General Teaching Assistant

The purpose of this post is to work with teachers to support teaching and learning by working with individuals or small groups of pupils under the direction of teaching staff, and may be responsible for some learning activities within the overall teaching plan with access to support and guidance as required.

Hours of Work: 37 hours per week, term time only including training days (39 weeks per year)

Position Type:
Maternity Cover (Until post holder's return)

Line Manager:
Assistant Headteacher (SENCO)

Travel Required:

No

The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information.

Northallerton School & Sixth Form College is seeking to appoint a committed, enthusiastic and caring General Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated support staff team on a maternity cover basis.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a successful and supportive secondary school, helping students to achieve their potential both academically and personally.

• Support students in lessons across a range of curriculum areas.
• Work with individual students and small groups to promote engagement and progress.
• Assist teachers with the preparation of learning materials and classroom activities.
• Help create a positive, inclusive and supportive learning environment.
• Support students with a range of educational and social needs.

• Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Enjoys working with young people and helping them succeed.
• Is patient, adaptable and able to work as part of a team.
• Has good literacy, numeracy and organisational skills.
• Shares our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

• A welcoming and supportive working environment.
• Friendly and dedicated colleagues.
• Opportunities for training and professional development.
• The chance to make a real difference to the lives of young people.

This is a temporary maternity cover position, which will cease upon the postholder's return.

Areté Learning Trust currently has 11 schools and educates over 7,000 young people in and around North Yorkshire from ages 2-18. Our learners are at the heart of everything we do.

At Areté Learning Trust we work together and collaborate to ensure that all of our learners and our staff team have the chance to reach their potential.

• Health, happiness and wellbeing
• A safe, disciplined and supportive environment
• A love of learning through a passionate and committed approach
• High standards and expectations
• Integrity, kindness and good manners
• Respect for individuality and difference
• Collaborative working to secure excellence

To realise our aspiration for every child to be the best they can be, we need to ensure that as a Trust we are ‘Striving for Excellence’.

We want everyone who works within ALT to feel valued and see how their work fits into the bigger picture.

We seek employees who are prepared to take personal responsibility and constantly challenge the norm to improve performance.

In return, we are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff.

Areté Learning Trust is committed to being the ‘Employer of Choice’.

Essentially this means that we want our schools and our central team to be great places to work. We want our staff development opportunities to be first class and we want to enable staff who are ambitious to grow their careers with us. To give our learners the best education and opportunities we are committed to recruiting and retaining the very best people in all areas of our organisation.

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