Applications are invited for:
Apprentice Teaching Assistants working in the Primary/Secondary department
Temporary 18 month training contract, 37 hours per week Term time only
Pay scale Apprenticeship rates dependent on age:
An apprentice in the first year of their apprenticeship is entitled to an hourly rate of £7.55.
An apprentice who has completed the first year of their apprenticeship is then entitled to a minimum hourly rate dependant on their age as follows:
16-17: £7.55, 18-20: £10.00, 21 and over: £12.21
Please note that The Sea View Trust are a Joseph Rowntree Foundation employer
These posts are to work with teachers as part of a professional team to support teaching and learning for pupils with SEND providing specialist assistance to pupils who need particular help to overcome barriers to learning, such as those with moderate, severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties and/or behavioural, social, communication, sensory or physical disabilities.
The successful candidates will need to have:
Good Maths and English skills- Good communication skills
- A knowledge and/or specific interest in working with pupils of Primary and/or Secondary age.
- A willingness to undertake training and actively seek learning opportunities
- The skills and flexibility to work within other Key Stages of the School when required, to facilitate a staff rotation programme which will meet the changing and challenging needs
of the pupils.
The school has an outstanding record for the career progression of Support Staff through Foundation Degree Study, HLTA status and the Graduate Teacher Training Programme.
Ofsted October 2023
Park Community Academy continues to be an outstanding school.
Park Community Academy is a school where everyone is welcome. The school recognises pupils, including children in the early years, and students in the sixth form, as incredibly talented individuals. All pupils have special educational needs and/or disabilities. The school’s tenacious approach to enabling pupils to overcome their barriers to learning helps them to thrive.