Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant  
Salary: £21324.16 Plus valuable Benefits
Location: Thrapston
Vacancy Type: Permanent/Full Time 

Teaching Personnel have an exciting opportunity to work with a Secondary school based in Thrapston. The school are looking for a Teaching Assistant, candidates would need to demonstrate an understanding of stages of development and individual needs. They must also be able to give positive encouragement and feedback to ensure pupils are reaching their full potential. 

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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