Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant  

Greenbank School is a purpose-built school catering for 119 pupils, age 11 – 18 years.  Pupils present with a range of learning challenges: autism and complex needs.

Greenbank also has an education residential provision which is used as a short break facility for Yr9-11 pupils who attend Greenbank School.

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for an experienced Teaching Assistant to develop their career in response to a rising pupil population:

• Assist, support and implement the overall ethos, values and vision of the school. 
• Motivate pupils.
• Provide a good role model.
• Support teaching and learning (including delivery of accredited courses).
• Support the assessment, recording and reporting process.
• Undertake any other professional duties delegated by the Head Teacher.

Principle Responsibilities

1. To work closely with pupils who require additional support.
2. To provide curriculum teaching assistant and learning support for pupils, including the collation of evidence of progression and progress.
3. Ensure that all pupils make the best possible progress in all areas of teaching and learning, curriculum, personal, social and emotional development.
4. Support the importance of target setting and pupil data collection. 
5. To provide support to teachers and other school staff, working directly with pupils, ensuring that the relevant programme of professional development is enabled and facilitated to ensure continued improvement and raised standards.
6. Be able to effectively plan, deliver and evaluate curriculum material under the guidance of a class manager.
7. To ensure all Health and Safety arrangements are effectively implanted, including child protection (Safeguarding), all aspects of safe-guarding, well-being and pupil behaviour.
8. To make sure supervision is effective at all times including the start and end of the day, break and lunch times and during P.E.
9. To work closely with parents and carers.

Candidates are invited to submit an application form in becoming a Grade 6 Teaching Assistant, highlighting why they feel capable of this role, providing written evidence of any initiatives, contributions, teaching and / or projects that they have instigated and introduced / led at school.

Further copies of this advert and person specification are available from Mr McCann, Head teacher.

 Closing Date - Monday 17^th March 2025 at 1.00pm

Interviews to be held Wednesday 19^th March at Greenbank School.

Written application letters should be addressed to Mr Philip Hopwood – Chair of Governors

and handed into Mrs Dottie Bennett no later than 1.00pm on Monday 17^th March 2025.

Greenbank School is fully committed to safeguarding the health, safety and well-being of all its students and as a safe school, expects that all employees are subject to all the relevant checks and enhanced DBS before any offer of employment.

KCSiE guidance (September 2022) included in section 220 states ‘In addition, as part of the shortlisting process school will consider carrying out an online search as part of their due diligence on the shortlisted candidates. Candidates need to be aware of this.