Teaching Assistant
Westlands School, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1PFThis job expired on 31 October 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 December 2021
Closing date
31 October 2021 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
6 October 2021
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 27.08 hours a week, Term Time only, 38 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £18,338 (SAT 3)
Actual salary
- £11,248 pro rata
Teaching Assistant job summary
Permanent, Part-Time. Term Time only, 38 weeks a year.
27.08 hours a week.
Are you passionate in supporting pupils? We would be interested in hearing from you.
Westlands Secondary School is looking for applicants who would be interested in supporting pupils in our mainstream school.
The role of a Teaching Assistant is to work with teachers to support teaching and learning, providing general and specific assistance to pupils and staff under the direction, guidance of the classroom teacher.
The ideal candidate will:
• Have experience of working with children in a similar environment.
• Have level 1 or 2 diploma (or equivalent) in learning support.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• A willingness to learn.
Join us and benefit from:
• A friendly, supportive and committed team;
• An excellent CPD programme, which gives all staff the opportunity to study further;
• Being part of a highly successful Trust.
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 Westlands School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1784 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Westlands School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jamie.grave@swale.at
- Phone number
- 01795 477475
Based on a tradition of excellent exam results, a wide and varied curriculum and two previous 'Outstanding' OFSTED judgements, the school is oversubscribed and has gained an enviable reputation in the wider community. Westlands School is a mixed, 11-18, non-selective school and is one of the most popular in the county.
Our curriculum provides impressive breadth, which we are proud of, this means that students can study academic courses alongside a wide choice of arts, technology and other vocational subjects. We have an enhanced range of extra-curricular activities, which we believe provides enrichment as well as developing students’ character.
Westlands is particularly proud of the fact that it focuses on students of all abilities making exceptional levels of progress, particularly in the key skills of literacy and numeracy.
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