Contract: Permanent
Start Date: February 2025
Closing Date: 8am on Monday 3rd February 2025
Salary: £17,872 - £19,026
Hours: 32.5 hrs per week Term Time Only plus 5 days
Job Overview
We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our team. The successful candidate will assist the classroom teacher in providing support to students and ensuring a positive learning environment, as well as working with individuals or small groups of students. Patience, firmness, initiative, and a good level of literacy are required.
About Benton Park
Benton Park is a thriving and growing state-funded, local authority maintained comprehensive school with over 1550 students – including around 300 in the Sixth Form. We are located in Rawdon, on the outskirts of Leeds City Centre, and we work amongst a vibrant and supportive local community. We have recently completed a move into brand new state-of-the-art premises following a successful £28.5 million building project. Our new environment is an excellent place to work and learn, and we are committed to our work being supported by the latest technologies in our classrooms.
Our Values
We are a successful, inclusive school where our students are our greatest asset. We have high standards and expectations, matched equally with our high aspirations for all members of our school community. We work hard to provide support and investment to enable these to be achieved. We pride ourselves on treating each and every one of our students as individuals, and the excellent climate we have created for great learning, success, and opportunity enables our students to achieve their full potential.
Our work is underpinned by our five key values: Endeavour, Resilience, Inspiration, Collaboration, and Compassion. These values aim to develop young people to be the very best they can be and to equip them with the skills, knowledge, and attributes to be confident, rounded, and successful members of society.
Commitment to Safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure Barring Service Check.
We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.
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