Teaching Assistant

Start date: To Be Agreed.

Hours: 32.5 hours a week, term time + 5 days

Contract: Permanent

Salary: Grade 4 (NJC Scale Points 6 - 8) (Actual Salary £19,330.10 - £19,984.60)

Do you have the drive, passion and commitment to deliver outstanding support? This is an opportunity to join a dedicated team of staff at Heworth Grange School, part of Consilium Academies who are committed to providing the best possible education for our pupils.

We are looking for an experienced, friendly and hard-working Teaching Assistant to join our team.

We are looking for:

• An inclusive individual, with high expectations of their students, who is committed to maximising rates of progress and has innovative ideas to support all pupils
• Someone with a sense of humour, who understands the importance of developing a positive culture in our organisation.

If you feel you share our values, have the vision and drive for excellence and want to be part of an enthusiastic and dedicated team, committed to ensuring that students fulfil their potential, then we would like to hear from you.

The successful candidate will present the best possible example of professional standards to colleagues.

To apply please download and complete the attached application form. Please note we do not accept CV’s. We ask that all completed application forms are sent to Kirsty Gordon at Kirsty.Gordon@consilium-at.com.

Please ensure that within your application you provide the names, addresses, and contact details for two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer.

The closing date for applications is Monday 15th April 2024 at 09:00 AM.

Interviews will take place on a date to be agreed.

Heworth Grange is an exciting place to learn and a school where we are committed to giving each student equal opportunities to succeed, regardless of their background. We expect the best for all our young people and we continuously strive to ensure they can engage with the highest quality teaching and learning as well as opportunities to develop personally. We know that our young people learn best when they feel cared for and well supported. Heworth Grange is a ‘family away from home’ where in endeavour to ensure all our young people feel safe and secure so that they feel confident to engage fully in all aspects of their learning.

Our school ethos and values provide an important cornerstone in realising the potential of all students that we are proud to support. At Heworth Grange we do this through a blend of academic and therapeutic strategies underpinned by a well-developed personal development curriculum. To ensure our young people have the best opportunity to learn, we expect exemplary standards of behaviour, attendance and respect for all within our inclusive school community and strive to encourage a thirst for learning.

We put students and staff at the heart of our decision-making, ensuring everyone benefits from continuous improvement. We ensure that our staff have access to great professional development so that we continue to grow in expertise and provide the very best education for our young people. We want to do everything in our power to ensure that the students at Heworth Grange leave school with the academic qualifications and personal skills to become happy and successful adults in their own right. We want our students to develop a life-long love of learning and to have the confidence to make a difference in their community as positive, proactive citizens within our society.