Teaching Assistant 3

**Sir John Thursby Community College**
Lancashire£21,451 - £24,438 per year

**Salary**:

Grade 6 pt 11-19**Job type**:

Part Time, Permanent20 October 2025**Job overview**:

- Teaching Assistant 3
(with intimate care duties)32.5 hours per week (8:15-15:15 Mon-Fri) TTO + 1 weekGrade 6 pt 11-19 £21,451 - £24,438pa
To start: ASAP“We are characterised by how we treat our people”We are incredibly proud of our ambitious, curriculum focused, research-driven school. Our vision is built around the principles of ambition, respect and belonging and we have a strong commitment to the development of our staff as outstanding professionals.
We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and organised teaching assistant, with the skills and ability to support our students with a variety of Special Educational Needs and establish positive relationships to promote excellent learning. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a hard-working team, committed to ensuring our young people are safe, healthy and supported to achieve.We are looking for a Teaching Assistant who will:
- Develop positive relationships with students to assist their progress and attainment
- Plan and implement structured learning activities, working 1 to 1 and with small groups
- Monitor and review student achievements relating to their progress and individual targets, including the content of Student Support Plans
- Model commitment, resilience, patience, hard work and a good sense of humour
- May assist in the specific medical / care needs of pupils, including intimate personal care such as toileting / changingor telephone 01282 682313Closing date: 9am Monday 20th October 2025
Shortlisting: Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Interviews: Wednesday 5th November 2025-
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**About**Sir John Thursby Community College**:
**Sir John Thursby Community College**
- Eastern Avenue, Burnley
Lancashire
BB10 2AT
United Kingdom
- +44 1282 682 313Sir John Thursby Community College is a mixed 11-16, multi-cultural, fully inclusive school which values all students, staff and our community partners. We have over 1,100 students on roll and over 150 staff enjoying working together to provide the best for everyone. As Headteacher, I am incredibly proud to be leading a committed team of staff in our vibrant community School.

We are characterised by how we treat our people. Everything we do is driven by our strategic vision and our ambition to be a beacon of excellence for our students and families. We are research driven and our work is linked to our core values of Ambition, Respect and Belonging. We are passionate about learning and we have a genuine commitment to ensuring our staff have autonomy, within a framework of a respectful, professional environment.

In our latest Ofsted report in April 2023, the school was graded ‘good’ in every area and inspectors commented that the pupils ‘_enjoy attending this thriving and popular school’_ and that they ‘_feel a strong sense of belonging to the school community._’ The report also identified that students ‘_achieve well’_ and that ‘_almost all pupils successfully move on to apprenticeships, A levels or other forms of education, employment or training’._

People and relationships are at the heart of what we do. One of our key values is that all members of our school community are known, valued and loved and we work hard to ensure this happens. We were delighted that Ofsted saw this in our relationships with our young people when they commented that ‘_staff know pupils very well’_. We work hard to create an environment in which staff feel a strong sense of belonging to our school, our students and our families. We are firmly committed to ensuring that all our staff have a positive work/life balance and as a result we give all our teaching staff a minimum of 20% non-contact time and staff have excellent CPD opportunities.

In our 2023 staff survey, 97% of staff were proud to be a member of our school community and 95% said that they enjoyed working at the school. Staff commented that:

- _‘Leaders care and lead by example’_
- _‘SJT is a great place to work’_
- _‘I love being part of the SJT team and appreciate the opportunities that the school provides for its staff and pupils’_
- _‘The staff are extremely positive and supportive of each other and value relationships with their students’_
- _‘I do believe this is a great place to work, and I feel lucky to have this opportunity’_

We have a positive behaviour system which has _‘high expectations of pupil’s behaviour’_ (Ofsted 2023).

We are committed to safeguarding all of our students. All staff are required to adhere to our safeguarding policies and procedures and regularly undertake a full enhanced DBS check.

Mr Matt Renshaw - Headteacher
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