Job Description
Leigh Academy Oaks is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Teaching Assistant to join our supportive, collaborative team. As a key member of our teaching support team, you’ll play a vital role in helping our students succeed and providing essential support to our teachers.
We are proud to be an outstanding school, and we are seeking a dedicated TA who can build strong relationships with both staff and students, contributing to a positive learning environment. You’ll support children across the primary age range, offering help to students who may need extra confidence or have additional needs, through both classroom and small group/1:1 interventions.
Our successful candidate will be:
- Enthusiastic, adaptable, and able to work both independently and as part of a team
- Experienced in motivating and supporting children, including working with individuals and small groups
- Compassionate, with a strong desire to help children achieve their best and experience in working with children with additional needs or low confidence
- Holding a Level 3 NVQ (or equivalent) with previous experience in a primary school setting
Join our team because:
- We care - about our pupils through our human scale approach to education, our staff and their well-being and the communities that we serve, driven by our high ideals and strong moral values.
- We have boundless ambition - to achieve excellence for all and create confident young adults with high levels of resilience and integrity.
- We work together - as one team in the belief that we are greater than the sum of our parts. We foster an enterprising culture through collaboration and in close partnership with industry and other educators.
- We keep getting better - using our ‘can-do’ attitude towards continuous improvement and innovation.
Ready to make a difference? Apply today and become part of a team that’s shaping the future!
This is a permanent role offering an actual salary of £18,721 per annum (£24,404 full time equivalent) based on 33 hours per week, Term Time + 1 week inset.
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Working with us Leigh Academy Oaks
Leigh Academy Oaks is a small academy with approximately 190 pupils on roll and an additional 20 pupils in our Nursery. We are very proud of our school and the hard work and positive attitude of all our pupils and staff. Teaching and learning areas are both safe and well-maintained, providing a stimulating working environment for pupils. We are continually striving to improve our facilities in order to enrich the experiences of our pupils.
The teachers and support staff form a very strong team and work closely with the Governing Body and Leigh Academies Trust to promote high standards throughout Leigh Academy Oaks. Parents provide invaluable voluntary support throughout the academy including a programme of fundraising activities throughout the year.
The academy teaches a broad and balanced curriculum which is enriched by a wide range of extra-curricular activities. It is our aim to provide a happy, safe, and caring community, where everyone is encouraged and supported to achieve their goals.
Being part of Leigh Academies Trust
As of 1st September 2024, our Trust comprises 33 geographically organised academies (17 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating more than 24,000 students and employing 4,000 talented staff. Currently, 16 of our academies are considered to be “Outstanding” which is 53% of those which have been inspected whilst part of the Trust. The Trust is establishing three ‘clusters’ of academies: LAT Central; LAT West; LAT North. 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.
Click here to view the benefits available to all LAT employees from day one.
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.