Description ADMIRAL LORD NELSON SCHOOL DUNDAS LANE PORTSMOUTH PO3 5XT Tel: 023 9236 4536 Email: adminalns.co.uk Headteacher: Chris Doherty TEACHING ASSISTANT Salary: Band 4 £20,614 - £21,692 pro rata (£23,152 - £24,362 fte.) Hours: 37 hours per week/ 40 weeks per year (term time only plus 1 week) Contract: Permanent Start date: ASAP Closing date: Friday 22 nd November 2024 Interviews held: ASAP after closing date 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 young people and enjoy doing something different every day. ‘The role is very rewarding and fulfilling. Every day is different, and you will constantly learn and be challenged.’ Deborah De Caen If this challenge appeals to you, please visit our website to find out more about the role. Admiral Lord Nelson has a proven track record for providing a route into teaching for those with suitable skills and qualifications. We are fully committed to training and developing successful candidates and welcome applications from those with or without prior experience. In June 2022, OFSTED agreed the school continues to be a good school, the inspectors were incredibly impressed with the high quality of both our safeguarding and our extensive curriculum offer here, both in academic lessons and beyond lessons in our personal development curriculum. We were thrilled to see how much the inspectors valued our inclusive approach to education and our commitment to being ambitious for every child, ensuring that they are well supported to be successful in their learning at school and in their preparation for adulthood. In June 2019, our school won the highly prestigious TES Award for Creative School of the Year in recognition of our commitment to creativity across all aspects of our curriculum. Salterns Academy Trust is a learning community where every member of staff understands the difference they can make to our students’ outcomes. If you have an interest in using your skills in this area, then please complete an application form and return it to us. Applicants must have GCSE A-C or equivalent in English and Mathematics. The Salterns Academy Trust and Admiral Lord Nelson 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. Please note an online search will be conducted at the shortlisting stage Admiral Lord Nelson School Employee Benefits: Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression Employer contribution to the Local Government or Teacher Pension Scheme Employee Assistance Programme Opportunity to sign up to the bike2work scheme Free parking To apply please complete the application form that can be found on the website www.alns.co.uk and return it together with your letter of application to recruitmentalns.co.uk by Midday Friday 22 nd November 2024. We reserve the right to close the Ad before the closing date if a suitable candidate is found. All applications will be acknowledged, and unsuccessful candidates will be notified. Download Job Profile 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. You are applying for a role that is eligible for an enhanced DBS check and access to the barred list and if shortlisted for interview you will be required to complete the relevant self-declaration and disclosure form and taking into account the offences that are protected or filtered declare: All unspent convictions and conditional cautions. All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). If you have been barred from working with Children and/or Adults at risk. The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings, and any other information held by local police that’s considered relevant to the role. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate. The successful candidate will then be asked to complete an application for the relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check or if subscribed to the update service provide the necessary details to allow a check to be made. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) The filtering rules were updated on 28 November 2020 as follows: warnings, reprimands and youth cautions will no longer be automatically disclosed on a DBS certificate the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than all being automatically disclosed.