Teaching Assistant (Bank Staff)

Teaching Vacancies; Crowborough; Sur place; GBP 12 000 - 17 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexible work opportunities

Ongoing training and professional dev.

Make a real difference

Résumé du poste

Acre Wood Academy in Crowborough, East Sussex, is seeking Bank Teaching Assistants to provide flexible cover across the school and support teachers in delivering engaging lessons. This casual role fits around other commitments and offers meaningful experience in a dedicated academy community.

The successful candidate will support pupils with learning and development, with training provided. DBS checks and safeguarding compliance are part of the process to join our welcoming team.

Qualifications

• Caring, patient and positive approach.
• Enjoy working with children and young people.
• Flexible, reliable and able to adapt to different classrooms and situations.
• Works well as part of a team while using own initiative.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Previous experience in a school or supporting children is desirable but not essential; training will be provided.

Responsabilités

• Provide cover on an as-needed basis across the academy.
• Support pupils in learning and personal development, individually and in small groups.
• Assist teachers in delivering high-quality learning experiences.
• Help create a safe, positive and stimulating learning environment.
• Encourage pupils' independence, confidence and wellbeing.
• Assist with classroom organisation and preparation of learning resources.
• Support pupils with additional learning, communication or behavioural needs where required.
• Build positive relationships with pupils, colleagues and families.

Connaissances

Caring & patient approach

Enjoys working with children

Flexible & reliable

Team player & initiative

Good communication

Organisational skills

Description du poste

What skills and experience we're looking for

Bank Teaching Assistant

Acre Wood Academy is looking to recruit enthusiastic, caring and flexible Bank Teaching Assistants to join our dedicated team. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals who are passionate about supporting children and young people to achieve their full potential while gaining experience in a rewarding educational environment.

As a Bank Teaching Assistant, you will provide cover on an as-needed basis, supporting pupils across the academy and assisting teachers in delivering high-quality learning experiences. The role offers flexibility and is ideal for those seeking casual work that fits around other commitments.

As a Bank Teaching Assistant, you will:

• Support pupils in their learning and personal development, both individually and in small groups.
• Work alongside teachers to deliver engaging and inclusive learning activities.
• Help create a safe, positive and stimulating learning environment.
• Encourage pupils' independence, confidence and wellbeing.
• Assist with classroom organisation and preparation of learning resources.
• Support pupils with additional learning, communication or behavioural needs where required.
• Build positive relationships with pupils, colleagues and families.

We Are Looking For Someone Who:

• Has a caring, patient and positive approach.
• Enjoys working with children and young people.
• Is flexible, reliable and able to adapt to different classrooms and situations.
• Works well as part of a team while also using their own initiative.
• Has good communication and organisational skills.
• Previous experience in a school or supporting children is desirable but not essential, as training and support will be provided.

We offer:

• A welcoming and supportive team environment.
• Flexible working opportunities.
• Ongoing training and professional development.
• The opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of our pupils.
• A rewarding role within a dedicated and inclusive academy community.

Safeguarding

Acre Wood Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and all other pre-employment checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.

What the school offers its staff

About Us

Acre Wood is a specialist school for pupils and students aged 4-19, with a wide range of special education needs, including Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD), Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD) and Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It is set across three sites (primary, secondary and sixth form), located closely together in Crowborough, East Sussex.

The school is now part of London South East Academies Trust. This will bring many new opportunities as we embark on our exciting journey as Acre Wood Academy.

About the Trust

London South East Academies Trust is a growing and ambitious Multi-Academy Trust, currently comprising mainstream, special and alternative provision academies, alongside an outreach service and a music hub. Our schools are located across Bromley, Bexley, Sussex, Lambeth and Surrey, serving a wide range of communities and educational contexts.

Across the Trust, our schools share a strong commitment to raising attainment, encouraging aspiration and supporting social mobility for every pupil, throughout their educational journey and beyond. We take a holistic but personalised approach to education, recognising that children thrive when their individual strengths, needs and circumstances are properly understood and supported. This enables pupils to flourish and achieve their full potential, whatever their starting point.

We believe that great schools are built by great people. As a Trust, we invest in our staff through strong professional development and leadership opportunities, clear expectations and supportive structures. We actively encourage collaboration and the sharing of best practice across schools, supported by high-quality, cost-effective central services that allow leaders and teachers to focus on what matters most: improving outcomes for pupils.

London South East Academies Trust sits within the Elevare Civic Education Group, which also includes a multi-campus further and higher education college, London South East Colleges and a charitable foundation, Elevare Education Foundation. This unique structure provides meaningful progression pathways for pupils and families, as well as broad development and career opportunities for staff across the wider Group.

Our teams are united by a shared belief in the power of education to change lives. By continuing to grow our Trust and welcoming new expertise and perspectives, we aim to strengthen our schools further and extend the positive impact we have on our communities.

London South East Academies Trust is fully committed to being an Equal Opportunities Employer and to creating a diverse, inclusive and respectful working environment, free from discrimination and harassment. We welcome and encourage applications from all, regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, parental status or marital or partnership status.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we will offer an interview to applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you have accessibility needs or require any reasonable adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please let us know.

Please note that if a suitable applicant is identified, we may close the advert before the published closing date.

If you have any specific queries about the role, please contact us [e-mail].

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.