Job details
Job role
* Teaching assistant
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Key stage
Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
Part time: 33hrs per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
£25,183 - £27,269
Actual salary
£19,944 - £21,596
Pay scale
Grade 5, SCP 6-11
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a teaching assistant to work in partnership with classroom teachers, providing support for young people and helping them to overcome their barriers to learning. You will be able to use curriculum programmes to lead groups of students to promote literacy and numeracy, whilst providing feedback on progress and achievement.
This is an exciting opportunity because you will be providing high quality support for children including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, helping them to secure improvements in their academic achievements. The team works in a variety of ways, including providing 1-1 student support, providing academic intervention within specific Faculty zones and classrooms, playing a leading role in the school's own inclusion base, and working closely with the pastoral team where targeted support to raise aspirations may be needed.
What the school offers its staff
The Birkenhead Park School has a team of positive and thoughtful teaching assistants, who work effectively as both part of a team and individually, demonstrating initiatives and independent working.
You will be joining a school which invests in all its staff through subject specific CPD and places great emphasis on its own programme of professional growth. This is a position that will offer you a platform to make a real difference both to the students you will inspire.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Birkenhead Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Applications will only be considered when submitted on a fully completed application form. All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of age, sex, race or disability.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send it to recruitment@birkenheadparkschool.com.
CVs are not accepted.
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