Teaching Assistant

The role

We are looking for an inspiring, hardworking and nurturing individual to join our dedicated Equality and Intervention team at Parkside Community College. As a Teaching Assistant, you will support the learning of SEND students, working mainly alongside teachers in mainstream classes, and supported by a highly experienced, successful and supportive team. You will have a true passion for helping often vulnerable young people to realise their full potential.

About Parkside Community College  

Parkside Community College is a highly oversubscribed school with a long history of success and an excellent reputation for innovation in education. We are situated in three sets of buildings, with the main site, overlooking Parker’s Piece, opening in 1913. We offer 120 places in each year group and believe deeply in the power of ‘human scale’ education, where every student is very well known and strong relationships help teachers to support their classes to exceptional outcomes. Our last inspection graded us Outstanding and our GCSE results in 2022 make us one of the highest performing schools in the country, within the top 1% of schools for progress.  

Our intake is diverse: we have a large proportion of higher attainers on entry; we also have significant profile of Special Educational Needs. We have many students join us from overseas, with a range of ability in English. 

We are committed to supporting our colleagues to be highly effective teachers: as well as department curriculum time, we develop our teaching as a whole staff every week, informed by Rosenshine’s Principles. We have a behaviour policy that is consistent and enables colleagues to teach without disruption. 

About United Learning 

We are part of a cluster of schools within the United Learning group: The Galfrid School, Coleridge Community College, Trumpington Community College, Parkside Community College, and Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology. 

We embrace United Learning aim to offer a life changing education to children and young people, and we work as a team to achieve more than any single school could. 

We share knowledge and resource within the cluster and the group to simplify work processes and manage workloads to achieve excellent results while improving work-life balance. As a cluster and as a group, we can look after our staff better. 

There are many benefits to working as part of United Learning – we encourage staff to visit other academies, “steal with pride” and bring the best practice back to our own schools.  

Benefits  

More pay, more time, and more support. We offer the best pay in the sector, three extra INSET days for planning, guaranteed personal days, great training for your career, and more. Teach with United Learning for a more rewarding career.  

More Pay... 

• We pay an average of 5% above national scales – the best rates of pay in the sector  
• Cash towards medical treatments 
• Generous staff discount schemes 

More time... 

• Three extra INSET days for planning   
• At least one personal day a year  

And more support  

• Great training for your career   
• Exceptional curriculum resources   
• Expert subject advice   
• Support for your wellbeing 

Additional Information 

We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation – which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit. We are open to discussing flexible working options.  

We reserve the right to invite strong candidates to interview in advance of the closing date, so encourage early applicants.