What skills and experience we're looking for
Vacancy for Level 3 Teaching Assistant
To start September 2024
Permanent, Part time (33.5 hours per week)
Term Time Only (39 weeks per year)
Grade 5 SCP FTE £24,294 - £25,979 pay award pending
Actual Annual Salary £18,987 - £20,762 pay award pending
We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 700 employees and over 5,000 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.
We are seeking a Teaching Assistant to implement agreed work/care/support programmes with individuals/groups and support teaching staff in the development and education of students including the provision of detailed and specialist skills/knowledge in particular areas. We are a highly successful and increasingly popular oversubscribed 11-18 comprehensive school of around 700 students, situated in the picturesque village location of Kinver on the western fringe of the West Midlands. The school has undergone rapid growth in recent years due to its popularity, moving form a 4-form entry in Year 7 to 6-form entry. The school operates its own designated school coach transport service, which means that our intake spans 5 local authorities and our parents and students choose to come to us, making Kinver the non-selective ‘selective’ school.
We are sure that once you visit us and meet our students, you’ll find we are the school for you and your career journey, our CPD through school and in partnership with Invictus is exemplary.
We want the very best staff for our students and look forward finding out if you are that person. We would strongly encourage you to get in touch and arrange a visit.
Please contact Miss Laura Chamberlain, Headteacher’s PA and Office Manager on01384686830for further information.
Closing date:Monday 15th July 2024, 9am
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Interviews due to take place: To be confirmed
What the school offers its staff
We are located in the beautiful, rural village setting of Kinver and serve a wide area also comprising the South Staffordshire villages of Stourton, Swindon, Bobbington and Trysull. Over recent years a substantial number of children have travelled in from the southern and western parts of Stourbridge including Norton, Wollaston, Wordsley and from Cookley in Worcestershire. Kinver is also conveniently located for travel to and from Bridgnorth, Dudley and Kidderminster.
Kinver High School is widely recognised as a friendly and welcoming school community where all are valued. We aim to support and challenge all our students to work hard and have high aspirations for academic success and personal development.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.