Teaching Assistant
Lawn Manor Academy
Swindon
- Expired
- Salary:
- C/D £18,198-£19,698 FTE £9.43-£10.21 Per Hour
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 28 January 2022
Job overview
• 22.5 Hrs per week • Term Time only
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a strong candidate to support teaching and learning at Lawn Manor Academy in Swindon. This role is varied, and we are looking for an adaptable, flexible and resourceful individual able to cope in a high-pressure environment and deal with constantly changing priorities.
Job Requirements
- Supporting Students in and out of the classroom as appropriate.
- Preparing learning activities for individual’s groups and for classes.
- Monitoring individual and/or directed pupils.
- Assessing, recording and reporting on individual student's achievement, progress and development.
- Monitoring and intervening in student's behaviour.
- Maintaining a safe and positive environment for all learners.
- Creating opportunities for all learners to reach their potential, irrespective of ability.
Why choose us?
Lawn Manor Academy is part of the Royal Wootton Bassett Academy Trust ( RWBAT) based in Swindon. We offer a fantastic benefits scheme, with discounts on Food and Clothes retailers, to holiday and cinema, with online fitness and recipes from Hello Fresh. Our school is set in the beautiful Lawn Manor Woods in Old Town Swindon.
What we offer?
- The chance to work in a friendly well run school.
- A great placed accessible school, situated in a pleasant location.
- To work with a dedicated team of professionals who are keen to learn and develop.
- Excellent CPD opportunities to grow and develop through mentorship and coaching.
- Onsite parking
- Pension Scheme
- Fantastic benefit scheme with discounts on food and clothes retailers, to holiday and cinema, online fitness and recipes from Hello Fresh.
The right candidate will have:
- Good literacy and numeracy skills.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills both in working relationships with young pupils and in forming effective professional relationships with a wide range of contacts.
- Good organisational and time management skills.
- Good sense of humour.
For more information please download the application pack below. Please note CV’s are not accepted only completed application forms.
Closing Date : 9am, Friday 28 January 2022
Interviews: w/c 31 January 2022
The closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received.
Lawn Manor Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Please note: Any position that involves working with children requires declaration of ALL convictions/cautions regardless of whether these are deemed as spent and a DBS check will be carried out before any employment commences. References will be obtained before interview at shortlisting stage and may be used in the interview process. If previous employment has included working with children then at least one referee must be from this employment regardless of whether this is the current or most recent employment Any gaps in employment must be detailed and an explanation provided in the relevant section.
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About Lawn Manor Academy
Lawn Manor Academy is proud to be part of Ascend Learning Trust. We were the first school to join ALT in September 2017 and we enjoy close links with all ALT schools. We believe that within each child there is a real potential to achieve and that as teachers, it is our job to ensure that this potential is met through their academic studies and high expectations.
Lawn Manor Academy is an all-ability school and we place great emphasis on inclusive education. We have an excellent pastoral care system to support pupils and the community. We offer a rounded curriculum to suit children of all abilities with excellent facilities to support this. We take pride in the focus we give to each child as an individual and how we help them to develop and grow to achieve well and be a good citizen.
We have an ambitious vision for our school with a robust strategy for achieving it. Our I Learn values are at the heart of our strategies for success.
Working at Lawn Manor Academy is both rewarding and inspiring. We are an inclusive environment that celebrates diversity and different cultures daily. We are committed to extremely high standards of behaviour and have fostered an environment where the relationships that exist within the school, and the polite and respectful atmosphere that we enjoy, are commented on by all who visit our school.
By teaching our pupils how to demand the best of themselves, we will send them out into the world ready to embrace the challenges they will meet; whether they are in the boardroom, on the stage, in the lab or on the sports field at home or abroad. A positive mind-set is important at Lawn Manor Academy.
We take pride in “Inspiring and Creating Futures for All”.
Sandra Muir
Headteacher
SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT
Ascend Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups, including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual-orientation or religion.
Please note any position that involves working with children requires declaration of ALL convictions/cautions regardless of whether these are deemed as spent and a DBS check will be carried out before any employment commences.
In line with KCSIE 2022 and safer recruitment practices, the school will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. The online search is part of our safeguarding checks and will seek publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children. Shortlisted candidates will be provided with further guidance and will be asked to clarify their online presence.
References will be obtained before interview at shortlisting stage and may be used in the interview process. If previous employment has included working with children, then at least one referee must be from this employment, regardless of whether this is the current or most recent employment, any gaps in employment must be detailed and an explanation provided in the relevant section.
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