Teaching Assistant
Allerton Grange School
Leeds
- New
- Salary:
- A3/B1 level 3-6 (actual starting salary: £16,790 rising to £17,590)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 8 December 2024
Job overview
ASPIRE, GROW, SUCCEED
Are you passionate about working with young people?
Would you like to move your career to the next level and join a team who are enthusiastic, committed and talented?
If so…we want to hear from you!
We are looking for a talented individual to join our teaching assistant team to support our SEND students. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is skilled in this area and passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people.
The role will be term time, plus 5 days, 31 hours and 15 minutes per week. 8.30am to 3.15pm daily, incorporating breaks. Part-time is negotiable.
Our Culture
We are proud to be building a school that, by 2025, will be delivering an exceptional quality of education. We are true to our core values and enable our employees to engage in challenging and rewarding work whilst, at the same time, supporting them to aspire, grow and succeed. We believe that engaged, motivated and happy staff are the foundation of a successful school community.
Our Values
The Allerton Grange values are the behaviours and qualities expected in our staff community. We are looking to recruit individuals who live by these values on a daily basis.
- Integrity
- Compassion
- Community
- Humility
- Emotional Intelligence
- Courage
- Collaborative
- Diligent
- Role Model
- A Critical Thinker
The challenge to us all at Allerton Grange School is to continue to improve and grow as a community. We also want to ensure that our staff feel able to take the next steps in their career. We would like to create a culture that encourages staff to stay and grow with us.
The successful candidate will:
- Have a professional drive, energy, determination and aspiration
- Be able to use technology proficiently
- Have accuracy and attention to detail
- Be able to work to tight deadlines, prioritise and keep calm under pressure
- Have a positive mind set and an adaptable approach to work
- Have tact and discretion, for dealing with confidential information
We will offer:
- A talented and committed staff team who are supportive of each other. This includes framework for staff voice and workload charter to ensure wellbeing and a good work life balance.
- A Headteacher, Leadership Team and Governing Body committed to creating a school of outstanding practice.
- The opportunity to grow in your role and work with young people in a truly comprehensive, multi-cultural community environment.
- Fantastic building resources and facilities.
If you share our values and ambition, have a proven track record, and relish a new challenge, we look forward to receiving your application.
If you would like to apply for this post, please download the application pack from this site, or email the school for an application pack. Alternatively, you can telephone leaving your postal address. The pack will include further details, including how to apply.
Closing date: Midnight on 8 December 2024.
Allerton Grange is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expects all staff, Governors and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS and safeguarding recruitment checks.
We are also an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
Attached documents
About Allerton Grange School
Allerton Grange is a large and rapidly improving school, where students of all backgrounds and abilities are happy and make positive progress. We currently have 1700 students, with an intake of 300 students each year in Year 7.
We have an impressive school building, with a newly opened Sixth Form Centre, housing our diverse community of 260 post-16 students. Allerton Grange is located 4 miles from Leeds City Centre in an attractive area of privately owned residential properties.
Our increasing success is due to our rigorous, knowledge-rich curriculum supported by four cornerstones: knowledge, literacy, aspirational enrichment and social mobility. We have high expectations of our students and they are keen to succeed. We give them every opportunity to know more, understand more, experience more and access more.
Every student is cared for as an individual; staff work relentlessly to ensure our students are safe, secure and happy. We have resourced provision for deaf and hearing impaired students. We also have a number of visually impaired students.
Our latest Ofsted inspection (February 2020) recognised the quality of provision we provide. They were particularly impressed by our curriculum and focus on staff wellbeing.
Ofsted quotes (February 2020)
“Parents and carers are very positive about the school. They say their children are happy and make good progress. We agree.”
“Leaders want every pupil to aim high and fulfil their potential. Leaders also aim to give pupils the skills to be successful in the modern world.”
“Staff feel valued and supported and proud to be working at Allerton Grange. They appreciate leaders’ efforts to make their workload manageable.”
At Allerton Grange, we challenge ourselves to continually improve and grow as a staff community. We welcome applications from motivated, knowledgeable people who align with our school ethos and strongly believe in social justice.
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