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Teaching Assistant

Netherwood Academy

Barnsley

  • £21,968 - £22,777 pro rata
  • Expired
Salary:
Actual salary £18,694 - £19,382 per annum
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
September 2023
Apply by:
25 June 2023

Job overview

Do you want to be part of a team where you will help make a lasting impact on our students, many of whom are disadvantaged, and rapidly accelerate their progress? 

Do you want to work in a school where you are free to teach, with impeccable student behaviour and unhindered by bureaucracy? 

Netherwood Academy is an 11-16 academy which opened in September 2012, set in an extensive £35 million campus. As part of Astrea Academy Trust, Netherwood Academy is in an exciting period of development.  

We are looking for Teaching Assistants with high aspirations and expectations for themselves and our students, and with a passion for bringing about positive change throughout the academy.  The ideal candidate will be hardworking, focussed on improvement and have an unconditional positive regard for all young people. 

Under the direct instruction of teaching/senior staff or appropriate Teaching Assistant Staff, Teaching Assistants undertake work/care/support programmes to enable access to learning for students.  Assist the teacher in the management of students and the classroom.  Provide general support in a specific curricula/resource area, including preparation, and maintenance of resources and support to staff and students. 

We are values-driven and our vision is to provide an inclusive, aspirational and academic education for all our students, so that all of them will learn, thrive and lead successful lives. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We want to ensure that all our students have the option to be able to go to university or aspirational alternative. We are not going to reduce expectations because of a child’s background or home life, or because they are new to English or have a special education need. In fact, the opposite is true. It is our job to redouble our efforts to help children overcome these barriers so that they can flourish. 

We value our staff highly and treat workload very seriously. Our systems are high leverage, ensuring you can really focus on your core purpose. 

 

What we offer: 

  • Support and progression opportunities 
  • Excellent support from the Astrea Trust Central team 
  • Highly visible/supportive senior leaders who have your back 
  • Excellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities across the Astrea South Yorkshire region 
  • Opportunity to complete further qualifications 
  • An unrivalled professional progression model.

 

What we are looking for: 

The successful candidate will be: 

  • Aligned to our values and mission. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here 
  • Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs.  

 

Interested in applying? 

If this is something you are interested in, looking for a new challenge, have a passion for education or maybe all of the above, take a look at the Applicant Brief to find out more about the role before applying.

We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our academy to appreciate fully our excellent learning environment (details in the applicant brief). 

The closing date for all applications is midnight on 25 June 2023. 

If you are joining us from another school, academy or trust we recognise your continuous service date with confirmation from your current employer. This can positively impact a number of entitlements, including increased annual holiday payments which represent an increase in salary. This can be discussed in more detail at interview.  

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks. 

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About Netherwood Academy

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+44 1226 272 000

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Netherwood is an 11-16 secondary academy located in Wombwell, a short distance from both the A1 and M1, and set in extensive, modern grounds.

At Netherwood, we are looking for people to join an academy which is improving rapidly since its first Ofsted inspection in 2021, when the academy received a judgement of Requires Improvement.

Over the course of the past two years, there have been significant changes in terms of curriculum development, teaching and learning, personal development and behavioural culture.

Colleagues who choose to join our ranks will be clear about what they can bring to the academy – a high level of professional and academic knowledge, a willingness to subscribe to our ways of working, a commitment to hard work and collaboration and a sense of moral justice.

Netherwood’s future success is underpinned by a strong set of shared values which support the vision, shape the culture, and make a statement about what we hold dear:

Scholarship - We will be informed by the best of academic and organisational thinking and research, using this where we can and expanding it where possible.

Curiosity - We will ask searching questions, not take things on face value, seek out the best of what is known and engage in appreciative enquiry.

Tenacity - We will deliver on our promises and see things through to completion. We will embody pace, urgency and determination in our focus on improving outcomes for children and on our own performance; we will learn to bounce back from disappointment and make sure we are fully committed to getting it right next time, for ourselves and for the students

Respect – We expect to treat each other with respect, in all forms of communication and interaction, and we expect everyone to embrace and celebrate difference; we also expect respect of the academy and community environment

Responsibility – we accept responsibility and commit to ensuring we do not place barriers in the way of students achieving the very best outcomes they can, irrespective of their back-story; we expect students to also accept responsibility for their actions

We are committed to creating an environment where exemplary behaviour is at the heart of productive learning. We believe in high aspiration, high motivation and high achievement for all. In order to achieve this, we provide a clear behaviour policy, which ensures students and staff are supported to achieve the high standards we have set.

Fundamental to the values of the Trust is a core entitlement to a knowledge-rich curriculum; in order to achieve this, our students must have access to disruption-free learning and our teachers must be free to do what they do best. We focus heavily on deliberate practice, ensuring staff and students get ample opportunity to hone their skills and routines, and much of our CPD time is devoted to developing and embedding intellectual practice, based on the best research available to us.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Jonny Mitchell

Principal

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