Teaching Assistant with Medical Experience
Wootton Park School, Northampton, NN4 0HZThis job expired on 22 July 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
22 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 July 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: Monday to Friday 8.30am-4pm 33.4 hours a week, term time
Contract type
- Fixed term - Named Contract
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24702.00
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Are you passionate about learning and committed to supporting learners to achieve their potential?
- Do you have experience of working in an education or school based setting?
- Are you looking for excellent training and progression opportunities?
- Do you want to work in a friendly and supportive team?
If you have answered yes to the above, Wootton Park School could be the perfect opportunity for you!
We are keen to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching and Learning Assistant with medical experience to join our growing team. This exciting opportunity will enable you to work with a team of highly committed teachers and TAs to support and develop learner progress. You will work alongside an experienced and well-regarded SENCo and learning development team, furthering your experience within a supportive coaching environment.
The Role
You will work with a targeted learner with medical, speech, language, communication and interaction needs in a variety of curriculum areas. The role will involve working within whole classes, with small groups and on a 1:1 basis to support learner health needs alongside developing effective learning skills, encouraging independence, maximising participation andsupporting emotional wellbeing.This is a practically rewarding and important position within our growing school. The role requires dedication to improve learner health & wellbeing, maximise independence and develop peer relationships, while also working with parents and staff.
Working Hours-33.4 hours a week (8.30am-4pm) term time, plus 5 Teacher training days
What We Are Looking For
You will be required to support the overall medical and health needs and wellbeing of learners and support them in the classroom. The ideal candidate will be totally committed to securing the best outcomes for all our learners and will ‘go the extra mile’ to do this.
All members of our team must be committed to maximising potential and continuous improvement, and be willing to participate fully in all aspects of school life.
Our quest for excellence, must, however, also be combined with our unwavering commitment to care and support. Therefore, anyone seeking appointment to this role must demonstrate warmth, humour, resilience, and above all, emotional intelligence in order to uphold the values of our school.
What the school offers its staff
We Can Offer You
Exemplary learner behaviour and engagement.
An environment where teachers can teach, and learners can learn
Supportive professional development following a coaching model.
Excellent future opportunities for progression as we grow our Trust.
Opportunity and freedom to innovate and significantly contribute to curriculum
development.
An exciting, friendly and conscientious working environment.
Employee Assistance Programme (Staff Well-being) scheme.
Staff sport activities.
Reprographics and IT support
Access to LGPS pension scheme
Further details about the role
If you are inspired by this exceptional opportunity to join us at this stage of our journey, we want to hear from you!
Please visit our school website for a virtual tour of our school building.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education Northampton Free School Trust is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates and offer of a position is subject to receiving satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
Please note we do not accept CVs and references will be applied for at the shortlisting stage.
We maintain the right to close the application process early or later if necessary.
Closing Date: Monday 22nd July 2024, noon
Interview Date: W/B 22nd July 2024
Start Date: 1st September 2024
Candidates need to be available to interview in person.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education Northampton Free School Trust is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates and offer of a position is subject to receiving satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Please note we do not accept CVs and references will be applied for at the
shortlisting stage.
Our latest Safeguarding Policy is on our school website.
About Wootton Park School
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 19
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1453 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wootton Park School website
- Email address
- hrservices@woottonparkschool.org.uk
Northampton Free School Trust, trading as Wootton Park School
This is an exciting time for the Trust as we realise our ambition to build on our existing outstanding school, Wootton Park School and develop the Trust to include additional outstanding schools in Northampton and the surrounding areas. Northampton Free School Trust currently comprises of two schools with a third proposed for 2027.
Our aspirational Trust aims to provides a first-rate learning environment and delivers high levels of academic achievement and personal development for all, while promoting the value of community participation and building a stronger society.
Our first academy in the Trust, Wootton Park School, opened in 2016 with fewer than 20 staff and now employs 200+.
In July 2019 Wootton Park School received our first Ofsted inspection and were judged to be outstanding in every category. Inspectors noted that “The quality of teaching, learning and assessment is of a consistently high quality” and that “Achievement is outstanding in the early years and at key stages 1 and 3". "Staff morale is exceptionally high" Ofsted 2019.
Our second School, Overstone Park Primary School, opens in September 2025 with 1 Reception class and will grow year on year.
A third School, Dallington Park School; a secondary school, is proposed to open in September 2027.
Our hope is that our journey models that of Wootton Park School in delivering consistently high quality outstanding education.
We are very proud of our school and are looking for like-minded professionals to join us on the next stage of our exciting journey.
If you are inspired by this exceptional opportunity to join us at this stage of our journey, we want to hear from you!
Please visit our school website for more information about our school and a virtual tour.
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