Secondary Teaching Assistant

Job Ref: FLP-R215

Start: ASAP/September 2023

Salary: Grade 4 (£22,369 – £22,777 FTE)

Location: IKB Academy (near Bristol and Bath)

Contract: Part Time, 32 hours per week

Term: Permanent

Hours of Work: 5 days a week, 8:30 until 3:30; can be flexible for the right candidate; Term Time Only + 3 INSET Days.

We are looking to appoint a suitably qualified individual who will, under the guidance of the Director of Inclusion, support students with additional needs and who will also work as part of the Inclusion and Pastoral Teams in helping a growing number of students with Special Educational Needs (SEN). The successful candidate will work within our dedicated Inclusion centre as well as in the classroom with individual or small groups of students within a growing and highly motivated Inclusion Team.

If you have the ability to relate well to children and adults, an understanding of child development and recent relevant experience of working with young people, along with excellent IT and administration skills, we would love to hear from you.

This new and exciting role is particularly suitable for people who are thinking of a career in teaching, education, social care or psychology.

Please note that CVs will not be accepted unless accompanied by a completed application form.

In return we offer:

•  A competitive salary
•  A full and varied CPD programme offering teaching and leadership development for 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 & North East 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.

The closing date for applications is: 23:59 on 23rd September 2023

Interviews are likely to be held soon thereafter.

No CVs or agencies please

To apply:

•  Download the JD/PS, Recruitment Pack
•  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. IKB reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should the School be able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

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 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.