Teaching Assistant Level 1

Role: Teaching Assistant Level 1

Salary: Band 3, Point 6-11, £23,893.00 - £25,979.00 (pro rata for term time only)

Actual Salary: £17,007.89

Employer: The Sovereign Trust

Location: Pictor Academy, Grove Lane, Timperley, Altrincham, WA15 6PH

Start Date: 2nd September 2024

Working Pattern: 30 hours per week, Monday-Friday, Term Time only, 39 weeks per year.

Contract Type: Permanent       

Pension: Local government pension scheme including a generous employer contribution. Please take a look at the website: https://www.gmpf.org.uk/.

Benefits: Salary sacrifice schemes for purchasing bikes used for travel to work, through monthly interest free salary deductions. Employee Assistance Programme provides access to a range of wellbeing services.

Our outstanding school is seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant Level 1 to join our hard-working, successful, forward-thinking staff team.

 Pictor Academy is an outstanding school held in high regard locally and nationally. The school is for children aged 2 - 11 with special educational needs from various conditions. A large proportion of the population are children with autism. This means that they have difficulties communicating and interacting with others. They will also have difficulties with play and imagination.

We are looking for an exceptional practitioner who will build on our outstanding status and contribute to our caring ethos ensuring every pupil in our care reaches their full potential.

We can offer the successful candidate:

·                  An outstanding school with friendly, well-motivated and highly committed staff

·                  A hard-working and supportive advisory committee

·                  Children who make excellent progress and love coming to school

·                  A thriving partnership of supportive parents and stakeholders

We are strongly committed to offering our children an excellent education in partnership with their families and local communities. We are looking to recruit a teaching assistant who shares our commitment. If you are flexible, energetic, enthusiastic and passionate about supporting young people with additional needs to be the best they can be, we would like to hear from you.

We encourage you to view our website for greater insight into our outstanding school: https://pictoracademy.org/.

The successful applicant will:

·                  Be motivated by our core values

·                  Have a passion for supporting our children

·                  Have a good understanding of SEND together with the learning needs of children

·                  Have high expectations and the ability to ensure good learning and progress for all children

·                  Have a strong commitment to teamwork

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Closing date for receipt of applications:

Monday 10th June 2024 at 12:00pm

Interviews for successful candidates will be held at Pictor Academy:

Wednesday 19th June 2024