Teaching Assistant Level 3

Part time (32.5 hours per week)

Term time only (39 weeks per year)

Grade 5 SCP 7-11 FTE £24,294 – £25,979 pay award pending

Actual Annual Salary £18,420 - £20,142 pay award pending

We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.

Leasowes High School and Sixth Form is a “good school” (Ofsted Nov 2019) and is a mixed, comprehensive, non-denominational secondary school with a Sixth Form situated in Halesowen, West Midlands. It provides 1,190 places for students aged 11-18 when fully subscribed.

Leasowes High School is an ambitious school with a culture of high expectations and a focus on success. Its ethos is based on traditional core values such as fairness, discipline and respect. Thanks to small class sizes, students are well-supported to ensure they can fulfil their potential and are prepared for life in an ever-changing world.

The secondary school's staff provide a well-rounded learning experience, teaching communication and social skills, tolerance and respect for all cultures and beliefs. Leasowes High School builds and maintains good student-staff relationships, as well as providing pupils with a broad and balanced curriculum.

We are looking to appoint a Level 3Teaching Assistant to join our established department. At Leasowes High School we highly value personal attributes of hard work, positivity and kindness, and we are looking for staff who can model these values. Leasowes has an excellent reputation for staff development.

Leasowes High School is an ambitious, hard-working and successful school where traditional values of fairness, discipline and respect underpin a culture of aspiration and high achievement for all. We aim to help each and every student to understand and reach their potential by offering an impressive range of opportunities and approaches to learning, supported by a caring and committed pastoral team dedicated to the health and welfare of each individual.

Please contact Lisa Thomas, PA to Headteacher, on 01384 686646 for informal discussion.

Closing date: 9th April 2024

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Interviews due to take place: to be confirmed

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, as a part of our recruitment process we will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to identify any comment, image or other content that could cause reputational damage to the trust and/or give rise to a safeguarding concern. If we discover anything during our searches this will be passed onto the recruitment manager and discussed during interview.

We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2023 – KCSIE 2023

This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide

As a Trust we are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection process, no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.