Teaching Assistant

Grade/SCP: Band: 3 SCP: 17 (Pending Pay Award)

Salary: Full time equivalent: £18,672 per annum

Actual Salary for Part time hours: £6,397

Hours: 15 hours per week, term time only (39 weeks per year)

Contract: Permanent 

Location: St Alban’s Catholic Voluntary Academy, Newstead Avenue, Chaddesden, Derby DE21 6NU

Start Date: 3 September 2019

St Alban’s Catholic Voluntary Academy, part of the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi-Academy Trust are seeking to appoint a highly skilled, enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our busy, hardworking team.

“St Alban’s Catholic Primary School has a strong sense of community.

People are proud to be a part of the school ‘family’. The school’s values and inclusive culture ensure that your staff encourage every child to flourish.

Pupils take pride in their work.

Pupils are courteous and respectful towards others, and their behaviour in class is exemplary.

Pupils’ positive attitudes to learning and each other reflect the school’s values. In our care, the pupils thrive.” Ofsted 2018

Do you have the ambition and determination to secure excellent outcomes for our pupils?

We will offer you:

• A school which has a sensible approach to marking and feedback.

• Opportunity for career development.

• Well behaved children

• Supportive SLT and governing body

• Supportive parents

• A commitment to a good work/life balance.

We are looking to appoint an exceptionally talented and inspirational Teaching Assistant to join our school from September 2019. 

The ideal candidate will also be enthusiastic, conscientious and caring. You must have a professional approach to work, joining our committed staff at our well-established and active school. The successful candidate will help support our inclusive vision and help us to achieve the next level of success. 

The successful candidate will:

• be an excellent practitioner

• have the knowledge and experience to support EYFS

• be enthusiastic, resourceful and keen to ensure that the highest possible standards of pupil achievement, personal development and well-being are achieved.

Visits to the school are most welcome and can be arranged by contacting Mrs Jenny Cartlidge on 01332 673823

How to apply

For more information, an application pack and to apply please visit https://srscmat.co.uk/vacancies or email vacancies@srscmat.co.uk

Closing date: Monday, 1st July 2019 at 9am

Interviews:   Wednesday, 5th July 2019

The St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references, an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, medical check, evidence of qualifications plus verification of the right to work in the UK.

The Trust will endeavor to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition. 

You do not need to be a Catholic to work in our Trust. There are certain reserved positions, which require someone to be Catholic, i.e. CEO, Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher, Subject Leader/Head of RE and Lay Chaplain but other than that a respect for our ethos and a willingness to participate in what we do is all that is required.