Graduate Teaching Assistant (1 Year Fixed Contract)

Tes is supporting the appointment of a Graduate Teaching Assistant (1 Year Fixed Contract) to join a Academy based in Brent.

Salary: Support Scale 5 point 5 £27,687 (actual pro-rata gross salary is £23,815 per annum)

Location: Wembley, London

Nearest Tube station: Wembley Park (Jubilee/Metropolitan)

Start date: 1 October 2024 or ASAP thereafter

Interviews: Will be arranged on an ongoing basis. The school reserves the right to close this advert early and interviews may take place before the advertised closing date. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early for this role to avoid disappointment

Opportunity to join an ‘Outstanding’ all-through academy specialising in mathematics and citizenship.

The Academy is an all-through school in Wembley Park, set against the backdrop of the iconic Wembley Stadium, with excellent transport links.

About the role:

The Academy is an all-through school based in Wembley, set against the backdrop of the iconic Wembley Stadium, with excellent transport links.

They are currently seeking a Graduate Teaching Assistant, who will provide specific and direct support to pupils, ensuring that children make good progress in the curriculum. You will work alongside the Learning Support Team and class teachers to provide in-class support and small-group teaching in Key Stage 3-4.

A calm and patient manner is essential, as is a nurturing approach. A good understanding of the academy’s teaching and learning and behaviour policies are desirable, and specific training will be provided to support you in the role. Liaising with class teachers and the whole school community will all form part of your role.

You will join a friendly close-knit team who believe strongly in teamwork and co-plan units of work to ensure consistency and best practice across all classes.

By joining their school, you will be well supported with your professional development. The Academy has an exceptional track record for training teachers.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have the Right to Work in the UK
• Be educated to Degree level
• Have experience of working or the desire to work successfully with students of all abilities
• Be committed to Academy’s ethos of high expectations and no excuses and the belief that every child can succeed

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:

• Become part of a team of an ‘Outstanding’ all-through academy
• Join a highly successful team that has an exceptional track record for training and developing staff
• Access continuous staff development. They have a minimum of 10 training days and weekly in school sessions of a high standard. They strongly support NPQML, NPQSL and Lead Practitioner course
• Join the network and have access to a range of benefits including professional development opportunities, reduced gym membership and large retail discounts
• As a member, you will receive extensive professional development geared towards excellence. Weekly sessions designed by those who understand the context of the school, are ensured to cater for their teachers’ every need. In addition, the school provides continual support and career progression. Numerous comprehensive training programmes are available to their staff from NQTs to aspiring middle and senior leaders

Their successful behaviour policies treat student behaviour not as the responsibility of individual teachers, but of the entire school. This ensures as a teacher at the Academy, your time is never wasted dealing with discipline. Their students know what is expected of them, allowing both students and teachers to focus on learning

Benefits of being part of the network include:

• A salary 2.5% higher than the main scale teacher salaries
• Twice as many training days as standard and network-wide events with colleagues, held by the best minds in education

All applicants need to have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for the role.

By applying to this job advertisement, you are providing consent for the Tes Recruitment team to propose and discuss your application with the employer.

Tes Recruitment Services (UK) represent Schools and Academies across the globe, supporting them to secure a great teacher/leader for every role. 

To learn more about this role please email managedrecruit@tes.com for an information pack that includes school name, role specifics and context. 

Please include REF: LC2109012 in the email subject line. Please note that we are unable to accept CVs sent to us via email so please use the stated application route.