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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    30 December 2022 at 9am

  • Date listed

    27 June 2022

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: 35 hours per week Mon - Fri 8.30am -4pm

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Academy Pay Band 4 FTE £19,389.00 - £20,493.00

Actual salary

Pro-rota to hours and weeks £15,845 - £16,747

Teaching Assistant with AEN job summary

The Canterbury Academy are looking to recruit Teaching Assistants to support our students in classroom learning in our secondary phase at The Canterbury High School. We are seeking enthusiastic, caring, reliable and flexible members of staff to support students both within class promoting independent learning, and in small groups delivering interventions outside the classroom with children with additional educational needs. Applicants should be able to demonstrate evidence of good literacy and numeracy skills to enable them to communicate effectively with staff and students and provide effective and sensitive support. Experience of working with children and young people in a school or learning environment is preferred and applicants must be familiar with child development and be able to respond to the needs of individual students. The post is for 35 hours per week, term time plus 5 additional days. The hours of work are 8.30am – 4pm (with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break). Pay-Band – Academy Band 4 FTE £19,389 - £20,493 Actual salary pro-rota to hours and weeks worked £15,845 - £16,747. Candidates most suited to the post will have: • Positive, friendly and enthusiastic personality • Patience, care and respect for our young learners • Experience working with secondary aged children • Knowledge of safeguarding issues • Interest, experience or professional development in SEN/ ASD education • A determination to help provide the very best inclusive education • The ability to work as part of a dedicated and hardworking team with staff and parents • Good written and communication skills of at least GCSE standard • To hold a recognised teaching or teaching assistant qualification would be an advantage As part of The Canterbury Academy, we believe that education and learning should be enjoyable. At the end of their time with us, we want all our young people to leave as happy, positive, confident individuals, proud of what they have achieved and prepared for their next steps in life. Please note that this is a rolling advert and candidates may be called for interview prior to the closing date. The Canterbury Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to uphold these principles. All appointments are subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure and checks regarding proof of ID, medical clearance and the right to work in the UK

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 Canterbury Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1905 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01227 463971

The Canterbury Academy creates ‘a wealth of opportunity’ and allows us to offer 'as much as possible, as often as possible, for as many as possible'. Our simple aim is to ‘improve the life chances of children and to help in the community’.

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