Teaching Assistant Location: Castle Mead Academy Closing Date: 12th December 2024, 9.00am Interviews: December 2024 Position Start Date: January 2025 Salary: Grade 3, Point 5-6 | (£21,336 - £21,675) (£24,983 - £25,380 FTE) A unique opportunity for dedicated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join the team at Castle Mead Academy, as part of The Mead Educational Trust. In August 2019, Castle Mead Academy, a non-selective secondary school, opened its doors and welcomed our first year 7 cohort. Since then, we have never looked back We are now fully-grown, with over 1200 scholars as part of our school, going about their learning each and every day. Building on the success of Rushey Mead Academy, Castle Mead is making available in the heart of Leicester a standard of education matching the very best schools in the country so that every scholar leaves us with high value academic qualifications and wider positive dispositions to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. The opportunity to work in a growing school, is like no other. When you start a school from scratch like we have, it is a golden opportunity to put in place all of the amazing things you have heard and read about from the best schools in the land – but in one place, here in Leicester As we now cross into our next chapter, having recently just moved into our new state-of-the-art school building, join us and help to build a genuine legacy of your own, alongside colleagues who are aligned in their values. We are recruiting a team of like-minded experts to help realise our vision and “Grow a Community of Excellence.” This is a rare opportunity, so as we challenge convention, lead without preconception and are unapologetically ambitious on behalf of our scholars. This is an opportunity for an experienced Teaching Assistant who is: Passionate about inclusion and supporting pupils to achieve their potential; Believes in equality of opportunity and has high expectations of pupils; Willing to learn and work as part of our team; Going to contribute to the ethos of our school Flourish in our brand-new building, on the picturesque riverside Please submit your application by Thursday 12th December 2024, 9.00am. For further information, a confidential discussion, to book a visit to Castle Mead Academy or any technical queries please contact Hajrah Mustafa (details can be found in the candidate pack). We reserve the right to appoint earlier than the closing date for this post, should a suitable candidate be recruited. Castle Mead Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.