Teaching Assistant
Atlas Academy
Doncaster
- £23,114 - £23,893 per year
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- Term time contract - 30 hours per week - actual salary - £16,243 - £16,791 per annum
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 20 May 2024
Job overview
Atlas Academy has an exciting opportunity for a Teaching Assistant to join their team! Atlas Academy is a highly popular academy, with a warm, caring, and friendly ethos. We have high expectations of each other and our pupils - we want them to be confident, capable, resilient, aspirational and motivated to learn.
Our ideal candidate will:
- Have recent and relevant experience in a primary school setting
- Be committed to ongoing school improvement and feel comfortable in a climate of change and innovative development
- Have an interest in fostering an inclusive ethos in their work and a drive to make a real difference to children's lives
- Be driven to work in an energetic and passionate team.
About Us
Atlas Academy is a school at the heart of its community. It has moved from strength to strength over recent years, gaining valued parental partnerships to best support its pupils. The senior leadership team are driven and passionate about school improvement and empowering the children. All staff work together as a team with the aim to ensure that the pupils at the school leave with having experienced more than just the national curriculum and to instil a love of learning that will last a life time.
The school is located within good communal distances from Wakefield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley with good access to the A1 and other major roads. There is also a local train station within walking distance of the school.
Astrea Academy Trust are fully committed to being a diverse and inclusive workforce where together we can embrace each other’s unique individuality, background and heritage. We believe that by reflecting and representing the communities and people we serve, we will better and further the life chances of our pupils.
In return we can offer you:
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme and Employee Assistance Programme
- A school at the heart of its' community with enthusiastic and caring children who are keen to learn, and parents who show a keen interest in the education and welfare of their children
- Continued professional development and training opportunities
- A driven and welcoming team.
Interested in applying?
Please take a look at the Applicant Brief to find out more about the role before applying. We are proud of our academy, and actively encourage visits and enquiries - please get in touch.
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.
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.
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About Atlas Academy
Unity through Diversity
Atlas Academy is located in central Doncaster in South Yorkshire.
We currently have about 420 pupils on roll and fifteen classes throughout the school: Morning and Afternoon Nursery and 2 classes in each year group from Reception to Year 6.
The school is on an exciting improvement journey with its leaders committed to a clear plan for future success. We use strong initiatives such as a tightly coherent phonics scheme, a knowledge rich curriculum and incremental coaching to support improving pedagogy.
A committed staff team are working hard to ensure good practice is embedded into Atlas. We have high expectations of each other and our pupils: we want the pupils of Atlas Academy to be confident, capable, resilient and independent learners. We expect our children to foster a love of learning and want them to be aspirational and motivated across all areas of the school’s curriculum.
We strive to:
- create an emotionally safe and secure environment where pupil diversity is respected and promoted;
- improve attendance to in line with, or above, national expectation;
- remove barriers to learning and diminish the difference between disadvantaged/vulnerable pupil groups’ achievement;
- increase our rates of academic progress to in-line with national average;
- instill positive pupil behaviour and attitudes to learning and relationships.
Our Vision:
Unity through Diversity
Our Core Values:
At Atlas, we are #GREAT: Gifted, Resilient, Engaged, Aspirational, Together.
Our Curriculum Drivers:
Vocabulary Acquisition, Cultural Awareness, Aspiration
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