General Teaching Assistant

**Salary**:Grade CD SCP 3-4

**Contract**: Permanent

**Hours**: Part Time

**Location**:Broomfield School, Northallerton

**About this Role**

Thank you for showing an interest in these roles. Broomfield is a vibrant school based in the heart of Northallerton and our community links are very important to us. Staff work very well as a team and we are a warm, welcoming and inclusive school. We have an exciting opportunity to appoint two new General Teaching Assistants, to work with teachers to support teaching and learning, working to help supervise at lunchtimes, in a classroom setting and with individual pupils and groups.

**Job Details Post 1**

Hours of Work: 31.25 hours per week, term time only (39 weeks per year)

Working hours 8.45am -3.30pm 5 days a week.

Contract: Permanent

**Salary**: £17,592 - £17,868 per annum

Line Manager: Headteacher

Travel Required: No

**Job Details Post 2**

Hours of Work: 18 hours per week, term time only (39 weeks per year)

Working hours 8.30am - 3.30pm Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

Contract: Permanent

**Salary**: £10,132 - £10,291 per annum

Line Manager: Headteacher

Travel Required: No

The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information.

Broomfield School joined the Areté Learning Trust in November and are on an exciting collaborative journey. This is a growing Multi-Academy Trust which consists of eleven schools (six secondary schools and five primary schools) that is committed to inclusive high-quality education, providing outstanding education for all and trust wide sustained school improvement. We are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff where they can develop as exemplary professionals. In addition, we offer a positive, supportive, friendly working environment, recognition of previous service with other schools, academies and local government, CPD, training courses and webinars, expenses and travel costs in addition to a full range of employee benefits.

**What we can offer**:

- Happy and welcoming pupils, staff and governors
- A warm, collegiate and supportive environment
- The opportunity to be part of a school which is part of Arete Learning Trust. The Trust has recently expanded and is currently undertaking an exciting journey.

**We are looking for someone who is**:

- Someone who is committed to impacting on the lives of children
- An excellent communicator at all levels
- A supportive environment in which to work
- Able to respect and protect confidentiality in all matters
- Cheerful, positive, friendly and caring
- Flexible, as the job is quite diverse

For more details, please see the job description.

**About the Trust**

Areté Learning Trust currently has 11 schools and educates over 7,000 young people in and around North Yorkshire from ages 2-18. Our learners are at the heart of everything we do. At Areté Learning Trust we work together and collaborate to ensure that all of our learners and our staff team have the chance to reach their potential.

**Our Trust is committed to promoting**:

- Health, happiness and wellbeing
- A safe, disciplined and supportive environment
- A love of learning through a passionate and committed approach
- High standards and expectations
- Integrity, kindness and good manners
- Respect for individuality and difference
- Collaborative working to secure excellence

To realise our aspiration for every child to be the best they can be, we need to ensure that as a Trust we are ‘Striving for Excellence’.

**Why work for us?**
- We want everyone who works within ALT to feel valued and see how their work fits into the bigger picture.
- We seek employees who are prepared to take personal responsibility and constantly challenge the norm to improve performance.
- In return, we are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff.

Areté Learning Trust is committed to being the ‘Employer of Choice’.

Essentially this means that we want our schools and our central team to be great places to work. We want our staff development opportunities to be first class and we want to enable staff who are ambitious to grow their careers with us. To give our learners the best education and opportunities we are committed to recruiting and retaining the very best people in all areas of our organisation.

**Regardless of role, we seek staff who**:

- Have high expectations of themselves and the people they work with.
- Are committed to our Trust values.
- Show initiative and are responsive to change.
- Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
- Are creative in their approach to problem solving.
- Are able to influence effectively, whatever their role.
- Are team players.

**Application Process**

**Closing date: 16 March 2025**

**Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.**

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