Teaching Assistant

**Academy**:Hethersett Academy **Category**:Teaching Assistant **Start Date**:February 2025 **Closing Date**:Thu, Jan 9, 2025 **Job Weeks**:Term-time plus one week **Hours**:13 hours per week **Type**:Permanent, Part Time **Job Reference**:DEC20241543 **Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale D: £7,617 to £7,738 pro-rata per annum (Actual) (£24,790 - £25,183 full time/full year equivalent)** **Part Time: 13 hours over 2 full days per week (Days can be flexible across the week and can be discussed at interview)** **Working Weeks: Term Time plus 1 weeks (39 weeks)** We have an exciting opportunity for a Teaching Assistant to join our committed and hardworking team at Hethersett Academy, supporting our students to achieve their full potential. You will be an enthusiastic and inspiring practitioner with recent experience of working in a secondary education setting. You will be passionate about raising achievement through motivating and inspiring students, and keen to contribute to the school’s visions and values. You will be motivated to enable access to learning for pupils, including specialised support for those with special education needs. You will be responsible for supporting effective pastoral care to support pupils' social and emotional progress as well as their learning. **Main purpose of the role**: To undertake care and learning programmes and activities to support individuals or groups of pupils, including more specialised support for those with special education needs. To enable access to learning for pupils and assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom. Experience of working with or caring for children of relevant age Knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice and awareness of legislation Basic understanding of child development and learning Ability to evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities Hethersett Academy is one of East Anglia’s best performing schools, judged as Outstanding by Ofsted in all areas. Ofsted have highlighted how much the academy’s pupils value their education with Hethersett Academy. - "Pupils flourish at this school. They attend regularly, arrive on time and present themselves impeccably. Pupils respect each other and their surroundings. Bullying is rare. Pupils know that if bullying does happen, staff deal with it effectively and promptly. Pupils have very high expectations of their own and others’ behaviour. They value every minute of learning time."_ Hethersett Academy is a growing village school with a strong history in the local community, conveniently located just off the A11 also making the school a popular choice for families in Wymondham and south Norwich. We are part of the Inspiration Trust, twice ranked as the country’s top family of comprehensive schools for pupil progress, and strongly believe in the importance of giving the widest educational opportunities to all young people, regardless of their background. We have strong networks across the Trust, with opportunities to work with a diverse range of schools and partners. We are committed to offering excellent professional and learning opportunities for our staff, with a busy programme of continuing professional development courses delivered by some of the country’s best educational thinkers and practitioners. The Inspiration Trust is a Multi Academy Trust, committed to delivering the very best educational experience for the young people of Norfolk and Suffolk, across 17 schools. We are ambitious for our schools and communities and want to create Britain’s highest performing federation of 3-19 schools and transform education in the East. Inspiration Trust specialises in transforming schools in disadvantaged areas and taking academies from failing to outstanding. For information on what it is like to live and work in Hethersett, click here. Hethersett Academy is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. The academy inspected in January 2016 when it was ranked as Outstanding in every area assessed. Since then, the school has doubled in size and a Section 8 inspection in September 2022 resulted in another Outstanding rating. When you join Inspiration Trust's thriving network of talented teachers, leaders and support staff, you join an organisation that supports you to be the best you can be. The Trust offers a varied professional development programme for employees. We are committed to offering excellent professional opportunities for our staff, through careful support and personalised CPD. We offer a structured and specific induction programme. **The Trust also offers**: Generous holiday entitlement Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions Employee Assistance Programme which provides a fully confidential service which includes 24/7 free telephone support and access to well-being information, advice and guidance Discounted travel passes via the First Bus Commuter Travel Club Cycle-to-work scheme Retail Benefits offering