Teaching Assistant (Secondary)

Teaching Assistant (Secondary)

Academy 360

Sunderland 

SR4 9BA

FTE £23,893, Actual £21,044.22

There are opportunities for full time and part time positions

Permanent

37 hours per week,

Term time only, plus 5 training days

Academy 360 holds the prestigious Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM) and is recognised as a Centre of Excellence. Trustees seek to appoint a Teaching Assistant (Secondary) with effect from as soon as possible. The successful candidate must be able to enthuse and inspire young people and demonstrate determination to raise aspirations of students.

The Laidlaw Schools Trust is a growing family of nine schools helping transform thousands of young lives in North East England. LST invests significantly in the training and development of all staff and is able to offer all staff a wide range of opportunities and benefits.

Academy 360 is an All-Through Academy providing education for students aged 4 – 16. Serving the community of Pennywell, Academy 360 is a rapidly improving school committed to transforming the life chances of young people through inspirational education. As a member of Laidlaw Schools Trust it benefits from the support of being a partner in a small local Multi Academy Trust which also includes one of the main feeder Primary schools for Academy 360’s Secondary school.

Our staff are:

Committed, enthusiastic practitioners seeking to support excellent progress for our students

Educators who aspire to the highest standards of behaviour, academic success, and wellbeing for all in our community

Resilient, reflective and thoughtful professionals, seeking to develop themselves with us 

The successful candidate will join a successful MAT where all Academies support each other to the benefit of our pupils and their families. Our Academies also enjoy strong support from an experienced LST central team, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. 

Further details and an application pack can be downloaded from the Careers section on the Laidlaw Schools Trust website https://www.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk/72/vacancies-1.

If you wish to have an informal discussion about this post, please contact: hradmin@academy360.co.uk

Closing Date: 12 noon on Friday 26th April 2024

Candidates who have not been contacted by 30th April 2024 may assume they have been unsuccessful.

Interviews will take place: week commencing TBC

Applications should be returned to: hradmin@academy360.co.uk

Please note that CVs will not be accepted.

We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding. All successful appointments will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and a range of other pre-employment recruitment checks.

An online search will be undertaken for shortlisted candidates as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and candidates will have the chance to discuss any issues of concern that may arise during this search at interview.