Teaching Assistant
Oxford High School for Girls GDST
Oxfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £19,500 – £22,550 FTE (£16,337.84-£18,893.24 pro rata)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- January 2023
- Apply by:
- 29 September 2022
Job overview
Hours: Term Time Only, 4 Days a week 8am – 3:30pm
Oxford High School is seeking to appoint an exceptional Prep School Teaching Assistant.
Ideally, we are looking for someone who holds level 6 qualifications or who wishes to work towards such qualifications. You must have already obtained a level 3 or 4 qualification.
We are looking for staff members with a dynamic outlook, creativity and above all, a passion for girls’ education. The successful candidate will be a dedicated team player with an enthusiastic ‘can do’ approach; eager to go the extra mile to ensure our girls achieve the highest standards.
About Oxford High School:
Oxford High Prep School is a happy and vibrant place to work: our girls are highly motivated and behaviour is excellent. From our youngest reception pupils through to Year 6, there is a sense of pride at being part of the Oxford High community. The School provides a broad and inspiring education through its curriculum and ethos.
Since its foundation over 140 years ago in the heart of Oxford’s historic city centre, Oxford High School has been innovative and pioneering in its approach to girls’ education.
As well as our commitment to girls’ education, we are committed to investing in our staff’s personal development through training and learning initiatives and via the GDST network.
Benefits:
As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust, the leading and largest group of independent girls’ schools in the UK, we offer a variety of benefits, which include:
- Competitive salaries and pay progression
- Access to extensive professional development opportunities
- Training grants for qualifications
- Generous pension schemes
- Free life assurance benefit
- Free school lunches
- A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
- Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
- A Cycle to Work scheme
- Competitive terms and conditions of employment
To apply for this vacancy please complete an application form on our website by clicking the apply button.
Closing date: 29 September 2022.
Interview date: 7 October 2022.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.
About Oxford High School for Girls GDST
- Oxford High School for Girls GDST
- Belbroughton Road, Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX2 6XA
- United Kingdom
Oxford High School is an independent, non-denominational, all-through school for girls without nursery and with sixth form, situated in three sites in Summertown, North Oxford. It is one of 26 members of the GDST (Girls’ Day School Trust), meaning it is governed by the council and operates according to the trust’s policy. The school provides 906 places for primary, secondary and sixth-form students aged 4-19.
Oxford High School was founded in 1875 and is the oldest girls' school in the city. Until recently it accepted boys into its junior school, but is now girls-only.
Headteacher
Mrs Marina Gardiner Legge
Values and Vision
Oxford High believes it balances academic rigour with the chance for girls to explore their creativity and adventurous side, resulting in an encouraging and vibrant school full of high-achieving girls. As with other GDST schools, it aims to be an educational institution that shows principles, boldness, a strong network community and a girls-first attitude.
ISI
“The quality of pupils’ achievements is exceptional. Oxford High School is highly successful in meeting its aim to encourage girls to be ambitious in all areas of life and has fully met the recommendation from the previous inspection to maintain the high standards of learning and personal development. Pupils reach very high standards in their GCSE, International GCSE and A-level examinations and in the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), and most are successful in achieving their first choice of course at highly selective universities.”
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