Senior Teaching Assistant Level 3

37 hours, 39 weeks per year 

Firth Park Academy is proud to be a Good school and determined to become an Outstanding school. We are a wonderfully diverse family of students and staff where our vision is to inspire all students to lead remarkable lives. We offer the widest range of extra-curricular enrichment possible to ensure our students are rich in knowledge and character. We want students to achieve academic excellence, develop strength of character and above all else, be happy. Our school is: 

• A stronger-than-ever ‘Good’ school as rated by Ofsted (February 2019). 
• Home of an Extended School Day for Years 7 and 11 to ensure the broadest possible curriculum of academic learning and extra-curricular experiences 
• Featured on CBBC’s series Our School 7 is currently on iPlayer, which highlights the remarkable spirit of our Year 7 and 8 students and staff in the 2020-21 school year, please see the link.
• A richly diverse community with students speaking more than 30 home languages. 
• A leading school in our trust – Academies Enterprise Trust – the largest trust in the UK with more career development opportunities than any other.

We love to help our students learn and value the staff who help them do so, thanks to: 

• An outstanding ‘Teaching school standard’ professional development programme for staff at all stages of their career. 
• A ‘3 in 3 years’ leadership development programme for all interested high-quality staff. This promises staff a TLR responsibility, bursary support toward Masters completion if required, and mini-secondment at a partner AET Academy to grow our future leaders. 
• A staff social and sporting committee who promote regular opportunities for well-being and team building. 
• We are looking to appoint a highly skilled and dedicated leader who is able to inspire students to achieve their very best at a personal and academic level. 

We are looking for Senior Teaching Assistants to support our students across the age and ability range, years 7-11. We are looking for someone with experience in supporting literacy development, to work with both vulnerable students and those with Special Educational Needs. The successful candidate will join a committed and enthusiastic team of Teaching Assistants providing support for both teaching staff and students. 

Experience and knowledge of children with special educational needs, and general learning difficulties is essential, as is the ability to use initiative whilst working with classroom teachers. Applicants with degrees who are looking to gain experience in education are welcome to apply.

The successful candidate needs to demonstrate the following:  

• Good Literacy and Numeracy skills, as evidenced by GCSE English and Maths at Level C or above, or equivalent. 
• Behaviour Management strategies to encourage positive behaviour. 
• Knowledge and experience of interventions that accelerate progress, particularly in literacy. 
• Commitment to raising attainment. 
• Be able to use their own initiative to improve areas of practice 
• Be able to motivate vulnerable and disengaged learners

Come and speak to us and the team of students and staff who are making Firth Park Academy one of the best schools in our city: 

• Informal enquiries are welcome - please contact Dean Jones our Principal on 0114 257 6238 or djones@firthparkacademy.org 
•  Join our team and build a wonderful career in a school you are passionate about with students you love to help learn. 
•  Check out the ‘career opportunity’ section on our website (see link) to find out more.

Closing date: Friday 6th January 2023

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

In line with our safeguarding practises we are unable to accept CV’s, apply today by clicking the Apply now button.

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered. 

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. 

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AET is recruiting for Teacher Training placements. Please visit our website https://sites.google.com/aetschools.org/itt/ for further details.