Teaching Assistant - Longspee Academy

Post: Teaching Assistant

Post Details: Permanent – 32.5 hours per week, term time only

Salary Scale: AAT Grade 4 SCP 6-9 Pro-rata salary £14,943.80-£15,857.89 (Full time Equivalent Salary £20,043-£21,269)

Ambitions Academies Trust (AAT) comprises schools from all sectors: Mainstream (Primary and Secondary) and Specialist (SEND). AAT secures outstanding achievement and improves the life chances of all our pupils. Our Academies have high expectations as the focus of their work, which includes staff development: we are strongly committed to supporting colleagues in developing their careers further and offer excellent CPD opportunities.

We currently have the following vacancy at within Longspee Academy, based at Longspee Secondary – BH10 4HG (Slades Farm)

Longspee Secondary is a relatively new Specialist Provision for young people with Autism and SEMH. We offer a rich and high-quality learning experience for our students, with a relentless and positive focus upon Happy, Safe, Progress to help ensure that our students can build and achieve a successful adult life. Currently, almost all of our current students having their main need in the area of Autism.

To happily thrive in the role of Teaching Assistant you will be resourceful and creative, highly resilient and able to work well as a member of a high-quality team. You will also be able to relate well with others, demonstrate highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, and have a good sense of positive humour. In addition, you will be able to demonstrate an understanding that success at Longspee Secondary is achieved by developing the excellence and independence of others, with a mindset of growth, consistency and excellence.

We offer our students a wide and varied curriculum experience, both within the school grounds and also the local area; so if you have skills, interests, or an area of knowledge that inspires you, then we’d love to work with your enthusiasm to inspire the learning of others.

For an informal discussion about the role, or to arrange a visit to Longspee Secondary, please get in contact – we have much to celebrate.

Thank you for your interest in the position, and we look forward to hearing from you.

Please note, that Longspee Secondary currently does not have a website or online presence: but for some overall information about Longspee Secondary, please look through our Prospectus which can be found within the application process.

Application for this role is by using the AAT (Ambitions Academies Trust) Application Form, in which you can outline your experience, excellence and relevant skills.

It is the intention of Ambitions Academies Trust to use its resources flexibly to meet the needs of pupils. All staff are therefore allocated to a place of work, however, Ambitions Academies Trust reserves the right to require staff to support the needs of our pupils throughout the Academy as appropriate; which may involve re-location. This is not anticipated to be frequent or indeed regular but you should be aware of this possibility.

Closing date for applications: Monday 11th July 2022 at 9.00 am

Interviews will take place: Friday 15th July 2022

Start Date: Sept 2022 or earlier

For more an application pack please visit www.ambitions-academies.co.uk

or contact our Admin Lead Elisa Locke – elisa.locke@longspee-academy.co.uk

Please note we DO NOT accept application 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