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Teaching Assistant – Level 2
Closing Date: 14/10/2024
About us
Longsight Community Primary is a primary school serving a richly diverse community in Manchester. Longsight is a UNICEF RRSA Gold school, and we pride ourselves on our inclusive, nurturing ethos with a strong focus on the wellbeing of staff and children.
Longsight is part of Big Life Schools Multi-Academy Trust, which is a part of The Big Life group; providing support, governance, and strategic direction for our schools. Big Life Schools shares the values and ethos of The Big Life group.
The Big Life group is in the business of changing lives. We fight inequality by working with people and places to create opportunities and inspire change. Whatever service we deliver to help people change their lives, we do things the Big Life Way.
What you’ll be doing
As a Teaching Assistant, in a class-based position, you will work closely with the class teacher and up to 30 children. You will work to support teaching and learning to improve outcomes, both academic and social, for all children.
What we need from you
- Experience of working with children in schools in a teaching assistant role.
- A commitment to inclusion and nurture.
- High expectations of children’s learning and behaviour.
- To be creative, dedicated, passionate, and work well within our happy team.
- To share Longsight’s vision and the values of The Big Life group.
- Experience in supporting language and communication development in children with English as an Additional Language would be very welcome.
What we will offer you in return
- Salary Scale and Point: Grade 3 NJC point 4 pro-rata (starting £23,114)
- A full-time, temporary contract until 18th July 2025.
- Culturally and socially diverse families.
- A happy, welcoming staff team.
- Opportunities for career development.
- The support of The Big Life group.
What next?
For more information about our school, please visit: www.longsightcp.com or on request to hr@thebiglifegroup.com
The role is subject to an Enhanced DBS with a check of adults barred list. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from regulated activity with children.
Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to creating a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace and would especially like to hear from applicants from Black, Asian, and other racially marginalised communities.
The closing date for applications is Monday, 14 October at 3pm. Applications received after this time will not be considered and CVs will not be accepted.
If you need more support or for information in a different format, please contact HR at hr@thebiglifegroup.com.
Your health and your happiness are important to us, so we offer a comprehensive staff wellbeing package.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and will be subject to enhanced DBS checks.
The Big Life group positively promotes diversity in the workforce.
The Big Life group is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
The Big Life group strives to be diverse and inclusive - a place where we can all be ourselves. We strongly encourage applicants from all parts of society. You can read on our careers site about the actions we are taking ourselves to fight inequality and inspire change.
We actively value the lived experiences and expertise of our staff, volunteers and the people who use our service and see the extra value that they bring to our organisation
