Progress Assistant (Teaching Assistant)
Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre
Worcestershire
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- Salary:
- TA 2 (points 5-6)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- February 2025
- Apply by:
- 15 January 2025
Job overview
Progress Assistant (Teaching Assistant)
Full time
TA2 (5-6)
Required for February 2025, the post is within our SEND Department where you will be joining a successful team dedicated to helping and supporting students with special needs to achieve their full potential during their time at Trinity High School. As part of the role you will be required to work closely with all departments and stakeholders to deliver high quality support to all students on the SEND register. Experience of working in a specialist setting for students with challenging behaviour would be advantageous, with ability to understand trauma informed approaches to behaviour management and delivered SEMH interventions. The work will be largely based in our internal short stay alternative provision, Inspiratus.
The successful applicant will be required to work with our SEND students and deliver high quality support to them. Teamwork is an essential part of this role as you will be required to work across all curriculum areas.
Trinity High School strives for excellence for all and was judged as a Good school with Good in 4 categories and Outstanding in 1 category by Ofsted in March 2024.
We have high standards, and encourage and support students in having high expectations of themselves, and to enjoy their learning. We have a comprehensive extra-curricular program and an established and effective pastoral support system.
We are looking for a candidate who:
- Has high expectations of pupil progress.
- Is passionate about education and developing a love of learning in students.
- Has the skills to work collaboratively with the SEND Department.
- Can build positive relationships with students and staff.
- Has ambition combined with a commitment to developing their own skills.
In return, you will have the advantage of:
- Joining a strong and dynamic team of professionals.
- Work in a school with high aspirations for all of its students and staff.
- Be provided with excellent career opportunities.
- Benefits including; Employee Assistance Programme, Salary Sacrifice Car Schem, Bike To Work Scheme, discounted local gym membership, financial advice and will writing service..
Closing Date: Wednesday 15th January 2025, 12 noon.
We reserve the right to interview prior to the closing date for suitable candidates.
For further information or to arrange a visit to school, please contact Mr Nigel Ford, Headteacher on 01527 585859 or fordn@trinityhigh.net.
Please follow the TES application instructions.
NOTES:
Only applications submitted via the TES portal will be considered. CVs and open references are not acceptable. The successful candidate must meet the person specification in full in order to be offered the post. Trinity High School is an equal opportunities employer.
This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and criminal background check via the disclosure procedures. Also as per The Department for Education Statutory guidance, in accordance with the “Keeping Children Safe in Education” legislation latest version that came into effect on 1st September 2022, shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence.
Trinity High School is committed to the protection, safety and welfare of its pupils and staff and we aim for the highest standards in safeguarding procedures. We expect all staff to share and promote this commitment.
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About Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre
- Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre
- Easemore Road, Redditch
- Worcestershire
- B98 8HB
- United Kingdom
Location
Trinity High School is located in Redditch, Worcestershire near M42 Junction 2 and very commutable from all areas of Worcestershire and South Birmingham (7 miles).
About us
Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form in Worcestershire, serving students from the age of 13-18. The secondary school, situated in Redditch has approximately 950 students on roll.
Formerly Redditch County High School, the school opened in 1932, being renamed to Abbey High School in 1974 when it changed from a grammar to a comprehensive school. The school reopened as Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre in 2001, and in the same year converted to academy status.
The school is a very special place and visitors are always impressed by the warm, friendly, and highly positive relationships that exist between staff and students and between themselves. We are a friendly and caring community where students are encouraged to aim high, embrace challenge and develop resilience so that they can realise their talents and create their futures.
Headteacher
Mr Nigel Ford
Values and vision
Our daily work is underpinned by our five core HEART values of HAPPINESS, EXCELLENCE, AMBITION, RESPECT AND TOLERANCE. You will see the values lived and breathed in every element of school life. Our values help to ensure that students prosper because we have unceasingly high expectations and aspirations for their academic progress as well as their character development. Our school motto, Excellence for All, encapsulates our vision for all students in our care. Our motto reflects both ambition and inclusivity and allows students to prosper because we have high expectations of their academic progress as well as their personal development. Our young people leave us equipped to meet the demands of a fast-changing global employment market that requires independent thinking, creativity, and collaboration.
Ofsted
Our most recent Ofsted report concludes that the overall effectiveness for the school is GOOD, and the school is GOOD in most areas of the framework, specifically Quality of Education, Personal Development, Behaviour and Attitudes and Sixth Form Provision.
However, we are also thrilled that Ofsted judged LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT to be OUTSTANDING, which is an incredible achievement.
There are many highlights in the report, but we are particularly pleased that Ofsted found evidence to demonstrate that; ‘the school is very well led. Leaders have accurately identified the school’s strengths and determined how to address any weaknesses. They have worked diligently on improvements in a relatively short period’.
Comments regarding the outstanding leadership and management in the school feature heavily in the report and we are delighted that Ofsted acknowledge how much the school has improved in a short space of time.
However, there are also many other fantastic highlights such as the comments about our school culture;
“The school’s ‘HEART’ values of happiness, excellence, ambition, respect, and tolerance permeate through all aspects of school life. Pupils are respectful and polite and show positive attitudes. They enjoy their lessons and are focused on their learning. In social time, they enjoy time with their friends and behave well”.
There are some lovely comments relating to the quality of education that students receive at Trinity and how students behave.
“Teachers have strong subject knowledge. They plan lessons carefully so all pupils can learn effectively. Teachers ensure that knowledge and concepts are broken down into small parts. In lessons, they provide pupils with interesting and engaging activities. These support pupils’ understanding well”.
“Expectations for pupils’ behaviour and attitudes are high. The school’s ethos weaves through the strategies to support pupils in managing their own behaviour”.
View Trinity High School and Sixth Form Centre’s latest Ofsted report
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