Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant

Location Stockport Academy, Heathbank Rd Stockport SK3 0UP

Salary: £16,500 FTE (Actual - Pro-rata dependent on hours)

25 - 35 hrs per week Term Time plus 1 week of INSET

Closing Date: Monday 25 March 2019

Stockport Academy is part of united Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. Schools within United Learning work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our intranet site, United Hub, is just one example of how we share resource and communicate across sites, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance. We reward our staff: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately the satisfaction of supporting schools in their quest to give every child the opportunity to succeed and reach their full potential.

In their most recent report, Ofsted described our standards as ‘high’, and said that ‘relationships between pupils and teachers are typically strong and pupils trust teachers to help them improve their work’. Inspectors noted that ‘staff are proud to be part of the school community’ and ‘they are highly motivated because they feel valued’

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an environment where students’ behaviour is impeccable, where they treat each other and staff with real respect, have a genuine enjoyment of school and enjoy their learning. The Academy is on the road to outstanding and has a relentless drive and determination to ensure the best possible education for students in our care.

We are looking to recruit Teaching Assistants to join an established team of Teaching Assistants; to support and assist students with learning difficulties and disabilities and who can inspire students aged 11 – 16 to achieve their full potential and continue their enjoyment of school.

We are looking for Teaching Assistants for 25 - 35 hours per week. Must hold Maths & English GCSE Grade C or above.

For further information about this exciting role please download the attached job description by clicking on the information tab on the left. To apply, please click the apply button."

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