What skills and experience we're looking for
Please see the attached job description for further details.
What the school offers its staff
SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2800 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.
We currently have 17 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and 1 primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.
Mission - Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
Vision - Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.
Please visit our website to find out more:
Further details about the role
Spencer Apprenticeships, is committed to high quality professional training for the education sector, supporting excellence in education and securing best possible outcomes for children and young people. We have an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced Teaching Assistant Assessor to join our team.
The successful candidate will have previous experience in teaching and assessing apprenticeship standards, functional skills and supporting learners to end point assessment. Excellent communication, time management and customer service skills are a requirement for this role. Use of a car is essential as our schools are located across the East Midlands.
Spencer Apprenticeships sits within the SALT team. SALT is a family of organisations committed to school improvement. We share a passion for ensuring our schools continue to learn through and with each other, use evidence and research to improve teaching and learning to boost outcomes for all our pupils and support leadership across our school system. We deliver training and communication events across the region, working with schools in all phases and settings.
If you would like to find out more about our work, please take a look at the below links:
• Spencer Academies Trust: satrust.com
• Spencer Alliance for Leadership and Teaching: satrust.com/salt/
• Spencer Apprenticeships: satrust.com/spencer-apprenticeships
• Maths Hub East Midlands: emwest.co.uk
• Spencer Teaching School: spencerteachingschoolhub.com
• George Spencer SCITT: georgespencerscitt.co.uk
We offer a wealth of CPD opportunities through our different arms of work: The Maths Hub, The Derby Research School and The Teaching School Hub.
If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact Mark Saric, Apprenticeship Operations Manager, msaric@spencertrust.org.uk.
How to Apply:
Please email your CV and covering letter directly to Mark Saric, Apprenticeship Operations Manager, msaric@spencertrust.org.uk. Your submission should set out, in brief, the skills and relevant experience you have to meet the demands of the position of Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Trainer.
Please also include the names, addresses, phone numbers and email contact details of two professional referees who must be your current and previous employers.
Upon shortlisting for interviews, you will be asked to complete an application form for this position. In line with safer recruitment policies references will be called for prior to interview, unless specifically requested not to at this stage.
Closing date for applications 14th November 2024
Interviews are likely to take place after the 14th November, and will be confirmed upon shortlisting.
Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).
The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.
Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer
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.