Teaching Assistant
Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane
Wakefield
- £9,927.23 - £10,084.60 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- £9,927.23 – £10,084.60
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 21 March 2025
Job overview
Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane is seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join our academy. The role of Teaching Assistant across our Academy is to promote the learning and welfare of students by providing practical and learning support to students, including those with statements of special educational needs, under the direction of the class teacher. This post may be of interest to candidates with experience of working with nursery-aged children.
This is a permanent position, and the working pattern is 12:00 – 3:30, Monday to Friday, term time only, plus an additional two inset days.
Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane is based in the cathedral city of Wakefield, and we are proud to be rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
We are a welcoming and supportive academy with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. We place children at the centre of everything we do, with a focus on creating a culture of success and a positive climate for learning.
Full training and support will be given to the right candidate.
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Closing date: Midday on 21 March 2025.
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Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.
About Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane
- Outwood Primary Academy Ledger Lane
- Ledger Lane, Outwood, Wakefield
- West Yorkshire
- WF1 2PH
- United Kingdom
Chief Executive Officer: Lee Wilson
Principal: Rachael Skirrow
We are an Outstanding rated Primary Academy based in the cathedral city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, near Leeds.
We are a welcoming and supportive school, with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child.
Our work has received national recognition and at the 2019 Education Business Awards we won the ‘Outstanding Progress’ award. The award is presented to the UK Primary School that has made outstanding progress in the management of its facilities, finances, and human resources and can demonstrate an increase in the educational performance of the school.
The Academy became part of the Outwood Family of Schools in 2012 and as part of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust we offer our colleagues extensive CPD opportunities and are committed to the Outwood vision of putting children first, raising standards and transforming lives.
We want you to help to take us to the next level.
To help you do that, we work hard to ensure we reduce workload on our colleagues, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of children first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.
We will also actively invest in your future through working closely with the Outwood Institute of Education to offer access to a wide range of CPD opportunities, with all staff receiving a minimum of two hours’ CPD each week.
We also offer a generous employment package with a whole host of staff benefits, including a health cash plan, a cycle to work scheme, plus a partnership with car leasing company, Synergy, with offers exclusively for Outwood colleagues.
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