Teaching Assistant

Thank you for your interest in the role of Teaching Assistant at Yate Academy.

We are proud members of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, a ‘family’ of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing our own distinctive character. At Yate Academy we firmly believe in disruption free learning and in fostering an environment where all children are able to learn and all teachers are able to teach. We believe our students deserve the highest expectations and high quality teaching is central to everything we do. As such all staff have dedicated intellectual preparation time as part of their allocated contact time. This deliberately facilitates the sharing of knowledge, best practice and planning. 

We understand the pressures on school staff and the lack of flexible working options in many schools compared to other industries. The academy is currently undergoing a trial year in which every member of staff is allocated one afternoon every two weeks (pro rata) as flexible working time. If you are a diligent professional with high standards who values exceptional student behaviour and a workplace which truly prioritises learning, we want to hear from you.

Main responsibilities:

To provide in-class support for identified individual students or small groups of students (e.g. 4-5 students), including specialist subject support as appropriate.

Under the direction of the class teacher, to assist in the management of the whole class through the overt modelling of effective behaviour management techniques.

Small group intervention.

Under the direction of a class teacher, SENCo or Specialist SEN Teacher, to develop and lead small group work for identified students (e.g. reading schemes, phonics, spelling, numeracy, speech and language and social skills to groups of 4-5 students) and to contribute to theappropriate paperwork for these groups.

To assist in the production of teaching and learning materials for students, including differentiating the materials.

To provide support, to include personal care, for student(s) experiencing physical or medical difficulties (following training), and physio/transferring of students as appropriate.

To provide after school support for identified students as required.

To provide regular feedback to the class teacher and to the SENCo or the relevant line manager.

To provide support with emotional literacy/mentoring within a small group (e.g. 4-5 students) or on an individual basis as directed by the SENCo or relevant line manager.

To use appropriate systems for recording the progress of students with behavioural and learning difficulties.

To provide data and information to inform Annual and Transition Review paperwork, PSPs (Pastoral Support Programmes), Student Profile documentation and Academic Reporting.

To undertake assessment of students and to provide data to the relevant member(s) of staff for analysis.

To provide support to identified students undertaking tests/exams to enable them to make full use of their access arrangements.

Closing date for receipt of applications is Wednesday 18th December 9am. We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.