Teaching Assistant

Post:           Teaching Assistant

Post Ref:      SR1590

Post Details: 32 hours per week, term time only, permanent 

Salary Scale: AAT Grade 4, SCP 6-9, Pro-rata salary £16,199 - £17,104 (Full time Equivalent Salary £21,967 – £23,194)

Ambitions Academies Trust (AAT) comprises schools from all sectors: mainstream (primary and secondary) and special. AAT secures outstanding achievement and improved life chances of all our pupils. All our Academies have high expectations as the focus of their work. We are strongly committed to supporting colleagues in developing their careers further and offer excellent CPD opportunities.

We currently have the following vacancy at Oak Academy, Duck Lane, Bournemouth, BH11 9JJ – Teaching Assistant

We are looking for candidates who can be resourceful, creative, highly resilient and able to work well as member of a successful team. You will need to be able to work collaboratively and flexibly within a friendly, caring team, building good working relationships with both children and adults plus demonstrating a respectful and caring attitude towards all our children.

This role will include supporting our teaching staff to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum for our young people. Flexibility is key and will include working 1:1 with a student when required or supporting in class working with small groups. Positive behaviour management is also an important part of the role.

Oak Academy is an 11-16 academy, perfectly placed within the community to deliver high quality teaching and learning. We are a rapidly improving academy, with a new principal in post since May 2022, who works proudly alongside both established and newly appointed colleagues, driven by the shared belief that every student has the right to learn, grow and achieve. It is this ethos that motivates all members of our community in improving the academic outcomes and life-chances of students. We value collaboration and open communication at all levels and see the relationship between parents, staff and students as crucial in our shared success.

It is an exciting time to join our Oak community, with rapidly growing student numbers, and a complete new build as part of the Governments School Rebuilding Programme. Plans are well advanced for a complete rebuild of the current site. We are delighted that staff and students will finally have the building they deserve, with a planned completion date of Easter 2025. We are looking for candidates to join us on this journey who are dynamic, passionate and ambitious, with a commitment to improving life chances of our students.

What we offer to candidates

·        A Principal driven by school improvement with an open-door policy for staff, students and parents.

·        A very visible and approachable senior leadership team.

·        An enthusiastic and committed team of teachers and support staff.

·        All staff at Oak are part of a professional learning community in which evidence informed CPD is designed to meet individual needs.

·        A strong support network both within the school and across Ambitions Academies Trust.

·        An opportunity to be part of rapid school improvement, in time for the opening of our new build.

·        A culture that respects work life balance and an ongoing commitment to wellbeing with a dedicated Wellbeing Champion. Free counselling sessions available to employees and their family with an external provider.

·        Free eye testing every 2 years through Specsavers and a £49 voucher towards glasses if needed.

·        Reduced corporate gym membership through BH Live.

·        A competitive pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 21st May 2023

Interviews will take place: Thursday 25th May 2023

Start Date: Available from Monday 5th June 2023

Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment as AAT reserves the right to close applications early

Please note we DO NOT accept applications by CV

Ambitions Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Rigorous checks will be made of the successful  applicant’s background credentials, including enhanced DBS checks and an online search

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