Teaching Assistant/pupil Support Officer

**Ref: SCH-ATCT-0356**7 day(s) remaining**

**Establishment**: Witton Park Academy **Location**: Blackburn **Salary**: 16277 - 16794 **Department**: Whole School **Job Type**: Part Time

**Closing Date**: 10/02/2025 09:00 **Interview Date**: w.c 10.02.2025 **Start Date**: As soon as possible

Additional Information

**Contract Type**:Permanent **Contract Term**:TTO Plus - Term time only plus weeks **Hours per Week**:29.00 **Weeks per Year**:39.000 **Pay Grade**:C **Scale Point**:3 - 5

The Role

**About the School**

We are extremely proud of our school; the achievements of our pupils, the expertise, the dedication of our staff, our outstanding facilities and our reputation as a centre of excellence. Our ultra-modern school buildings allow our pupils to flourish in facilities for learning that truly does enable us to trail blaze innovative learning - from the bright and attractive classrooms to the fully equipped outside play areas, the facilities allow our pupils to fully explore their talents and to shine in those areas that they most enjoy.

A building, however, is only as good as the people working within; we believe we have some of the best students and teachers in the world. Staff and pupils benefit from the investment we place in their development: as well as playing a key part in supporting other schools through the Achievement through Collaboration Trust, we have a variety of external partners from Google, The Schools, Students and Teacher Network, and with University College London. Partnerships like these create opportunities for all members of our team.

**About the Trust**

Achievement through Collaboration is a Trust with a purpose We want our children, our staff and our schools to Achieve, Belong and Collaborate.

To achieve our purpose, we know there are things we need to get right

Through a clear definition and articulation of the values and beliefs of Achievement through Collaboration, we’ve built an organisation with children at the heart of everything we do. Our schools have the individuality to make the right choices for their pupils, staff and communities within a culture of collaboration.

Our Trust Board owns the strategic plan, holding the executive team to account to deliver it whilst delegating the correct things to the Local Governing Bodies. LGBs are supported to build their role around the children, parents and staff of their individual school whilst expressing the “we” of the Trust.

Key to maintaining our successful educational standards is a clear trust wide school improvement strategy/plan that meets the needs of every school wherever they are on their journey. Our Trust Wide strategy for capturing the most effective practice and transmitting it between more classrooms is in place and underpinned by a workforce talent management strategy that facilitates staff development and deployment.

A strong central team connects the academies enabling leaders and teachers to concentrate on educational delivery. Achievement through Collaboration is financially stable which enables the strategic allocation of resources that enables standards to be maintained and improvements to be achieved.

We believe that all children, staff and schools benefit from belonging to a family of schools within a strong collaborative multi-academy trust. We are an outward organisation, we embrace innovation and opportunities that benefit our pupils. AtC has invested in staff to build capacity to collaborate with other schools and we are now actively looking to grow further.

If you share our values and are committed to ensuring that our children at Witton children have the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills and character to shape future success for themselves and their world, we look forward to hearing from you.

Jane Chambers

Chief Executive Officer

**Required - Teaching Assistant/Pupil Support Officer (main school)**

**Location**: Witton Park Academy

**Working Pattern**:Part-time (29 hours), term time plus one week to be worked flexibly

**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Salary**: Grade C SCP 3- 5 **FTE**: (£24,027 - £24,790) pro rata salary £16,277 - £16,794 per annum

The Trust - Achievement through Collaboration (AtC) was formed in 2016. We are an optimistic organisation; embrace innovation and grasp opportunities that benefit our pupils.

We have an expectation that all pupils will make progress relative to their starting point over the course of their time in our schools. We are committed to meeting the needs of all our learners and have very high expectations of our staff and pupils.

Required as soon as possible is a Pupil Support Officer. Under the direction of the SENCO, you will be involved with supporting pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) as a member of the Pupil Offer Team.

**Closing Date**: 09:00 am Monday 10 February 2025

**Interview Date**: w.c 10 February 2025

**Safeguarding Information**



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