Teaching Assistant Level 1
Contract: Part-time (30 hours per week, Monday Friday, 8:30am 3pm), Permanent, Term Time only plus inset days.
Salary: CLF Grade B, £25,136 - £27,398
Actual Starting Salary: £17,451
Start: May 2025
We are looking for a passionate and inspiring Teaching Assistant to join our supportive and talented team at Kings Oak Academy. We are a diverse multi-academy trust, looking for professional and ambitious people, with a passion for transforming our students' learning.
Kings Oak Academy is situated in the heart of the South Gloucestershire community and is within easy commuting distance of Bristol and Bath. The academy has been part of the Cabot Learning Federation since 2011 and benefits from being part of a mature, successful MAT (Cabot Learning Federation) which offers access to excellent professional services and opportunities to work in collaboration with experienced professionals across the Trust.
As an all-through school, King's Oak is in a privileged position to educate children aged 4-16 and support their respective families in the local community. The academy staff structure and estates are divided into three phases (Lower School = Reception - Year 4, Middle School = Year 5-8, Upper School = Year 9 - 11). This structure ensures that learning is high quality and bespoke for each child, long term relationships are fostered with families and King's Oak employees benefit from the unique CPD and leadership opportunities that are available to them as a result of working in an all-through community school.
We are looking for a Teaching Assistant - Level 1, to assist in the educational, personal and social development of designated students under the direction and guidance of relevant colleagues (e.g. the Principal, SENCo and/or INCo, phase leaders and class teachers). The successful candidate will support students by adopting relevant strategies and techniques to enable them to access the curriculum, engage with their learning and achieve their full potential. They will take responsibility for implementing planned learning activities/teaching programmes as agreed with the teacher, adjusting activities according to students' responses as appropriate. In addition, they will deliver measurable impact on student attainment as well as social and emotional well-being. Working collaboratively with relevant colleagues to fulfil the requirements of the role.
The role will be based in our Middle School with Year 5 - Year 8 Students.
Key Dates
Closing date: 30 March 2025
Interview date(s): 4 April 2025
About The Cabot Learning Federation
The Cabot Learning Federation is a diverse Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) in the South West. We are proud to serve 18,000+ pupils who all attend ten secondary academies, seventeen primary academies, an all-through provision, a studio school, a discrete Post 16 provision, two alternative provision schools and three SEMH special schools.
CLF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The trust is proud to serve a diverse student population and their communities. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
We are proud to be part of diverse communities in the region and celebrate the richness of cultures, faiths and backgrounds of our students. We aim to develop a curriculum that is responsive to our pupils' needs and reflects their diverse interests and backgrounds.
How To Apply
Please download the Candidate Information Pack below, which includes wider details on the role and the job description and person specification.
Please submit your application form via the CLF recruitment portal by clicking Apply on this page and then logging into your account/registering for an account. CVs will not be accepted, and any submitted will not be considered alongside your application.
Please note updates regarding an application, which could include an invite to interview, will be sent to the email address used when registering an account. Copies of all correspondence will also appear under the messages section; in the event that emails are being directed to a junk or trash folder, please make regular checks on the status of an application.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Safeguarding And Pre-employment Checks
The Cabot Learning Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This role has significant responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice within the academy. This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity.
The successful applicant will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, online checks, right to work in the UK and a child disqualification check. The checks will also include an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.
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