Aston Community Education Trust are a forward thinking and ambitious multi-academy trust, comprising of three secondary academies and nine junior academies across the Rotherham, Sheffield and north Derbyshire areas.

Lowedges Junior Academy is committed to making a real difference to the lives of our young people and providing outstanding learning and enrichment opportunities for them throughout their time with us.  To be able to achieve this, we need to have a team of dedicated and outstanding staff, who will contribute to our exceptional learning community. We seek to provide the highest standard of education for all pupils in our care and aim to give each child the best foundations for them to be happy, confident and successful lifelong learners.

We provide a positive, stimulating and caring learning environment where every individual is valued and respected and where every child matters. All children have talents and abilities to celebrate, and a part of our role is to help them discover and develop these.

The school values the strong partnership that exists between parents, children, staff and governors and believes that working together the children at our school experience the best possible start in life.

We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and enthusiastic Level 3 Teaching Assistant,  who will work with colleagues to support the learning and teaching of children in Upper Key Stage 2. The successful candidate will plan, prepare and deliver learning activities for individuals or groups, or short term for whole classes, and will monitor, assess, record and report on pupils’ progress, achievement and development.

The Level 3 Teaching Assistant will:

• Establish productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations

• Support children consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs

• Record progress and achievement systematically, and provide evidence of range and level of progress and attainment

• Liaise with parents to support with pupils’ learning, and contribute to/lead meetings with parents to provide constructive feedback

• Model and promote positive values, attitudes and behaviour

• Have a willingness to by fully involved in the life of the academy

This post  is for 32.5 hours per week term time only. Term time includes working 2 out of 5 INSET days each academic year as directed, with availability to work any or all of the remaining 3 INSET days at short notice should the need arise.

The role is based at Lowedges Junior Academy but may, on occasion, involve working at other academies within the trust. 

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Safeguarding

ACET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

 All applicants should read our safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on the ‘policy’ section of our academy websites.

It is an offence to seek employment in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children.  This post will involve regular contact with children, and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, cautions or bind-over orders which for any other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act.  Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate and does not need to be declared.  Guidance on this can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration related to their criminal record or any information that would make them unsuitable to work with children.  Additional checks in relation to the Childcare Disqualification Regulations will be undertaken for successful candidates to junior academies. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK, additional information may be required from you to satisfy safer recruitment checks.

Equality

ACET is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity throughout the recruitment process.  We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and your application will be assessed purely on your ability to do the job.

We undertake to make any ‘reasonable adjustments’ to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face. Where required, we will make reasonable adjustments to the selection process for an applicant with a disability.