Teaching Assistant
The Birkenhead Park School
Wirral
- £20,043 - £22,129 pro rata
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 5, scale points 6 – 11
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 12 July 2022
Job overview
Our TA team is growing! We have a range of exciting opportunities where your work will help to transform the life chances of our students.
We are looking for three outstanding Teaching Assistants to guide our students’ development, overcoming barriers to learning with great ambition, passion and drive.
- Role: Teaching Assistant – 3 posts available
- Reports to: Assistant Headteacher / SENCO
- Hours: 33 hours per week, term time and inset days
- Contract: Permanent
- Salary: Grade 5, scale points 6 – 11 [£20,043 - £22,129 pro rata / £15,873 - £17,525 actual]
- Start date: September 2022
About the role
We are growing our team to work in a variety of ways, including through 1-1 student support, providing academic intervention within specific Faculty zones and classrooms, playing a leading role in the school’s own inclusion base, and working closely with the pastoral team where targeted support to raise aspirations may be needed.
Your high quality support for students, including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, will guide their development and promote key literacy and numeracy skills.
The role operates within a strong team of supportive colleagues, and the school recognises the importance of providing high quality professional development to support individual growth and confidence.
About you
You will be passionate about the value of education, particularly when facing challenges of educational and social disadvantage. You will have experience of working with young people and will be confident in building positive relationships to engage students and nurture their development.
You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and demonstrate sensitivity to the range of needs and difficulties that young people experience. You will believe in our school values and strive to routinely demonstrate them in all aspects of the role.
About us
The School is part of the BePART Educational Trust which was set up by Birkenhead Sixth Form College, an Ofsted Outstanding post-16 specialist, recently awarded TES Sixth Form College of the Year. The School and the College work together collaboratively to share and develop educational best practice and create an inspiring culture with opportunities for career development. The Birkenhead Park School aims to achieve “Ambition and Excellence for All” and we are committed to providing the best possible education for every student. The School is driven by the values of Positivity, Ambition, Resilience, and Thoughtfulness.
We have recently been awarded a Silver Award by the Teacher Development Trust Network. This follows being awarded a Runner-Up prize in Educate North Awards’ Innovative and Creative Literacy accolade, acknowledging the school-wide Literacy Programme that has proven to have a significant effect in raising students’ reading ages and all-round academic ability.
In 2019, Ofsted recognised the significant progress the School has made in its journey of transformation:
“Leaders’ actions are having a positive effect on pupils’ achievement in their GCSE examinations.”
“Leaders have designed curriculums to allow pupils to build on earlier learning”
“Since the previous inspection, leaders have acted to improve the quality of education for pupils.”
full report: birkenheadparkschool.com/about/Ofsted-Report
How to apply
You can quick apply via TES or DfE Teaching Vacancies, or application packs are available from www.birkenheadparkschool.com/job-vacancies
The closing date for receipt of a completed application form is: Tuesday 12 July 2022, 9am
The Birkenhead Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Applications will only be considered when submitted on a fully completed application form. All applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability for the post regardless of age, sex, race or disability.
Attached documents
About The Birkenhead Park School
The Birkenhead Park School is a co-educational secondary school for children aged 11-16 and has over 700 students on roll. It is an exciting time to join us as we are on an ambitious journey of transformation and are looking for staff who are motivated to make a real make a difference to the community we serve.
The school is very proud of its caring commitment and innovative approach to educating the community of young people in the area, with award-winning programmes designed to help students in Year 7 – 11 thrive in a high school environment and open pathways to their future.
As part of the BePART Educational Trust established by nationally leading sixth form, Birkenhead Sixth Form College, the school encourages students to raise aspirations and unlock their true potential through adopting the school values which are intrinsic to everything we do, across all staff and students – Positivity, Ambition, Resilience and Thoughtfulness. Our values shape every interaction with have and are core to our success in nurturing both academic and personal success for every student.
We have recently been awarded a Silver Award by the Teacher Development Trust Network. This follows being awarded a Runner-Up prize in Educate North Awards’ Innovative and Creative Literacy accolade, acknowledging the school-wide Literacy Programme that has proven to have a significant effect in raising students’ reading ages and all-round academic ability.
Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.