Start: ASAP
Salary: Grade 4, SCP 7 - 8 £24,294.00 - £24,702 depending upon experience
Location: Four Acres Academy
Contract: Full-time
Term: Permanent
Four Acres Academy is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and self-motivated teaching assistant who will join our committed and successful learning support team. The successful candidate will be hard-working, flexible, creative and driven to providing the highest standards for our pupils. You will join a team of dedicated staff who will support you to be successful in your role. The successful candidate will have good interpersonal skills and the motivation to work as part of a team. Our school has a determination to improve the lives of our children and uses positive relationships effectively to deliver this ambition. Candidates will be expected to show how they are able to develop positive relationships with pupils and our committed staff.
The Academy
Four Acres Academy is a 60 pupil entry primary school with capacity for 483 pupils aged 2-11 (including a 2 year old nursery provision). Each class has a teacher and teaching assistant, creating a collaborative approach to supporting our pupils. We have lead TAs who will support your journey to becoming a valuable member of the support team. We have amazing grounds, a forest school area and great resources. We have recently had an Ofsted inspection, which was deemed good, with outstanding for personal development.
Futura Learning Partnership
The Futura family includes primary, secondary and special schools in the West of England. We have a fantastic team of staff, who are all willing to share their skills and expertise to benefit children, families and the wider community.
Our School can offer:
- Competitive salary
- Supportive team
- Regular team meetings and tailored CPLD
- Opportunities to observe best practice
- Excellent resources, particularly within ICT and outdoor learning
- Employee benefits including pension scheme, wellbeing support and medical cover, free on-site parking and cycle-to-work scheme
The successful candidate will:
- Have a 'can-do' attitude, resilience and great sense of humour
- Be confident with building relationships with pupils, parents and staff
- Be eager to contribute to the life of the school
- Enjoy supporting our young learners
The working hours are 8:30am – 3:30pm
Futura Learning Partnership strives to be an equal opportunities employer and is keen to attract the most highly talented individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds.
In return we offer:
- A competitive salary
- A full and varied CPLD programme offering development for all our staff.
- An opportunity to work in a supportive team from whom you can learn, develop, and grow.
- Wider opportunities to be involved across the Futura Learning Partnership
- An energised and professional working environment
- Benefits include pension scheme, discounted sports centre/gym membership, free wellbeing support & medical cover, free on-site parking, and cycle to work scheme.
Futura Learning Partnership is a partnership of schools which span 5 local authority areas: Bath & Northeast Somerset, Bristol, North Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. Working together to provide a high-quality educational experience for all students in their care and be a truly inclusive provider of 3-18 education in the area. We are a mixed MAT, comprising 6 secondary, 21 primary and a special school. We work in partnership with the Diocese of Bath and Wells, which brings considerable benefit to all our schools.
No CVs or agencies please
To apply:
- Download the JD/PS, Recruitment Pack (and Candidate pack if relevant)
- Click on the ‘apply’ button within the vacancy advertised on the Futura Learning Jobsite
- Complete and submit your online application before the closing date.
PLEASE NOTE: Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement.
Futura Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening, online searches and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.
The Academy meets the requirements in respect of “exempted questions” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and is thereby a Registered Body with the Disclosure Service provided by the national Criminal Records Bureau. It conducts checks as necessary, with the applicant’s permission, under the Criminal Record Bureau’s Code of Practice.
Jobs working with children (i.e all under-18s) or vulnerable adults are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) by virtue of an amended Exceptions Order. This means that you cannot withhold information about any spent or unspent convictions in applying for this post. You are also asked not to withhold information about cautions, reprimands, final warnings, bans and other non-conviction information such as police enquiries and pending prosecutions.
Checks may also be made with Local Authority Child Protection Registers where you have lived in the past. In applying for this post you are giving permission for such Registers to be checked and for the local authorities concerned to share relevant information with Four Acres Academy for the purpose of your application for employment. You are also giving permission for any number of past employers to be contacted regarding this application for employment.
“Front line” and certain other posts e.g. supervisory/management will require Disclosure checks at an Enhanced or Standard level; others may be at Basic level. The level of Disclosure for this post is shown in the Person Specification.
Details of our Safeguarding policy can be found on our website: www.fouracresacademy.co.uk