Teaching Assistant (Level 2)
Driffield School & Sixth Form
East Riding of Yorkshire
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- £14,789 actual term time salary per annum
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- February 2022
- Apply by:
- 31 January 2022
Job overview
As a Teaching Assistant in our school, each day you will provide individual support to our students, creating opportunities to help them reach their potential in a wide range of different year groups and subject areas, ranging from music and drama to PE and Science.
The working hours are from 8.30 am to 3.30 pm Monday to Friday during the school term. An additional 13 hours per year ensure you have paid time for team meetings, training and development. Your actual salary is £14,758 per annum, and this is paid in 12 equal instalments over the year so even when it is the summer holidays, you continue to receive the same payment that month. If you are interested in working on a part time basis, please get in touch and we are happy to explore this further with you.
Please see the documents below to find out more about the role, the school and the benefits.
Why choose us?
The SEND team, known as ‘the Link’ is located at the heart of the school and provides a safe haven for our students with special educational needs and disabilities. Our moto is ‘work hard and be nice to people’ and the school was recently described by Ofsted as a ‘friendly and happy place’ (2020). We are genuinely committed to our students and our staff, and we do everything we can to ensure every child receives the care and guidance they need to thrive. We are proud of our school and would welcome the opportunity to give you a tour, so please don’t hesitate to contact Laura Sanders (HR Assistant) on 01377 232362 or by email via laura.sanders@driffieldschool.org.uk if you would like to visit or find out more.
What can we offer you?
- Free parking and good transport links with easy car or train access from Hull, Beverley, Bridlington and Scarborough and surrounding villages
- Family friendly policies and opportunities for flexible working
- Opportunities to engage with extra-curricular activities including drama, music and PE
- A programme of training and development and opportunities to train to be a teacher with the Yorkshire Wolds Teacher Training should you be interested
- Well-being support including discounted East Riding gym membership; free annual flu vaccinations; access to a free employee assistance scheme 24/7 with advice on a wide range of practical issues ranging from legal information and consumer issues to specialist counselling.
- Financial incentives including a cycle to work scheme offering discounted bike purchase, affordable loans and savings available through the Salary Finance Scheme
- Membership of the East Riding Pension Scheme with benefits including secure earnings linked pension and a lump sum death grant of three times your salary
What are we are looking for?
We are looking for individuals who are engaging and versatile. You will be committed to ensuring every individual child receives the care, support and guidance they need to thrive and be the best they can be. We’re also looking for the following:
- Good literacy and numeracy skills
- Positive and caring nature
- Great team player
- Passion to ensure every child achieves their full potential.
The school has a genuine occupational requirement to appoint a male to this role, as there will be a need to provide personal and intimate care to male students.
The closing date for applications is 5 pm on 31 January 2022.
Driffield School and Sixth Form is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required prior to appointment.
Attached documents
About Driffield School & Sixth Form
- Driffield School & Sixth Form
- Manorfield Road, Driffield
- East Yorkshire
- YO25 5HR
- United Kingdom
Forward by Vicky Loftus (Headteacher)
We are an 11-19 Comprehensive School with approximately 1,350 students on roll. We are part of The Education Alliance, a growing multi-academy trust, currently consisting of South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College, Malet Lambert School, Driffield School and Sixth Form, The Snaith School, The Hub School, Hunsley Primary School, North Cave Church of England Primary School, Wilberfoss Church of England Primary School, Howden Junior School and Yorkshire Wolds Teacher Training. We are here to make great schools and happier, stronger communities so that people have better lives. We do this by always doing what is right, trusting each other and standing shoulder to shoulder and doing what we know makes the difference. Doing what is right means always acting with integrity, in the interests of others and being honest, open and transparent.
Driffield School and Sixth Form is a friendly and supportive school and we do everything we can to ensure that every individual child receives the care, support and guidance they need to thrive and be the best they can be. Our fantastic team of hardworking and caring staff are fundamental to this success and we invest heavily in professional development to enable our staff to flourish, continually develop and access in-house career opportunities. We have a long tradition of being an inclusive and supportive school and our aim is for all students and staff to enjoy learning, experience success and develop their full potential. Our Be Well Programme was introduced in September 2019 and provides a comprehensive package of well-being and mental health support for all our students, parents/caregivers and staff. Further details are available in the general details section below.
Staff, governors, students and members of the community have worked together to create a vision of the key qualities and values they would like to see in the school:
Believe ● Achieve
A proud and confident community: achieving success through trust and respectful relationships.
As this dynamic vision statement illustrates, it is an exciting time for the school which has enormous potential.
The hard work of staff and students has resulted in a record number of the highest grades at Driffield School and Sixth Form in 2023. At A Level, 45% of our students achieved A* to B grades and 74% A* to C grades. 16% of all grades were A* or A. We are really proud of our students' efforts and achievements and this year saw a wonderful set of results for students who can now move successfully into employment, apprenticeships and further study in Higher Education after a 99% pass rate.
The majority of our students gained their first choice of university with a high proportion securing a place at one of the prestigious Russell Group universities. A record number of students have also successfully graduated from our MEDSOC programme, securing a place to study medicine at university.
Our Basics measures at GCSE continue to improve year on year, with 64% of students achieving at least a standard pass in both English and Maths and 46% achieving a strong pass or above in English and Maths. The percentage of students achieving at least a grade 4 is above the national average in all core subjects. Alongside the strong performance in the core subjects, our students excel in the arts. Our art, music and drama departments all saw over a quarter of students achieving the highest grades of 7, 8 or 9 in 2023.
Our facilities have been designed to ensure the environment promotes learning and these include a purpose built Art and Technology building and a state of the art Performing Arts block. A £1.2 million investment has recently been completed to update the school’s North Building and the energy efficiencies this will create will be reinvested into teaching and learning. All our facilities are actively used by the local community outside school hours. We also have access to the East Riding Leisure Centre which is adjacent to the school site and is equipped with the latest fitness equipment for the benefit of staff and students. The school is also able to use residential facilities at Spiers Bank House, an ex-forestry commission house located near Pickering in the North York Moors. This provides a fantastic resource for the development of students’ outdoor experiences as well as personal development. Our school prospectus can be accessed here.
Driffield is at the heart of the Yorkshire Wolds and has recently been named by The Times as one of the best places to live in the North of England.
We are proud of our school and welcome the opportunity to show prospective staff, who are interested in any current vacancies, around the site.
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