Teaching Assistant

Monday – Thursday 8am to 4pm, Friday 8:30am to 4pm (30 minute lunch break)

Required from: September 2021

We are looking to appoint a hardworking, enthusiastic Teaching Assistant who is prepared to work across all phases in our happy, lively, forward looking school.  The post will involve class support, one to one and working with parents.   Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff and have demonstrable evidence of driving teaching and learning outcomes in the primary phase. At Sunnyside you will benefit from being part of a very committed and dedicated team who support each other, laugh in the staffroom and never let the grass grow under their feet! An informal visit to the school is warmly welcomed and encouraged.  Please call the school Office on (0115 9174310) to arrange a convenient date and time. We would be delighted to hear from you.

SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 16000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2200 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence. We currently have 14 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and one primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world. Mission Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people. Vision Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children. We Believe: 

• All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.

• Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.

• We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.

Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff and have demonstrable evidence of driving teaching and learning outcomes in the primary phase.

Applications for this post must be submitted on our online application form, which can be found at http://www.satrust.com/vacancies

In line with safer recruitment policies references will be called for prior to interview.

Closing date for applications: Monday 26th April at 8am

Interviews will take place on: Thursday 29th April

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to enhanced DBS with children’s barred list checks and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training.