TA2 Teaching Assistant

Rumworth School

Three permanent TA2 teaching assistants required as soon as possible

Employer: Bolton Council

Location: Bolton

Salary: £25,979 (Point 11) to £28,770 (Point 17), pro-rata £19,540 - £21,639

Salary Grade: Grade E

Working Pattern: Term time plus 5 days

Working Hours: 32.5 hours weekly

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: Noon on Thursday 11th January 2024

Job Type: Education School based, Teaching Assistants

Interview Date: Week beginning Monday 15th January 2024, with date TBC

We are looking to recruit three permanent TA2 Teaching Assistants in order to meet specific student needs across school, which may include providing general support for students in either KS3, KS4 or KS5.

Rumworth School is an “Outstanding” LA maintained special school and we are always looking for the very best people to join our staff team. Our special school caters for around 335 students aged 11-19 who all have an Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP). Our students have a wide range of SEND including MLD, SLD, ASD and other complex needs, physical disabilities, HI, VI and SLCN.

We have developed superb facilities for our wonderful students over recent years; we moved into our newly built extended facilities in September 2018 and we will soon be having a further building expansion. We have specialist rooms for curriculum delivery, and we have a wide range of resources and technologies to support and enhance learning. We are continuing to develop specialist areas for the delivery of Forest Schools and for Vocational Horticulture & Catering opportunities for our students, and we have a dedicated provision for our KS5 post-16 students. Many of our talented, friendly and experienced staff have successfully moved from mainstream primary & secondary settings to special education. Staff development is a high priority in our inclusive school community.

If you have the energy and dedication to join our committed staff team to help maintain Rumworth School’s status as one of the best schools in the country, then we look forward to receiving your completed application. 

Please note that Grade C or higher in both GCSE English and Mathematics, or equivalent qualifications is a minimum requirement for all TA2 posts and we will require you to provide proof of qualification certificates.

Our ethos is “Start with the young person”. You will be a champion for education as a vehicle to improve the life chances and outcomes for our students. Our vision is “You can do it, we will help” and so you will embody our philosophy of supporting young people to be more “Confident, Resilient and Independent”.

In Year 7, all students have a more class-based curriculum with their class teacher delivering the majority of their learning within our “Foundation Year” setting. Year 7 students also access specialist rooms and may be taught by other staff for lessons such as Forest Schools, Art, Music, Dance, PE, Science, ICT, and Design Technology.

Students in Years 8 to 11 then follow a differentiated curriculum model, according to their needs:-

• Some follow a more formal curriculum with a modified mainstream approach
• Some have less transition and spend more time on the consolidation of basic skills
• Some have particular SLD / ASD / SEMH needs and may benefit from working in smaller groups at times

All students access appropriate external accreditation at the end of KS4 and during KS5, and our offer includes GCSEs, ASDAN, BTEC, Functional Skills and Entry Level Certification, dependent upon student ability.

In KS5, students continue to follow the most suitable curriculum for their ability, and we then offer a Year 14 Transition where some students continue on to the “Pathway to Employment” route, and those with more severe learning difficulties and complex needs would usually follow a “Pathway to Independence” route.

We are always keen to recruit staff of the highest calibre, and what matters most to us is that you are the “right fit” for our students. We do have some degree of internal flexibility when it comes to the age range you would be most keen to work with and the type of student needs that you have experience with. We welcome applications from people with experience in primary schools, as well as those with secondary school experience, and those with SEND special school experience.

How to apply: please download an application form, job description and person specification from this website, or from the “Current Vacancies” tab on our school website: www.rumworth.co.uk/current-vacancies.html

Please complete the application form and then outline in your letter of application the skills, experience and expertise that you have that would make you an ideal candidate for this post.

Your letter of application should be a maximum of two sides of A4 paper.

Please do not send a CV with your application.

All application forms and letters should then please be returned electronically to Mrs Marsha Andrews, the Headteacher’s PA: mandrews@rumworth.bolton.sch.uk

Visits to our school are welcome, please contact our School Office on 01204 333600

Closing date: Noon on Thursday 11th January 2024

Shortlisting: Friday 12th January 2024, candidates to be notified by 3:00 pm if they have been shortlisted or not

Interview Date: Week beginning Monday 15th January 2024, with exact date TBC

Rumworth School, Armadale Road, Bolton BL3 4TP                 

Telephone: 01204 333600        

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, therefore as part of our Safer Recruitment process, references will be requested for all shortlisted applicants.

All appointments are also subject to the outcome of an enhanced DBS check and being able to provide evidence of your qualifications.