Position: Teaching Assistant
Reference: APR20254686
Expiry date: 08:00, Tue, 22nd Apr 2025
Location: Hethersett Academy
Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale D: £20,215 to £20,536 pro-rata per annum (Actual) (£24,790 - £25,183 full time/full year equivalent)
Fixed Term: until 31st August 2025
Part Time: 34.5 hours per week over 5 days
Working Weeks: 39 weeks
We have an exciting opportunity for a Teaching Assistant to join our committed and hardworking team at Hethersett Academy, supporting our students to achieve their full potential.
You will be an enthusiastic and inspiring practitioner with recent experience of working in a secondary education setting. You will be passionate about raising achievement through motivating and inspiring students, and keen to contribute to the school’s visions and values. You will be motivated to enable access to learning for pupils, including specialised support for those with special education needs. You will be responsible for supporting effective pastoral care to support pupils' social and emotional progress as well as their learning.
Main purpose of the role:
* To undertake care and learning programmes and activities to support individuals or groups of pupils, including more specialised support for those with special education needs.
* To enable access to learning for pupils and assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.
The ideal candidate will have:
* Experience of working with or caring for children of relevant age
* Knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice and awareness of legislation
* Basic understanding of child development and learning
* Ability to evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities
* British Sign Language Level 1 or above or is willing to be trained for this qualification
If you would like to know more about this exciting opportunity, then please contact Kristina Fisher, PA to Principal (kristinafisher@inspirationtrust.org).
Closing date for applications: 9am on Tuesday 22nd April 2025
Interview date: Monday 28th April 2025
Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. We are an equal opportunities employer.
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