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Part-Time Teaching Assistant - Part-time

Ebbsfleet Academy, Swanscombe

  • Ref:KCC886-4001-189S
  • Posted:21/05/2019
  • Pay:Kent Scheme Grade 3
  • Start Date:Jun 2019
  • App Close Date:05/06/2019 at 10:00
  • Interviews:TBC

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The Ebbsfleet Academy is seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to support teaching and learning in numeracy and literacy, with EAL experience desirable but not essential. The role is 21 hours a week, term time only, plus 5 days.

Salary/Grade: Kent Scheme Band 3, points 7-11, £15,627 - £17,188 pro rata to £7,484 – to £8,232 per annum

 

About The Ebbsfleet Academy

The Ebbsfleet Academy opened in September 2013 with a Vision to be an outstanding community academy, whose focus is on learning, personal and social development, and to be ambitious for all regardless of circumstance.

We are on a journey to become an over-subscribed school that children walk to with their friends; where they enjoy coming to learn, and a school of which they feel proud. We are developing independent, resilient and respectful individuals, who are ready to learn for themselves.

We want all our students to achieve the highest qualifications they can, but also to fulfil all their potential, academic and personal, sporting, creative and artistic. We want our pupils to leave school as well-rounded, confident young people, with an awareness of the wider world, and a desire and ambition to play an active part in it, all of which is encapsulated in the Ebbsfleet Academy’s motto – Aspire and Excel.


Teaching Assistant Role

You will use your application to demonstrate your skills and experience in relation to the advertised position.

We are looking for someone who:

- Is committed to raising standards through supporting high quality teaching and learning.

- Has experience of working with children

- Has high expectations of the children’s work and behaviour

- Is able to assess students’ responses to learning tasks and where appropriate, modify methods to meet individual and/or group needs

- Is an effective team member committed to working collaboratively

- Is able to recognise and challenge behavioural issues and deal with them in an appropriate manner in line the school policies and procedures.

 

In return you will benefit from an excellent benefits package including

- Competitive and fair salary allocation

- Generous holiday entitlement

- Favourable pension scheme

- Childcare voucher scheme

- Contractual sick and maternity pay

- Family friendly policies

- Emphasis on continued professional development through appraisal and access to training schemes

- Further career opportunities via access to internal Trust vacancies

 

Application Information

Only applications made using Brook Learning Trust application forms will be considered. Please use your application to demonstrate how your skills and experience match those required for this role.


Visit www.brooklearningtrust.org.uk/vacancies for application form and job description. Completed application forms should be sent to careers@brooklearningtrust.org.uk by 10am, Wednesday 5 June2019.

 

Date for interviews to be confirmed.

Information about the school

Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st September 2022, our Trust comprises 30 geographically organised academies (14 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating 20,000 students, and employing 3,000 talented staff. The Trust is establishing four ‘clusters’ of academies: North Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region’s biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider. Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.

As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.

Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates - you can read more about this in our Recruitment Guidance. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.

Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.

Job Contact Information

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.