Teaching Assistant (Reading Interventions)

Teaching Assistant (Reading Interventions)

Salary £21,291. actual per annum (£24,785 per annum FTE)

37.5 hrs a week (part time application is welcome)

39 weeks a year

The Role:

As Teaching Assistant for The John Roan School, the post-holder will be an integral as part of the Learning Support Team in supporting and including students with learning difficulties/disabilities in mainstream classes and in small groups. The John Roan School will provide phonics and early reading intervention training for the successful candidate.

About You

We are enthusiastic about the role that the Teaching Assistant will have in supervising and supporting groups of students in subjects across the curriculum, you must be firm, caring, non-judgemental and understanding. Demonstrate a flexible and creative approach in the delivery of your work and maintain positive, supportive relationships with individuals and groups of students.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. References will automatically be requested for all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. The successful applicant will be required to be DBS and safeguarding checks prior to taking up post.

To Apply

Please apply online: www.thejohnroanschool.org.uk and visit the “Work with Us” page.

Or contact our recruitment team at: recruitment-sel@unitedlearning.org.uk

Closing date: Monday 27th November 2023 – Midday

The School

At The John Roan School we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence. We aim to ignite ambition in every student through teaching that empowers and inspires; a calm and disruption-free learning environment; and a strong character education programme. 

We have one overriding, audacious ambition that drives us – to be the very best school in the Greenwich area, giving confidence to parents and carers that their child will not only achieve their best academically, but also thrive in their time with us. Our school PRIDE ethos represents our expectations of everyone in our school and is at the core of everything that we do.

Founded in 1677, The John Roan School is one of the oldest state schools in the country. The school is a mixed ability co-educational 11 – 18 school set across two sites a short walk apart in the heart of Greenwich. We became part of United Learning in 2019, and we are already seeing the results of our continuing journey of rapid improvement.

We are a proudly inclusive school with a Centre for Autism, a thriving SEND provision and growing numbers of students with English as an Additional Language.

The John Roan School values personal development, and on joining the school you will have a wealth of opportunities to develop through our internal CPD programmes and within the United Learning group of schools. Our staff team is diverse and reflects the multi-cultural student population of the school at all levels.

United Learning

The John Roan School is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.

United Learning values diversity and inclusion and is committed to creating and sustaining a more diverse workforce. We welcome applications from professionals of minority ethnic origin and from majority ethnic professionals who share our commitment to inclusion and diversity.