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Teaching Assistant

Blessed Robert Widmerpool Academy

Nottingham

  • £8,399 - £8,739 per year
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  • Expired
Salary:
OLOL Band 2 , 19.5 hours per week, Term Time Only
Job type:
Part Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
January 2022
Apply by:
6 December 2021

Job overview

School:  Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Voluntary Academy

Salary:  Band 2 (actual salary £8,399 - £8,739 pa)

Contract type:  19.5 hours per week (8.30am-3.30pm) 3 days.

Contract term:  Fixed Term to 30 August 2022

Closing date:  Monday 6 December 2021

Start Date:  January 2022

Blessed Robert Widmerpool is an ‘outstanding’ school, which is committed to creating a happy and secure learning environment where all children can reach their potential - spiritually, morally, culturally, physically and academically. We strive to deliver excellent outcomes for our children through an engaging and stimulating curriculum, challenging and varied learning opportunities as well as a caring, nurturing environment.  We know that achieving excellent outcomes for our pupils means investing in quality staff and we place real emphasis on providing personalised professional development for our team. 

We are looking for a Teaching Assistant to work with children who have high levels of SEND.  You would work across KS1, supporting children with 1:1 supervision and supporting groups of children. You will be part of a dynamic team which is committed to achieving high standards. Working to create a stimulating learning environment for children who achieve well. 

The successful candidate will:

• Be enthusiastic and dedicated.

• Be an exemplary practitioner with knowledge, understanding and experience of quality provision.

• Be a good communicator, organised with effective interpersonal skills and a cheerful disposition.

• Preferably have experience working with children in the Early Years Foundation Stage.

• Be able to work effectively as part of a team to achieve excellence.

We can offer:

• wonderful students who have a passion for learning and deserve the very best

• a team of talented and highly committed staff

• a supportive working environment with excellent facilities

• professional assistance through our Employee Assistance Programme

• our commitment to nationally agreed terms and conditions.

• a commitment to outstanding CPD opportunities for all staff through our position as a lead school in the Trust’s CPD Hub.

For an informal discussion about the role and our school please contact 0115 915 2392. Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.

Closing date: Monday 6 December 2021 (9.00 am)

The Trust and Blessed Robert Widmerpool Catholic Voluntary Academy are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks are required for successful applicants. 

Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are committed to cultivating an equitable working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where every individual can fulfil their potential. We warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.

About Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust

Our school is part of the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust which brings together the 21 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.  Our priority is to ensure the very best Catholic Education for all young people in our community, whatever their circumstances. We will achieve this together, through a strategic approach to sharing best practice, effective challenge and support from a central standards and performance team and opportunities for high quality Continuing Professional Development offered by the CMAT’s CPD Hub.

Why work for the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust?

• Access to first class CPD opportunities. We have a specialised CPD Hub to deliver meaningful and relevant CPD for all our staff. Our Leadership Academy identifies and develops future leaders.

• Genuine opportunities for career progression - with 21 academies in our family, and 84 academies across the Diocese, opportunities for career progression are a reality.

• Professional assistance - you will have access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential, independent, and unbiased information and guidance 24/7. If clinically advisable, it also offers face-to-face counselling sessions.

• Cycle to Work Scheme – you will save money as well as improve your mental health and wellbeing and reduce your Carbon Footprint.

• Pension - automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.

• Terms and Conditions - we have committed to following nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay for support staff.

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Blessed Robert Widmerpool is an ‘outstanding’ school, which is committed to creating a happy and secure learning environment where all children can reach their potential - spiritually, morally, culturally, physically and academically. 

We strive to deliver excellent outcomes for our children through an engaging and stimulating curriculum, challenging and varied learning opportunities as well as a caring, nurturing environment. 

We know that achieving excellent outcomes for our pupils means investing in quality staff and we place real emphasis on providing personalised professional development for our team. 

Our school is part of the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust which brings together the 36 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire. Our priority is to ensure the very best Catholic Education for all young people in our community, whatever their circumstances. We will achieve this together, through a strategic approach to sharing best practice, effective challenge and support from a central standards and performance team and opportunities for high quality Continuing Professional Development offered by the CMAT’s teaching school, The Nottingham Initial Teacher Training Hub.

Follow us on twitter @OLOLCatholicMAT and @BRWSchool 

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