Specialist Teaching Assistant

Voyage Education Partnership; Derby; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A vibrant educational environment located at Derby Moor Spencer Academy is seeking a Specialist Teaching Assistant to join the dedicated SEN team. The successful candidate will support students with special needs, ensuring high standards of learning and personal development while embodying the academy's values of achievement, aspiration, and community. Join a professional team committed to excellent educational outcomes and growth.

Benefits

Generous Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Discount and Salary Sacrifice Schemes

Qualifications

• Experience supporting individual needs.
• Enthusiasm for coaching students.
• Desirable: experience providing 1:1 support.

Responsibilities

• Support individual needs and adapt to student learning styles.
• Work collaboratively with teachers and contribute to the SEN team.
• Promote the academy ethos and support extracurricular programmes.

Skills

Coaching

Nurturing

Proficiency with IT

Teamwork

Job description

Specialist Teaching Assistant (Derby Moor Spencer Academy)

Education Phase: Secondary

Working Pattern: Full-Time

Contract Type: Permanent

About us

We areseeking to appoint a candidate with drive, energy and enthusiasm to join ourbusy SEN team. The successful applicant will be an excellent practitioner with highexpectations and aspirations for students. Candidates will contribute to theschool’s vision, values, ethos and culture to secure high standards andexpectations in all aspects of school life.

Derby Mooris a vibrant and exciting place to work and to learn as both a student and amember of staff. Our school motto of ‘Together We Succeed’ captures ourapproach to life and learning at the academy and also reflects the diversityand aspiration of our school community. Our motto is underpinned by our fourcore values:

Achievement – We believe that everyone canachieve, regardless of background or personal circumstance.

Aspiration – We believe our students and staffcan be the best in their chosen field. Our renowned employability curriculumgives our students the knowledge, skills-base and experiences they need to aimfor greatness and to aspire to be the best they can be. For staff, our bespokecpd offer ensures they have developmental opportunities and are supported tobecome expert practitioners.

High Expectations – We believe highexpectations are the foundations of success and expect the highest standardsfrom our community. This is in terms of their conduct, communication andcommitment to their own development. We are preparing students for life and theworld of work, as such, we will not settle for anything less than excellence.

Community – We believe that the community atDerby Moor is unique and is key in preparing our young people for life inmodern Britain. Our community is diverse and we all embrace the rich variety offaiths, cultures and backgrounds that exist here, working together to ensureeveryone feels valued, safe and fulfilled.

At DerbyMoor Spencer Academy, we take great pride in the facilities that we offer ourstudents. Our school was re-built in2013 and now features a welcoming entrance plaza, state of the art technologyand a diverse range of learning spaces and sports facilities.

We areseeking to appoint an individual who:

• Has experience of supporting individual needsand understands how students learn
• Has an enthusiasm for coaching and nurturing
• Has experience of working with small groupsand providing 1:1 support (desirable)
• Is able to work as part of a team and beflexible to the needs and priorities of the academy
• Is an excellent practitioner with highexpectations and aspirations for students
• Is proficient with the use of IT to supportlearning
• Is willing to promote academy ethos andsupport our extra-curricular programmes

In return, as part of the Spencer AcademiesTrust, we can offer you:

• A friendly, supportive and professional teamof staff
• A commitment to provide ContinuingProfessional Development
• An excellent support programme for new staff

SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust andSponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people inour academies and employ more than 2500 teachers, leaders and educationalsupport professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leadingregional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.

We currently have 17 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and 1primary aged special school in our family of schools. Allof our schools benefit from the collaborationand added value that being a member of our Trust offers and share our valuesand beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results thatcompete with the very highest performing schools in the country and deliver acurriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity andquality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop intowell rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change inthe world.

Mission

Our Mission is to deliver the bestpossible outcomes for children and young people.

Vision

Spencer Academies Trust is anexceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.

WeBelieve:

• Allchildren have a right to a quality education regardless of background orability and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progressionroute in their learning and development.
• Schoolsare stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
• We grow the effectiveness and sustainabilityof our schools by developing the people within them, and that through sharedand equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.

Applicants would be expected to sharethe Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.

If you would like to discuss the role,or have any queries, please contact the HR team on 01332 772706 or email [e-mail]

The Spencer Academies TrustSafer recruitment policy requires applications for this post must be submittedthrough our recruitment portal. CVs cannot be accepted. We are also required torequest references prior to interview.

Closing date for applications 9.00am on Tuesday 10thJune 2025

Interviews will take place on TBC

Earlyapplication is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview andclose the advert ahead of the closing date.

How to Apply

Applicationsare submitted through our Every Candidate Portal. If you are a new user to our portal, you canclick on ‘Register’ to complete your candidate profile. If you already have a candidate profile withus, click on ‘Sign In’. Both of these routesallow you to feed your candidate information into any of our vacancies and viewthe status of your application.

If youwant to apply directly for this role and not save your data for any futurevacancies, you can click on the ‘Apply Now’ button at the bottom of thispage.

Spencer Academies Trust iscommitted to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children andyoung people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. Allappointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactoryEnhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure andBarring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. Itis an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging inregulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type ofregulated activity).

The Trust andits member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in bothemployment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students,parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and otherstakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignityand respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a DisabilityConfident Committed Employer

Job Description

Specialist Teaching Assistant; NJC10 - NJC14 (£23,041 - £24,578 actual salary, per annum), 37 hours per week, Term Time Only, Permanent, To start asap

Generous Local Government Pension Scheme, Employee Assist Programme (Health Assured) and BHN Extras (Discount and Salary Sacrifice Schemes). Recognition of local government and academy continuous of service. For full details, click here:https://www.spencertrust.org.uk/employee-benefits