Teaching Assistant
Grace Academy Coventry
Wigston Road, Coventry, West Midlands
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- NJC Band C – Point 13 to 23 (£16,491 to £21,268) Pro Rata (Term time)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 19 January 2018
Job overview
Grace Academy Coventry is looking to recruit an experienced Teaching Assistant who has the passion and the commitment to help lead the school in their rapid journey of improvement to outstanding. As an important member of our support team at Grace Academy Coventry, you will have a proven record in supporting individuals with a wide range of needs, and have the ability to inspire and motivate them to do their best every day. The most important part of the role is to enable students to access the full curriculum on offer, using a variety of intervention and mentoring strategies which develop their self-belief to succeed. You will also support students with dealing with situations in a positive way, and to support our core values of Grace, Integrity, Respect, Potential and Excellence.
Nurture Faculty
The Nurture Faculty is a cohesive and supportive team who constantly strive to improve the provision of students who need additional support. We are driven and welcome CPD opportunities to further develop and enhance the excellent provision already in place. We have developed good relationships with staff, students and parents and enjoy working within a department which is constantly evolving as the needs of our amazing students change.
What we offer you
The Academy puts wellbeing and development at the heart of its work and we work hard to look after our pool of talented staff who are encouraged to grow, develop and work collaboratively. CPD is offered, however, the right candidate will be encouraged to self-develop with the support of the SENCo and the team. The Academy has outstanding facilities and is a spacious, welcoming workplace. We have a modern, well equipped gym that is free to use for staff. There are many ICT suites with up to date facilities available for all staff to use and every classroom is equipped with a smart board. Every member of staff is issued with a laptop for their own use. Our students are pleasant and have high aspirations for their future. The position is on a fixed term basis for the first 1 year with the opportunity of becoming permanent.
About you
We are looking for individuals that are passionate, enthusiastic and committed to the educational development of children and can help build the foundations to a fulfilled and varied educational offering. The successful candidate will work alongside and support the class teachers within the Academy as well as developing and delivering bespoke intervention to our learners on a 1-1 or small group basis. This will require the effective use of resources in order to achieve the highest standards of learning and achievement for all students. The role will also include the support of our students who have to use specialist equipment as part of their development, and may include some support with female personal needs.
For More Information
For more details about the Academy please browse our website at: http://coventry.graceacademy.org.uk/ You are encouraged to visit the Academy and see our values in action. It will give you the opportunity to see our outstanding facilities. If you would like to visit the Acacemy or for a confidential discussion about this role please contact Pam Kolaric, Staff Welfare & Admin Manager, or email at pamkolaric@graceacademy.org.uk.
Closing date: Friday, 19th January 2018
Interviews: Monday, 22nd January 2018
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About Grace Academy Coventry
Grace Academy is a welcoming and caring community where our core values of Limitless Potential, Intentional Excellence, Mutual Respect, Genuine Integrity and Amazing Grace underpin all that we do through ‘The Grace Way’. Our Values are central to our ethos, day-to-day curriculum, extra-curricular activities and pastoral structures. We are aspirational and proud of who we are as we fundamentally believe that all our students should thrive at school and that they have the Limitless Potential to succeed.
We have amazing students here at Grace who deserve the best possible life chances. We encourage students to be praised and recognised for their achievements whilst at the same time being challenged to meet our high expectations of them.
At the centre of all we do is the focus of what is best for our students; we not only focus on the academic excellence of students but also work with students on supporting them to be the best people they can be. My team and I pride ourselves on making decisions from a position of integrity. As a parent myself, I strongly believe that if it is not good enough for my children, then it is not good enough for Grace students. This is even more important in the current climate, as we put student wellbeing and aspirations at the heart of all that we do. We believe it is important for all students leaving Grace Academy to have the self-belief and qualifications they need in order to follow the path they have chosen; that students do not limit themselves and that staff and parents work together to support them in raising their expectations and aspirations. This is without doubt a strength of the school where we achieved ‘outstanding’ in our Ofsted inspection for Personal Development.
We value our staff and pride ourselves on our caring ethos with a strong and genuine focus on staff wellbeing. We are committed to developing our staff at all stages of their career, both internally and externally. This was recogrnised as a strength of Grace in our recent Ofsted inspection: ‘The school has implemented a well-thought-out, professional development programme for staff. Staff workload is carefully considered, which staff appreciate.
We have a friendly, innovative and exciting community in which to work and offer a variety of attractive benefits, such as an onsite gym and use of the sporting facilities, free eye care vouchers, refreshments available throughout the day, free lunches when on duty and the opportunity to be a part of the Staff Wellbeing and Workload Committees.
Grace Academy joined the Tove Learning Trust in April 2019. We are a close knit family of schools that have a shared vision and purpose: to deliver outstanding educational experiences that lead to inspiring outcomes. Each academy has a strong individual identity and tailors their educational provision to serve their local community. Academies within the Trust collaborate to share expertise and maximise opportunities and experiences for our staff and students.
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