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Specialist Teaching Assistant

Specialist Teaching Assistant

Peak Academy

Gloucestershire

Salary:
Specialist Teaching Assistant
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
30 November 2021

Job overview

SPECIALIST TEACHING ASSISTANT

Salary Grade: GLONJC E

Salary Band: £19,698 - £22,183 pa pro rata

Actual: £16,829 - £18,952

Location: The Peak Academy

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Term: Term Time Only

Closing Date:  30th November 2021

Interview Date:  10th December 2021

Hours: 37 hours

Start: ASAP


About the Opportunity

We wish to recruit an outstanding Teaching Assistant who would like to join our dedicated and inspirational team and contribute to ensuring our pupils flourish.

We work differently at The Peak Academy. We motivate and engage children to believe in themselves through matching the care and education to meet their needs. We believe that all young people regardless of their backgrounds can achieve beyond their expectations with support and guidance from professional, exciting and inspirational staff. We encourage, nurture and challenge young people to do their best in every aspect of their development. We have high expectations of our young people and ourselves.  

This is an excellent opportunity to work in partnership with the teaching staff in the school and staff from other schools that make up The White Horse Federation. The federation are passionate and committed to ensuring that our curriculum is engaging and inspiring, with high levels of creativity and innovation in our teaching and learning across our schools. Our ultimate aim is to provide children with access to a broad range of experiences and challenges so that every child reaches their full potential.

Our ideal candidate will be

An excellent Teaching Assistant who loves working with children in special educational needs and helping to inspire them to achieve high standards and realise their potential;

A great team player who can work successfully in collaboration with others and contribute towards the school ethos and its school improvement activities;

Someone who enjoys the challenge and can bring the vision, passion and drive to raise standards in all aspects of school life;

Be fully committed to working collaboratively with the wider school community and across the federation;

Able to make a significant contribution to the wider life of our School;

Has experience of working with children with social, emotional and mental health difficulties;

Able to positively promote inclusion and have high expectations for all children.

We can offer you

An attractive working environment with excellent facilities and supportive families;

A committed, hardworking and supportive team;

100% focus on improving outcomes for the children in our school;

Well-resourced classrooms;

A group of children with a passion for learning.

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged - please come and meet some of the staff and our children and see for yourself! Please contact 01453 542130 to make an appointment.

More information about the school can be found on our website www.thepeakacademy.org   

Benefits

We know that your role requires you to put a lot of time and effort into it and because of this we believe you should be rewarded. As a White Horse Federation employee you will have access to benefits listed below.

Some benefits are accessible by all staff irrespective of their contract type (T). Some are only eligible to permanent (P) employees following a successful probation period as noted:

Car Purchase scheme (P)

Reward Gateway discounts (P&T)

Cashback healthcare plan (P)

Discounted gym membership scheme (P&T)

Hire purchase Cycle to Work scheme (P)

Free and confidential advice, information and counselling service (P&T)

Excellent Pension scheme (P&T)

Why Work With Us

The White Horse Federation (TWHF) is a not-for-profit multi-academy trust that supports and sponsors many primary, secondary and special schools across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Swindon, Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

Its shared vision for excellence through partnership means it is also committed to keeping the best of what makes a local school great – in other words, the type of schools where TWHF colleagues would be proud to send their own children.

TWHF combines a relentless drive for academic excellence with a shared moral purpose and shared values, while ensuring that fun and happiness are a key attribute of each of its schools. TWHF believes that partnership-working with its schools, pupils and their parents, as well as the wider community, helps creates the best possible outcomes for all children.

TWHF empowers its colleagues through support, training and career opportunities to recruit and retain outstanding staff who are leaders in their field. That way TWHF can ensure that every student achieves their full potential, regardless of background, culture, heritage or ability.

The White Horse Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.   If successful for this position you will be expected to apply for a disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service before appointment is confirmed.   References will be sought on shortlisted candidates before interview.

Please note: Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed as applications are received. Should a suitable applicant be identified, we may close the vacancy early.

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About Peak Academy

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  • Peak Academy
  • Drake Lane, Barton, Dursley
  • Gloucestershire
  • GL11 5HD
  • United Kingdom
+44 1453 542130

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Welcome to The Peak Academy.  We are really pleased you are interested in our roles and want to find out more.
The Peak Academy is based in Dursley, Gloucestershire and is part of The White Horse Federation.  It is a wonderful school in which to learn, or work, and we are extremely proud of our achievements and pupils.

We are proud of our school and we are a vibrant, outward looking community. Our pupils are encouraged to work independently and seize the opportunities offered to them, including a rich programme of curricular activities. We help them to develop high aspirations and to work to the highest standards, ensuring our pupils and students leave with the best options open to them.

We are committed to active, creative, reflective learning, maximised by encouragement to each individual pupil to achieve their best in every aspect of their development. We celebrate innovation and are committed to nurturing high self- esteem and respect for others. We believe that everyone can learn both socially and academically, becoming dynamic, independent thinkers with a lifelong love of learning. We believe this is best achieved by asking questions, solving problems and making thoughtful decisions.

Everything is in place for you, our students and the Academy to succeed!  

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