Owls Teaching Assistant
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The Grammar School at Leeds
Leeds
- £11,377.98 - £25,832 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 24 September 2024
Job overview
- Hours: 2pm - 6pm Monday - Friday, 20 hours per week, term time only + 10 days in the holidays (please note independent schools have enhanced holidays)
- Salary: P16 £25,832 FTE, actual salary for TTO 20 hours: £11,377.98
Are you passionate about providing a safe, stimulating, and inclusive environment for children? Are you ready to take on a rewarding role in childcare?
The Grammar School at Leeds is looking to appoint an Owls Teaching Assistant to support and deliver a range of engaging and stimulating activities for children in their afterschool provision.
As a GSAL Owls Teaching Assistant, you will be expected to provide a range of activities for children, both indoor and outdoor, to engage the children in your care. You will support and provide an environment where children are able to complete homework, and maintain a clean and tidy area. You will encourage children’s participation in games and activities to ensure that they are happy and safe during their time at GSAL Owls. You will be expected to assist with personal care, and support children with eating and drinking.
The successful candidate will ideally be educated to Level 3 Early Years Educator or equivalent. It is desirable that you will already have a qualification in paediatric first aid and food hygiene, or you will be prepared to complete this training. Previous experience working with children between the ages of 3-11 is required, together with an understanding of their needs and the statutory requirements for after school clubs. You will be friendly, approachable and polite, and will be able to communicate effectively to create and maintain positive and trusting relationships with parents and carers.
GSAL was awarded independent school of the decade in 2021 and continues to be a friendly, fun and supportive environment with high investment in pupil and colleague wellbeing, while insisting upon and maintaining high expectations.
We value our team and offer a wide range of benefits including:
- Enhanced school holidays
- Significant discount on school fees
- Childcare provided for staff’s children during school INSET days (from the age of 3 up to age 11)
- Personal pension plan with Aviva up to 5% employee contribution and 10% employer (with the facility to pay higher or lower employee contributions)
- Training and CPD available including five inset days per academic year
- Staff lunches: three courses for £2.40 available during school lunchtimes plus free tea, coffee and hot chocolate machines
- Access to our 24/7 GP provider, Health hero
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme well-being app, Vivup, offering telephone counselling, financial and legal advice plus 6-8 face-to-face counselling sessions
- Staff discounts through multiple providers, including Vivup, discounts for teachers and Extras
- Beautiful lunch time walking routes around our 140 acre site
- Onsite gym and swimming pool available for staff use within set times as well as staff classes such as pilates, meditation, kettlebells, spinning and bootcamps
- Salary sacrifice schemes for cycle to work
- Free car parking available on site
- Use of the school’s extensive library facility
- Generous leave of absence scheme to support our employees when they need it
- Opportunity to be involved in extracurricular activities such as the staff pantomime, well-being committee or volunteer for community events
How to Apply: If you are ready to make a positive impact on children's lives and contribute to a nurturing and dynamic environment, we welcome your application. Please complete the online application form found on our website.
More information about the role and responsibilities are contained in the job description attached at the top of the advert documents or please email the HR team: vacancies@gsal.org.uk
The closing date for applications is: Tuesday 24 September 12pm
Interview date: Monday 30 September
For any queries regarding the vacancy, please contact vacancies@gsal.org.uk. Please note, we are unable to offer individual site tours - they are given as part of our interview day. Applications can be made through completion of our online application form; we cannot accept CVs.
Attached documents
About The Grammar School at Leeds
- The Grammar School at Leeds
- Alwoodley Gates, Harrogate Road, Leeds
- West Yorkshire
- LS17 8GS
- United Kingdom
The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) is one of the leading schools in the north and traces its history back to 1552. In the last five years GSAL has twice been named North Independent Secondary School of the Year, and North Independent Secondary School of the Decade in the Sunday Times Parent Power League Table. The school aims to inspire all members of our community and to instil values of responsibility, respect and resilience in all of our pupils.
‘Be inspired’ is the ethos behind our teaching and learning at The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL). We nurture all our pupils to make the most of their talents, realise their potential and develop into confident young people ready to rise to any challenge. These values have been at the heart of our school life for over four centuries.
Our history began with the foundation of Leeds Grammar School for boys in 1552. GSAL was created in 2008 following the merger of the boys’ school with Leeds Girls’ High School, founded in 1876.
GSAL provides a high-quality independent education for over 2,100 pupils aged 2 to 18. Our purpose-built campus at Alwoodley Gates in north Leeds spans an impressive 140 acres, offering extensive green space alongside excellent facilities. These include the newly refurbished Lawson Library, the oldest library in Leeds, housing over 60,000 books and our state-of-the-art performing arts centre, The Cryer.
For teaching colleagues, GSAL offers a genuinely supportive and sustainable working environment. Class sizes are small, typically between 16 and 22, allowing teachers to build strong relationships with pupils and deliver high-quality, personalised teaching. We also offer significantly higher levels of PPA time compared to the state sector, supporting colleagues to plan, collaborate and develop their practice effectively. In addition, most meetings take place within the school day, helping to protect time outside of work and promote a healthier work-life balance.
GSAL is academically selective, with consistently excellent A-level and GCSE results. After merger, the school introduced the diamond model of teaching, through which pupils learn together up to age 11, then in single sex classes between Year 7 and Year 11, and come together again in sixth form lessons. Form time and extracurricular activities are mixed throughout. Class sizes are usually between 16 and 22.
Academic achievement is at the heart of a rounded education at GSAL, which offers our students personal development opportunities and broad experience beyond the classroom. We pride ourselves on a rich co-curricular programme encompassing sport, music, drama, scouts, CCF, Duke of Edinburgh, debating and much more. We offer an outdoor learning programme and a wide variety of trips at home and abroad. Our lively house system encourages students to get involved and have fun.
This success can only be achieved with committed, professional and well-qualified colleagues who are focused upon excellence in the classroom and contributions to the wider life of the school. We reward our colleagues with a good degree of autonomy in their teaching, outstanding learning resources and an attractive benefits package. A large school offers opportunities for CPD, career progression and leadership roles in academic, pastoral and extracurricular areas.
GSAL provides a friendly, fun and supportive working environment, while retaining high expectations of our colleagues and students. With our diverse student body, drawn from the city of Leeds and surrounding areas, we promote a strong sense of mutual respect, integrity and social responsibility. Colleagues and students throughout the school are active in charitable work locally and internationally.
Leeds itself is a thriving and dynamic city, offering a vibrant mix of cultural, social and sporting opportunities. With the Yorkshire countryside on the doorstep, it provides an excellent quality of life and the perfect balance between city living and access to green space.
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