Are you committed to making a difference? Someone who has high expectations of students and colleagues? Excited about teaching an.....
Are you committed to making a difference? Someone who has high expectations of students and colleagues? Excited about teaching and learning?
We are looking to appoint a person like you who is an enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching Assistant. We need a professional and enthusiastic person to work with our staff and students across the school.
You will demonstrate a caring and supportive approach, be highly motivated and be an excellent team player who aspires to high standards. You will provide direct support to students to help raise their confidence and attainment in subjects both at KS3 and KS4.
Our forward-thinking Principal is looking to appoint motivated colleagues in a range of areas. The Coppice is proud to be part of Shaw Education Trust which is a growing, multi-academy trust based in Staffordshire and as part of the trust, our new colleagues will benefit from high quality professional development and will be supported in their career progression by our new and inspiring leadership team. You will be an outstanding teaching assistant willing to embrace and develop our collective values and ethics. In return your efforts will be recognised and rewarded, and your contribution valued and celebrated by our whole school community. Our sole aim is to enable every one of our children to thrive and reach their potential as well as enjoying their time at the Coppice.
Coppice Academy is a welcoming, warm academy which empowers all students to recognise their potential and supports them through a personalised, interesting and achievable curriculum pathway, experiencing innovative, quality teaching and learning. All students make excellent progression from their individual starting points.
At Coppice Academy we model our approach to a mainstream secondary academy where we encourage independence, responsibility through curriculum movement with an additional focus on a holistic approach for our student’s development. We pride ourselves on identifying a student’s individual needs as well as building on our community and family philosophy of being ready, safe, respectful and to always be the best we can be, to enable students to succeed and achieve at the Coppice.
Learning, Achieving and Growing Together is our mission statement.
We believe in the abilities of our students and their successes never cease to amaze us and make us proud.
Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
Free Eye Tests
Cycle to work schemeAccess to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one. Shaw Education Trust are a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary and Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust a charity organisation that focuses on transforming lives. We’re a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life.
Our Special settings cater for children and young people with a wide range of Special Educational Needs from children with profound medical needs and life limiting conditions, those with severe, moderate and sensory needs through to young people with social emotional and mental health needs that require support and understanding to help them to navigate their world.
Whether you are a teacher, a teaching assistant, a healthcare professional or work in facilities, admin or operations all our Special Schools offer you the opportunity to work within an establishment that has a ‘family’ feel that puts the children, young people and their families at the heart of what they do.
All the pupils within our Special Schools have an individualised education and are educated in small classes and groups with enhanced support to ensure that all their needs are met. There is nothing more rewarding than being part of a team that supports a child or young person with Special Educational Needs to reach their goals. You truly will make a difference to the life of a young person and their family.Actual Salary: £20,826 - £21,895
Working hours: 37 hours per week, Term Time only plus 5 inset days = (39 weeks)