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Darton Academy; Barnsley; Presencial; GBP 12.000 - 17.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Darton Academy is seeking a Teaching Assistant Level 2 to join our team on a part-time, temporary basis to cover maternity leave commencing November 2026. You will work under the guidance of teaching staff to support pupils’ learning and classroom management.

Based in Barnsley, the academy values a calm, purposeful environment and offers opportunities to contribute to a broad curriculum through in-class and outdoor support tasks.

Formación

• Teaching Assistant Level 2 role under the guidance of teaching/senior staff to support learning.
• Assist the teacher in managing pupils and the classroom.
• Role may involve work in the classroom or outside the main teaching area.

Responsabilidades

• Provide care and support programmes to enable access to learning for pupils.
• Support pupils in and out of the classroom.

Descripción del empleo

Darton Academy are looking to appoint an TA L2 to join our academy in November 2026, on a part time, temporary basis to cover maternity leave.

Are you looking for a role that will enable you to influence and give direction to the children in a large successful academy? Do you want to work for a Trust that is transforming educational outcomes for students in some of the most deprived areas in the North of England? If so, this could be the role for you.

Your new role

As a Teaching Assistant Level 2, you will work under the instruction/guidance of teaching/senior staff to undertake work/care/support programmes to enable access to learning for pupils and assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom. You may carry out work in the classroom or outside the main teaching area.

Please see the job description on our website for more information on the criteria and role.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience required for this position, then we would very much like to hear from you.

Your new school

Darton Academy is an exciting place to learn and as soon as you enter the building you can feel a buzz of enthusiasm. There is a sense of purpose, the Academy is calm and orderly, with state-of-the-art facilities. We are a close-knit community, and we pride ourselves on knowing our pupils well and doing our utmost to ensure everyone fulfils their true potential.

We aim to ensure that our pupils can learn in a safe and supportive environment, where everyone values academic achievement and has a positive attitude to learning.

In February 2023 Ofsted graded us Good with an outstanding personal development offer. We strongly encourage our pupils to take part in enrichment activities so they can discover all their strengths and talents, and run over forty clubs, as well as pupil support sessions and interventions. We also regularly organise whole school events and educational visits so that our pupils have a broad experience of learning beyond the classroom.

We believe in rewarding pupils for good behaviour, attendance and achievement and run multiple celebration events throughout the year, from "Super September" to our summer "DartFest". We place learning at the heart of everything we do and use our core values of respect, responsibility, and resilience to build a positive ethos.

Why join us?

Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust's success story.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high-performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.