Teaching Assistant

About the Opportunity

Are you looking to join an all new, fresh and dynamic group of education professionals to open and lead a new Secondary School?

Are you interested in utilising your teaching support skills to ensure students experience a fantastic learning environment?

Now is an exciting time to join Whitelands Academy. We are a brand new Secondary School within the heart of Bicester, opened on September 2020! We have already had inspiring teachers and leaders join our team and now we need a supportive Teaching Assistant to work collaboratively with our faculty in providing the best classroom learning experience for our students.

If you are a nurturing, proactive and self-motivated individual, ideally with previous working experience within a school environment, this could be the job for you! 

Our ideal candidate will be or have

Minimum of GCSE Grade C in Maths and English

Excellent communication skills, ability to communicate effectively with a variety of people including students and colleagues

Committed to the safeguarding of students and young people

Ability to encourage and enable others to develop their full potential

Be able to uphold the Whitehorse Federation values

We can offer you

An attractive working environment with excellent facilities and supportive families;

A committed, hardworking and supportive team;

100% focus on improving outcomes for the students in our school;

Well-resourced classrooms;

A group of students with a passion for learning.

For full details on this fantastic opportunity, please review the attached job description. For more information about our exciting new Academy please do visit our website www.whitelandsacademy.org.

Benefits

We know that your role requires you to put a lot of time and effort into it and because of this we believe you should be rewarded. As a White Horse Federation employee you will have access to benefits listed below.

Some benefits are accessible by all staff irrespective of their contract type (T). Some are only eligible to permanent (P) employees following a successful probation period as noted:

Car Purchase scheme (P)

Reward Gateway discounts (P&T)

Cashback healthcare plan (P)

Discounted gym membership scheme (P&T)

Hire purchase Cycle to Work scheme (P)

Free and confidential advice, information and counselling service (P&T)

Excellent Pension scheme (P&T)

Why Work With Us

The White Horse Federation (TWHF) is a not-for-profit multi-academy trust that supports and sponsors many primary, secondary and special schools across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Swindon, Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

Its shared vision for excellence through partnership means it is also committed to keeping the best of what makes a local school great – in other words, the type of schools where TWHF colleagues would be proud to send their own children.

TWHF combines a relentless drive for academic excellence with a shared moral purpose and shared values, while ensuring that fun and happiness are a key attribute of each of its schools. TWHF believes that partnership-working with its schools, pupils and their parents, as well as the wider community, helps create the best possible outcomes for all children.

TWHF empowers its colleagues through support, training and career opportunities to recruit and retain outstanding staff who are leaders in their field. That way TWHF can ensure that every student achieves their full potential, regardless of background, culture, heritage or ability.

TWHF has an absolute commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS. The Trust values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

TWHF recognises the benefit of having a diverse workforce and is committed to building a team which reflects diversity from the communities it serves. TWHF values the contributions from all staff from a wide range of different backgrounds and actively seeks to promote an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment; which at the same time supports fair promotion and cultural acceptance. Under the provision of the Equality Act 2010, TWHF welcomes applications from everyone and operates a recruitment process which is fair and does not discriminate against or disadvantage anyone because of their age, disability, gender reassignment status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.