Teacher of History

Ark; London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Ark Kings Academy is seeking a dedicated Teaching Assistant to support students, parents, and teachers, creating an enriching learning environment. With a commitment to high educational standards and social equity, this role involves collaborating closely within the school community to ensure every child's academic and personal success.

Benefits

CPD training days

Staff wellbeing events

Ark Rewards scheme

Interest-free loans available

Eye-care vouchers

Qualifications

• Previous experience working with children preferred.
• Ability to create a positive learning environment.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils in their learning and development.
• Establish a supportive and safe learning environment.
• Collaborate with teachers and parents for student progress.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Patience

Job description

Location Ark Kings Academy Role Type Teaching Assistant
Vacancy Description As a Teaching Assistant you will support pupils, parents, and teachers, to establish a supportive learning environment in which children make good academic progress. You will be instrumental in our mission to provide every student, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life.

Salary From Actual Salary: £20,213.94 Salary To -£22,726.49

Ark Kings Academy

Early Years Teaching Assistant

x1 Reception TA and x1 Nursery TA

Location: Ark Kings Academy (Secondary), Shannon Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham

Salary: Ark Support Scale 5, Pay Points 5-12 (£23,500-£26,421) ProRota

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern:Term Time, 37.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

Start date: Mar/Apr 2024

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in our academies. Thereis a well-established culture of safeguarding that permeates all work that we undertake. In order to meet this responsibility, we follow a rigorous selection process. This process is outlined here, but can be provided in more detail if requested. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and Childcare Disqualification check.

Ofsted December 2022:

•Safeguarding is effective.

•Leaders have been resolute in making sure that the safety of pupils is paramount.

•Leaders have developed and unified expert teams of staff, including pastoral, welfare and behaviour, to work alongside the safeguarding team. This has strengthened leaders’ ability to identify concerns very rapidly. It has also ensured that help is quickly at hand for pupils and their families.

•Pupils say that they know who they can talk to if they have a problem.

•Leaders have radically overhauled the systems used by the school to improve pupils’ behaviour. This has been very well-received by pupils.

•You have established much higher expectations of pupils’ learning behaviours.

About the role:

As a Teaching Assistant you will support pupils, parents, and teachers, to establish a supportive learning environment in which children make good academic progress. You will be instrumental in our mission to provide every student, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life.

View the full job description and person specification here

About our school:

We are an all-through school admitting pupils from Nursery - Year 11. Our mission is to create a school in which every child thrives, academically and socially.

We offer an exciting and aspirational all-through curriculum which is carefully planned to ensure that our students develop and grow their knowledge throughout their whole school career.This is supported by a wide range of enrichment and extra-curricular opportunities – extending our curriculum well beyond the classroom.

Our school values are: ‘Wisdom, Resilience, Kindness’ – and they permeate everything we do in school with our pupils, our parents, our staff, and the wider community. We recognise our role in addressing inequality by ensuring that all pupils, regardless of circumstance have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.

Why work for us?

·We take CPD seriously, which is why we offer twice the numberof training days as standard·Regular staff wellbeing events including themed food days

·Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering up to£1,000 a year in savingsfrom over 3,000 major retailers

·Interest-free loansof up to £5,000 available for season tickets or a bicycles

·Eye-care vouchers

Please note that if you are NOT a passport holder of the country for the vacancy you might need a work permit. Check our Blog for more information.

Bank or payment details should not be provided when applying for a job. Eurojobs.com is not responsible for any external website content. All applications should be made via the 'Apply now' button.

Created on 22/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom