Teaching Assistant - Level 1
Abbey Grange Church of England Academy
Leeds
- £13,647 - £14,772 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- A1 - B1 Point 2 - 6
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 5 September 2022
Job overview
Abbey Grange is a thriving, highly successful and over-subscribed 11-18 Church of England convertor Academy which serves communities right across the city of Leeds. Our students come from all over the city to receive an education in which we all work together to challenge them academically, support them pastorally and help them develop socially and spiritually. Abbey Grange is part of the Abbey Multi Academy Trust.
Our goal is to become an outstanding Academy that delivers on our mission - In Partnership to 'Educate, Nurture and Empower' and we are well on our way to achieving this. Ofsted graded us a 'good' school in March 2022 and we celebrated our GCSE results in 2019 with 72% of our students achieving 9-4 in English and Maths, and an above average Progress 8 score of +0.26. (Verified from last external exam data set) The academy has an incredibly popular Sixth Form with over 400 students studying a wide range of A Levels and BTECs. The destinations data for Sixth Form students reflects the high aspirations we have for our students and the aspirations of our families and students themselves. The academy seeks to attract positive, ambitious and hard-working staff who have high expectations for student progress, attainment, behaviour and character.
We wish to appoint an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant, Level 1, to join our team of Teaching Assistants to work under the guidance of teaching / senior staff and within an agreed programme of supervision, to implement agreed work programs with individuals or groups, inside and outside of the classroom.
The successful candidate will be required to work 32.5hours a week time only therefore the salary has been pro-rata’d. There may be a requirement to work outside of the designated hours and off Academy premises as required. We are able to offer staff a secure and supportive environment with continuous professional development.
This is a genuinely exciting time to join our Academy. If you are looking to join an Academy with happy positive and polite students and staff, then we want to hear from you.
Abbey Grange C of E Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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About Abbey Grange Church of England Academy
- Abbey Grange Church of England Academy
- Butcher Hill, Leeds
- West Yorkshire
- LS16 5EA
- United Kingdom
Abbey Grange Church of England Academy is a mixed, comprehensive, Church of England secondary school with a very popular sixth form situated in Leeds. It provides over 1,600 places for secondary school students between the ages of 11 and 18 when fully subscribed. The school is one of the most popular in Leeds. Students come to Abbey Grange from over 70 feeder primary schools right across the City of Leeds and serves a diverse, enthusiastic and articulate student body. We have high expectations which is reflected in our successful academic record for students in at GCSE, BTEC and A Level and in the destinations students go on to such as Apprenticeships, Conservatoires and Russell Group Universities. We want the best staff and work hard to retain high quality leaders, teachers and support staff with a culture of CPD for all. Engaging teaching is delivered across all areas of the broad and balanced curriculum and the academy, in line with its Christian values, has an atmosphere of positivity and inclusivity.
Abbey Grange is part of the Abbey Multi Academy Trust. A Talk-Rich Trust of a group of schools who work together to drive standards up across Yorkshire for a students of all backgrounds, abilities and ages. The Trust support Abbey Grange Church of England Academy in its mission to "give life in all its fullness" (John 10:10) and ensure we educate, nurture and empower the whole child with excellent results, building resilience through our Abbey character and developing cultural capital through a comprehensive enrichment, extra-curricular and competitions programme.
Principal
Simon Prinsep
Values and vision
The Abbey Grange motto is “In partnership to educate, nurture and empower”. The secondary school has an atmosphere of positivity and inclusivity, in line with its Christian values. High expectations are set for all students. Engaging teaching is delivered across all areas of the broad and balanced curriculum.
Ofsted report
“The academy provides the students with a good education. There are particular, significant strengths in its excellent provision for the students’ social, moral, spiritual and cultural development, and in the quality of the support given to individual students who either need additional help, or who are at risk of underachieving. The students are polite, good-humoured and dignified young people, who delight in conversation and discussion on a broad range of issues and conduct themselves sensibly and safely around the school.”
View Abbey Grange Church of England Academy’s latest Ofsted report
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