Teaching Assistants

Cirencester Kingshill School, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1HS

3 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Autumn term

• Closing date

  30 September 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 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: 28.75 hours per week Monday to Friday - 9am to 3.10pm
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £15,162-£17,619 (per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We require committed and enthusiastic Teaching Assistants to work within our SEN department and provide curriculum support to students with special educational needs.

Within the existing SEN Team there is a range of expertise and experience. The Faculty has an ‘open door’ policy so staff, students, or parents and carers may request support in lessons, with homework, organisation or social support.

The posts would suit applicants who may be considering a career in teaching, have experience of working with young people in other settings outside of education or looking to work within a school setting. The deployment of the successful applicants will be informed by their specific areas of interest/expertise.

Hours of Work:

28 hours and 45 minutes per week at the following times: 9.00am – 3.10pm, Monday – Friday

The above hours include a 20-minute paid break (if working more than 4 hours per day) and a 25-minute unpaid lunch break, to be taken at times agreed with the Line Manager.

Salary:

Unqualified:

Grade D point 3 – 6 £22,737 – £23,893 pro rata

Actual salary per annum is £15,162 – £15,933

Qualified:

Grade F point 6 – 12 £23,893 – £26,421 pro rata

Actual salary per annum is £15,933 - £17,619

What the school offers its staff

• Attractive salary and pension schemes – Teachers Pension Scheme (Teaching Staff) or the Local Government Pension Scheme (Professional Support Staff)
• Family friendly polices
• A range of statutory benefits including sick pay, maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave
• Access to an employee assistance programme for all staff that offers services, including wellbeing, self-referral counselling, information on stress, weight management, smoking cessation
• Access to Occupational Health services
• New staff induction and support programmes
• Continuous service in other state funded schools will be honoured in relation to sick pay, holiday entitlement, pension rights
• Cycle to work scheme
• Long service awards
• Access to or provision of IT equipment (role specific)
• Access to CLPD and INSET, personalised for individuals through the schools’ Appraisal procedures, including access to role specific academic study and professional qualifications
• Onsite parking facilities and cycle storage
• Staff social, sporting and wellbeing activities throughout the year
• The dining room is open for staff to use at break and lunch times
• Staff room with facilities, including tea and coffee
• There is an optional staff social fund

Commitment to safeguarding

Cirencester Kingshill School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment.

All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to jobs@cirencesterkingshill.gloucs.sch.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Upload additional documents

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TA Recruitment Pack - Sept 2024.pdf - 268 KB (opens in new tab)

School Recruitment Privacy Notice.pdf - 115 KB (opens in new tab)

School Information.pdf - 117 KB (opens in new tab)

About Cirencester Kingshill School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 841 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Cirencester Kingshill School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: jobs@cirencesterkingshill.gloucs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01285651511
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cirencester-kingshill-school-cirencester (opens in new tab)

Cirencester Kingshill School, opened in 1976, as a purpose built 11-16 co-educational comprehensive. It is situated on the south east side of Cirencester approximately one mile from the centre, on a spacious site bordering open countryside. The school became an Academy in August 2011.

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