Curriculum Support Assistant

**Saddleworth School**
Oldham

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**Salary**:

£26,421 - £28,770 (£22,017 - £23,974 pro rata) Pay award pending

**Job type**:

Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:

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30 September 2024

**Job overview**:
**Full Time 36.40 hours per week (Term Time only)**

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated professional with an interest in supporting and educating children. This role will suit a wide range of people including those who wish to get into teaching or those who have experience of an educational setting.

Key aspects of the role would be to:

- To supervise and support students through covering lessons or learning activities during the short term absence of their teacher
- To assist students in the completion of work set and facilitate peer assessment and correction of the work under the direction of a Curriculum Leader
- To support with ad hoc administrative work in a designated Curriculum area
- Experience of working with or relating to young people and have a commitment to their education, development, welfare and aspirations with particular focus on language for learning.
- Ability to successfully deliver pre planned lessons as directed by the classroom teacher/Curriculum Leader
- Ability to respond to changing priorities in a fast-moving environment.
- Good interpersonal, communication and administration skills.

In return we offer a generous pension scheme, an extensive employee welfare package and the opportunity to work in a brand new building located in a picturesque location.
Informal enquiries are warmly encouraged to: Ms C Evans - Deputy Headteacher

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by **noon on 30th September 2024.**

CV’s will not be accepted.

**Attached documents**:

- Job Description
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Person specification
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Applicant Info Pack
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**About **Saddleworth School**:
**Saddleworth School**
- Huddersfield Road, Diggle, Oldham
Lancashire
OL3 5NU
United Kingdom
+44 1457 872072
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**Our Vision**

To **Empower **and **Inspire**

Enabling young people to develop and find their talent

**Our staff**

The key strength of the school is the staff. There is a genuine sense of community and all

within the school work together to support the students and each other. We have a real blend of youth and experience on the teaching staff and there is a flourishing CPD programme to support all staff at every stage of their career.

**Our geographical area**

Saddleworth School is a 10-form entry, 11-16 Comprehensive School, situated in pleasant rural surroundings at the foot of the western slopes of the Pennines, some four miles east of Oldham. The school, which enjoys a good reputation, caters for the whole rural district of Saddleworth and also for the nearby residential areas on the eastern side of Oldham. This district contains nine large villages with varied industrial undertakings and farming activities. Manchester and the M62 are within easy reach and the region is popular with commuters. The school has recently moved to the village of Diggle just off the main A670 Ashton-Huddersfield Road which links with the A669 Oldham Road.

**Our school organisation**

The school is growing and we have a PAN 1460 but will expand to 1500 by 2026 now that the school has moved to its brand premises in the village of Diggle. After more than 100 years at our old school we relocated to a new site with a new school building in 2022. We now have a school with state of the art classrooms, fully equipped specialist areas and modern facilities to support our delivery of a first-class learning experience for our students.

On entry, children in Year 7 are placed in mixed attainment classes, but set by attainment in Maths during their first half term. From Year 8 onwards, there is increased setting in maths and science. There is a long-standing record of strong achievement in external examinations and students tend to leave with above average attainment.

A wide range of extra-curricular activities is available. Fieldwork and outdoor pursuits are very strongly supported; a full programme of sporting activities is maintained, as are a wide range of excellent musical and drama activities and the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme is particularly well represented.

The school day is shaped around five one-hour lessons and a daily 8:30am form time registration. All students have their lunch break from 1.20pm to 2.00pm. All staff engage in CPD that runs after school on Wednesdays.

The school has become the focus of many of the leisure pursuits of the local community. It is widely used after school and in the evenings for sport and cultural activities. The element of community service in the Duke of Edinburgh scheme has involved helping the Tame Valley wardens with their conservation work, helping at the museum, and the St John Ambulance, and giving support to the old people in the area.

The school’s high standard of inclusion is well supported by Pas