Senior Teaching Assistant for Online Learning

Ref: G5/OL-88516

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £29,269 - £32,076 (full time full year equivalent)

Actual Salary: £23,558 - £25,817 per annum (Grade 5)

Work Pattern: Term time plus 5 days

Hours: 34.5 per week

Based: Across Sites

Closing Date: 9am Monday 13th May 2024 

Interview Date: Friday 17th May 2024

Contact for Recruitment Queries: 0161 770 7120

Applications to be returned to: Kelly Moore, School Business Manager (email k.moore@kingslandschool.org) Kingsland School, Broadbent Road, Whitecroft Street, Watersheddings, Oldham, OL1 4HX

Our School:

Kingsland School is a split site provision catering for pupils aged 11 – 16.

Our Broadbent Road site is a Pupil Referral Unit which offers Day 6 provision for those pupils who have been permanently excluded from an Oldham Secondary School or Academy. Our second site, known as Laurel Bank currently hosts our Specialist Learning Centre and is based in Shaw, Oldham. This provision is for pupils experiencing social, emotional or mental health and medical needs which creates a barrier to their attendance at school. This site also hosts our unique provision catering for pupils from the SLC with an Educational Health Care Plan.

Role Overview:

We are seeking to appoint an appropriately qualified, experienced, self-motivated Senior Teaching Assistant to join our team. If you are passionate about improving the life chances or our vulnerable young people then please apply for this position. The successful candidate will possess the creativity necessary to provide exiting online resources and teaching tools. This is a new role suited to someone who has excellent computing skills and is able to support the teacher in the development of the online learning platform.

Key elements of this role are:

• To co-ordinate specified interventions in conjunction with the online learning teacher.
• Effectively deliver agreed lessons both online and face to face.
• Plan and prepare resources and equipment for appropriate activities.
• Carry out a review of pupil progress marked against targets.
• Produce, plan and adjust the level of work appropriately to meet the needs of the pupils.

We are looking for someone who is able to promote positive values, attitudes, good pupil behaviour and are able to manage challenging behaviour, conflicts and incidents whilst encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour and promoting self-control.

The successful applicant will be able to build positive relationships with children, colleagues and parents and will work alongside a welcoming and dedicated staff team.

About Us

All successful candidates will work with a committed and supportive staff team.

Kingsland School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.

All staff are employed by Kingsland School and are expected to work at all sites.

Prospective applicants are welcome to visit the school.  To arrange an appointment please contact the school office on 0161 770 7120

Application forms should be returned direct to the school via e-mail to:  k.moore@kingslandschool.org

To find out more about us and why you should join us, please visit our school website; https://www.kingslandschool.org/

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