Post:                                         Teaching Assistant

Required:                               September 2024

Pay scale and salary:       B1, SCP 4 to 6

                                                     £19,778 - £20,445 actual salary (based on 37 hours)                                                   

                                                     £16,036 - £16,577 actual salary (based on 30 hours)

Contract Type:                   Term Time Only + 4 days

                                                    Permanent  / Fixed Term

Hours of work:                   30-37 hours per week (can be flexible)

Who we are looking for: 

• A strong, ambitious, and intelligent team player who is passionate about supporting young people to enjoy and succeed through their learning journey at Cockburn John Charles Academy
• An innovative, resilient, creative and motivated professional with an uncompromising belief that all children deserve an outstanding education. 
• An organised, reliable colleague who is committed to working with staff and students to help them achieve. 

This is an exciting time to join a motivated, friendly and mission aligned growing team in a vibrant and successful school community with many opportunities to develop in the future. 

What we can offer:  

• An exceptional CPD programme which is research led, valuable and bespoke 
• A growing school with incredible opportunities to develop, be promoted and take on further responsibility 
•  A Staff Wellbeing group that regularly reviews our approach to workload and operates a wellbeing policy. 
• All staff have access to counselling, mental health support, physio and virtual GPs. 
• A highly experienced, visible, and supportive Senior and Middle Leadership Team  
• A sensible approach to everything that we do, taking staff workload into consideration. 
• Access to the West Yorkshire Pension Fund
• Provision for special leave of absence 
• Excellent maternity and paternity entitlements 
  
  

You must be fully committed to optimising the opportunities that are available to children and young people, secure in the knowledge that you will be joining an ambitious, forward-thinking Academy Trust that sets the standards for our family of schools and academies. 

The school is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children, and applicants will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure.

This post expects the successful candidate to safeguard the welfare of CYP and uphold your professional responsibility.

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK-either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.