What skills and experience we're looking for
Do you believe that students deserve the very best education? Do you want to work with enthusiastic, dedicated colleagues who are committed to our students? This role is for those who like a challenge, working with students and enjoy doing something different every day.
This is a great opportunity to work at Trafalgar School supporting our students, you would be working alongside our dedicated team of Teaching and Support Staff.
Key Purposes:
To lead the Lead Teaching Assistant Cover team to ensure they deliver high quality lessons to classes in the absence of their usual subject teacher.
Working with the Deputy Student Services Manager to oversee and ensure the balanced allocation of cover lessons across the team.
To direct members of the team to support core subject lessons when not covering teacher absence.
To deliver lessons to classes in the absence of their usual subject teacher.
To assist teachers in their preparation and delivery of the curriculum.
To provide administrative support across the curriculum.
To be a tutor and play an active role in the contribution to their House ethos.
What the school offers its staff
Trafalgar School is a beacon school for Relational Practice in the south which means we put the building, maintaining, and restoring of relationships with all members of our community at the heart of everything we do. It is essential that the post holder shares our school ethos which is firmly rooted in this restorative practice approach. We work restoratively with students, families and with each other to maintain the strong community culture and our very strong inclusive ethos.
‘Relationships are highly positive because staff take time to understand and remove barriers to pupils’ learning’.
OFSTED June 2023
Regular CPD Sessions
Wellbeing Days
Early finish on Birthdays
Cycle to Work Scheme
Commitment to safeguarding
SAFEGUARDING Salterns Academy Trust and Trafalgar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks along with other relevant employment checks. Some forms of employment, occupations and professions are exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Working within a School is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.