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Teaching Assistant - Level 3

Teaching Assistant - Level 3

Lea Forest Primary Academy

Birmingham

  • Expired
Salary:
Grade 3 - SCP 09 £23,194 to SCP 22 £29,439 FTE, Actual Salary: £17,372.24 - £22,049.72
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
29 January 2023

Job overview

32.5 hours a week, 39 weeks per year

Lea Forest is a leading school in Birmingham with an enriched, relevant, engaging and innovative curriculum enabling children to uncover a world of possibilities - inspiring each and every child to reach true academic brilliance. By embracing the role that Lea Forest plays within the wider community fostering positive partnerships with parents in and beyond the walls of the school - into the streets, into the town and far beyond - the school ensures children can live remarkable lives.

We now have an opportunity for a dedicated and committed support staff professional to join ‘Team Lea Forest’. You will support our teachers in supporting pupils and families. The successful candidate must hold English and Maths GCSE level  ‘C’ or above or equivalent. 

Our staff have benefited from our collaborative work with our other AET ‘West Midlands cluster’ of schools and we will challenge and support you with your career goals while you are part of the ‘Lea Forest Primary’ family.

The successful candidate will:

  • Have experience of supporting and adapting learning for pupils in any phase.
  • Have experience of working with young people
  • Be robust, resilient and take pride in helping students who can sometimes find school life challenging.
  • Be flexible, positive and have a ‘can do’ attitude
  • Have minimum NVQ Level 3 for Teaching Assistants (or equivalent)

Closing date: Monday 30th January 2023 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.  All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

In line with our safeguarding practices, we are unable to accept CV’s. Apply today.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. 

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Linkedin. Further details can be found on our careers page.

AET is recruiting for Teacher Training placements.  Please visit our website https://sites.google.com/aetschools.org/itt/ for further details.


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About Lea Forest Primary Academy

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Lea Forest is a leading school in Birmingham with an enriched, relevant, engaging and innovative curriculum enabling children to uncover a world of possibilities - inspiring each and every child to reach true academic brilliance. By embracing the role that Lea Forest plays within the wider community fostering positive partnerships with parents in and beyond the walls of the school - into the streets, into the town and far beyond - the school ensures children can live remarkable lives.

Lea Forest Primary Academy is part of the family of schools in the Academies Enterprise Trust and as such we share the Trust vision for our children:

To provide our pupils with a wide body of knowledge and skills and an exceptional character to live a remarkable life.

It is our aim that by the time the children leave Lea Forest Primary Academy to embark on the next stage of their education, they are equipped with the academic skills and knowledge, and have developed the personal attributes needed to enable them to become successful citizens of the future.

The staff at Lea Forest Primary Academy are our greatest resource and we will nurture and develop you throughout your career. Being part of the Academies Enterprise Trust means every employee at every level is able to access tailored CPD and opportunities to work across the group as they progress. Please read our staff profiles for more information on how this is happening right now for members of my team.

Thank you for your interest in our school; we can't wait to meet you!

Craig Clarke (Headteacher), the staff team and our Governance Board

General information

We are proud to serve the community of Kitts Green in Birmingham as a large 2 form entry with 500+ pupils on roll. As a team we as celebrate in being:

Rated a ‘Good’ school in every area by Ofsted (November 2021).

A Midlands hub school for EAL Online Learning

Designated a Forest School.

A richly diverse community with students speaking more than 30 home languages.

A leading primary school in our trust – Academies Enterprise Trust.

We are a school where the atmosphere is calm and children try their very best in an environment where staff care for them. Our core purpose is clear:

We believe in Learning Ahead of All, giving every child the very best education.

We believe in Strength in Diversity, celebrate our different cultures with a real sense of community.

We are an Open Doors Academy, with approachable staff, helping our students to progress on to the best schools, colleges and apprenticeships.

WHY JOIN OUR ACADEMY?

Staff Benefits

Development:

We are committed to developing all staff at all levels through high quality development opportunities, resources, and experiences  that will support you on your professional learning journey with AET.

Lifestyle:

We champion agile/flexible working across the Trust to help our people achieve an optimal work/life balance.

Money:

All staff have access to our pension schemes (Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers’ Pension Scheme).  Everyone has free access to financial advice & support and can access a wide range of retail discounts through our AET Benefits scheme. We also offer Technology Loans to help with any big digital purchases.

Wellbeing:

We recognise that mental wellbeing is just as important as physical and have set up employee assistance programmes which offer free and confidential counselling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our employees can access our health cash place scheme from BHSF.

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