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Teaching Assistant and Outdoor Education Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant and Outdoor Education Teaching Assistant

Torquay Academy

Torbay

  • £19,851 - £20,183 per year
  • Expired
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
01/09/2023
Apply by:
8 June 2023

Job overview

We are expanding our team, so require for September a number of permanent Teaching Assistants, whose duties will include support students with additional needs. If you are a good communicator and have experience of working with young people in a learning environment; the ability to encourage and nurture students to learn and to maintain discipline in the classroom and can work flexibly during the course of the year, we would like to hear from you.

Duties will also include supporting and developing student’s self-regulation skills, social skills and language skills. You will take responsibility for ensuring the students can access all curriculum learning and fulfil their academic potential under an agreed system of supervision. Duties may include assisting with creating bespoke timetables to fit around the students and their needs, delivering and planning for bespoke interventions, supporting the student in optimising the use of technology where appropriate, monitoring their movements around the school and managing sensitive issues that arise, being the daily link with parents and class teachers.

Training will be given in how to help support students in examinations with reading, scribing, prompting or any other access arrangement that may be required. For parts of the academic year all Teaching Assistants need to support the examinations process. Duties may include supporting students with intimate care needs.

We are also looking to expand the support that some of our students need beyond the classroom including activities like swimming, coasteering and climbing. If you have a passion for the outdoors then one of our TA roles would enable you to spend some of your week supporting our students with these activities.

Benefits of working at Torquay Academy include:

·        Priority admission to the Academy for secondary places

·        Free gym membership to support health and wellbeing

·        Cycle to work scheme through salary sacrifice

·        Electric Vehicle leasing scheme through salary sacrifice

To find out more about working with us and to apply please visit tqacademy.co.uk/recruitment

Informal visits are welcome and encouraged, please email admin@tqacademy.co.uk

About Torquay Academy

+44 1803 329351

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Torquay Academy is a heavily-oversubscribed secondary mainstream school for girls and boys between the ages of 11 and 18. There are approximately 1,400 students in the school, including our 6th Form.


We know that a world class school can only be built by having the very best teachers.  We invest in all of our staff and you will be working with colleagues who share a passion for teaching.  If you join us you will be signing up to the belief that “everyone succeeds” and that “every student who joins Torquay Academy is capable of going on to university”. It is important you share our goals and values.


We believe in effective discipline and support teachers with a strong pastoral team and centralised behaviour systems. We work hard to reduce unnecessary workload so that our teachers can focus on teaching great lessons. We invest in the professional development of all of our staff through 1-to-1 coaching, leadership development and high quality CPD.


If you join us you will be signing up to the belief that “everyone succeeds” and that “every student who joins Torquay Academy is capable of going on to university”. It is important you share our goals and values.

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