Teaching Assistant

Post: Teaching Assistant

Contract Type: Permanent (35 Hours per week)

Salary: £23,630.00 - £24,496.00 (FTE, actual pro rata salary £19,651.31 - £20,380.12)

Base: Hetton Academy

Please note: the post holder will be engaging in regulated activity, working mainly or wholly with children. This position is exempt from the rehabilitation of offender’s act 1974. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Northern Education Trust (NET) is a charitable education Trust with a good track record for school improvement. The Trust sponsors 22 academies; 12 secondary and 10 primaries across the North of England in eleven Local Authority regions.

Northern Education Trust - Hetton Academy is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and skilled member of staff who share our vision and who truly want to enhance the life chances of the children and young people under our care. We can offer you an excellent opportunity for career progression both within the Academy, and the Trust, as well as a supportive professional environment with a highly visible and ambitious leadership team.

The successful candidate will:

• work as part of the Academy/Department to support interventions with students who require additional mentoring to achieve GCSE.
• work with other small groups and individual students across Key Stage 3 and 4 as required.
• promote the learning and welfare of students by providing practical and learning support to students, including those with special needs under the direction of a class teacher/Inclusion Manager.

The Trust is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. All posts are subject to enhanced disclosure and barring service checks. We expect all adults to share our commitment to safeguarding and the health and well being of our pupils.

Potential candidates are encouraged to consider the job specification and cross reference their own skills, knowledge and experience when applying.

The Trust is committed to a safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be taken before any appointment is confirmed. All posts are subject to enhanced disclosure and barring service checks. We expect all adults to share our commitment to safeguarding and the health and wellbeing of our pupils.

Closing Date: 12 midday Monday June 5th 2023