students to achieve their full learning potential and facilitates their social and moral development.
Support is both on a one to one basis and in groups, to students with additional learning needs. This may include students with a high learning ability (‘gifted/talented’). This may take place in the mainstream setting or in the SEN rooms.
Westfield Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, including the barred list, as well as other pre-appointment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2021).
Commitment to safeguarding
Westfield Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, including the barred list, as well as other pre-appointment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2023).
Additional documents
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About Westfield Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1037 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Westfield Academy website
- Email address
- lisa.jeffreys@westfieldacademy.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01935423747
We are an 11-16 co-educational school, in Somerset, serving the town of Yeovil and the surrounding villages. Westfield is an oversubscribed and successful school with a good reputation.
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