Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant
Vacancy Type - Permanent/Full Time
Salary: £21,000
Location- Northampton

Teaching Personnel have a great opportunity to work with an Alternative provision school based in Northampton. The school are looking for passionate and dedicated Teaching Assistants to join their team.

Roles and Responsibilities: 

• Supporting all students throughout the school in a 1:1, whole class support or outside the class capacity 
• Giving the pupils the chance to either get back into mainstream schools or progress into a sustained Post 16 pathway 
• Contribute to a positive ethos for learning 
• Overtly promote the values and achievements of the school to the community 
• Be aware of and follow the company Equality, Safeguarding and Health and Safety Policies 
• Have and create high expectations of staff and students 

Expectations within the role: 

• Assist the teacher with writing and monitoring pupil learning plans. 
• Review and implement interventions which enable pupils to understand and meet their targets. 
• Support with the delivery of learning activities in the absence of the teacher. 
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with other practitioners, drawing on their strengths and expertise to best support teaching and learning. 
• Adapt to pupil and school requirements on a day to day basis.  
• Work with all staff to address pupils’ barriers to learning. 

Requirements before applying to the role: 

• GCSEs in Maths and English C or 4 grade and above (or an equivalent) 
• Experience of working within an education setting or equivalent. 
• Experience working with vulnerable pupils 

If this opportunity is for you please send your CV to Abigail Simpson

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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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