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Teaching Assistant

City of London Academy Islington

London

  • £21,109 - £27,319 per year
  • Expiring soon
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Salary:
Scale 4, points 8 - 11 (Inner London)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2024
Apply by:
1 July 2024

Job overview

Post: 

Teaching Assistant 

Salary: 

Scale 4, Points 8 - 11 

£26,109 - £27,319 (FTE £29,859 - £31,242) 

Contract: 

Permanent 

Working pattern: 

Full time - 35 hours per week 

Term time only (39 weeks) 

Start date: 

September 2024 

 

You are an excellent leader; we are a top performing Trust. Together, we can create truly exceptional schools. 

 

The City of London Academy Islington is looking for a dynamic, skilled and creative Teaching Assistant, preferably an English or Maths graduate. With responsibility for supporting the students learning and progression you will need strong organisational and interpersonal skills that promote high standards within the SEN department.   

 

We believe exceptional staff create exceptional results; they transform lives and transform futures. They support every student to achieve their full potential and become a confident, resilient and compassionate individual who can make a positive contribution to society. We believe that exceptional professionals like you should be supported too, with all the opportunities you need to develop and achieve your goals.  

 

We are committed to providing first-rate training and development to all of our staff, as well as excellent career advancement opportunities within this evolving Trust. City of London Academy Islington is based in the heart of an evolving community in Islington, and we value the diversity of our workforce. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds to join our team. 

 

You will understand the importance of working hard, creating a high performing team and implementing structures and processes to support all staff and students to be successful.       

 

The City of London Academies Trust (COLAT) is driven by the ambition to be the best. We believe exceptional leaders create exceptional schools; they transform lives and shape the future of every student. COLAT currently oversees six secondary academies, three primary academies and one sixth form centre all located in north, south and east London. We combine the heritage and tradition of the Corporation of London with a genuinely innovative, enterprising, and entrepreneurial ethos. We are also committed to providing training and development to all our staff, plus excellent career advancement opportunities within this evolving Trust. 

 

If this role is of interest to you and you can contribute to our future success, an application pack is available on our website: https://www.colai.org.uk/about-us/vacancies/ or via Tes portal https://www.tes.com/jobs/employer/city-of-london-academy-islington-1050217.  

 

To apply, please complete our application form and email it to hr@colai.org.uk or apply via Tes.  

 

Closing date for the applications: 9am Monday, 1st July 2024. 

 

Please note, we reserve the right to interview and appoint the right candidate prior to closing date. Applicants are advised to apply as early as possible.  

 

City of London Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.  We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the standards which flows from City of London Academies Trust vision and values. 

 

The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role. 

 

City of London Academies Trust supports Equal Opportunities Employment. 

 

City of London Academies Trust Company Registration No. 04504128. 


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About City of London Academy Islington

City of London Academy Islington is a mixed, comprehensive, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form situated in North London. It is supported by the single-academy trust City of London Academy Islington Limited and sponsored by the City of London Corporation. A smaller than average-sized secondary, it will provide 805 places for secondary and sixth-form students aged 11-18, when fully subscribed.

The academy opened in 2008 with the intention of providing excellent opportunities and education for all.

Principal

Sonia Jacob

Values and Vision

City of London Academy Islington believes that academic success is achievable only when students enjoy being at school. Its vertical house system groups together students from Years 7 through to 13, adding to the family atmosphere the school is seeking to create. It works with a curriculum which is broad and balanced, and which provides children with necessary life experiences.

The school is aiming to become an outstanding academy in the near future, and is committed to improving the lives of young people from the Islington area.

Ofsted

In 2019, Ofsted awarded the Academy an outstanding rating, noting that “the school has been transformed into an exciting environment where pupils and staff thrive. Outcomes are outstanding and pupils’ progress is exceptional. This is a school where ‘no child is left behind.”

View City of London Academy Islington’s latest Ofsted report

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