Teaching Assistant - L2 - Caerleon Comprehensive School

Educators Wales; Newport; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution is seeking a motivated Teaching Assistant to support students in the Reset Room at Caerleon Comprehensive School. This role focuses on maintaining a calm environment, providing essential support for learners, and assisting staff with administrative tasks. Ideal candidates will enjoy working with students facing challenges and will have the opportunity to contribute to behavioral management strategies within a dedicated team.

Qualifications

• Enjoys working with students facing challenges.
• Ability to assist in behavior management.
• Familiarity with school administrative tasks.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a calm environment in the Reset Room.
• Ensure learners have appropriate work and support.
• Assist with administrative tasks.

Skills

Organisational skills

Ability to maintain calm environment

Communication skills

Education

Registration with EWC

Job description

Teaching Assistant - L2 - Caerleon Comprehensive School

Salary: Grade 3, SCP 5 - 6, £24,790 - £25,183 pro rata

Post No. EDSCH00083.19 - Teaching Assistant - L2 - Caerleon Comprehensive School

32.5 hours per week (8.30-3.30), term time only

Fixed Term to 31.8.26

The post is to commence - September 2025

The Governing Body of Caerleon Comprehensive School, a popular high-achieving school with a student role of 1500, are seeking to appoint a motivated, organised, and hard-working individual to the post of Teaching Assistant to work in our RESET room.

Our Reset Room is a key element of our behaviour management strategy at Caerleon Comprehensive School. We have a conduct code, and as part of this code, learners may be referred to the Reset Room as a sanction for breaking the code. Students may be referred by a classroom teacher, for disrupting learning in lessons, or by a head of year or leadership team member for incidents outside lessons. The Reset Room aims to be a quiet place of reflection where students can consider their behaviour, complete their work, and think about how to behave differently next time. We are looking for a teaching assistant who enjoys working with students facing various challenges or having a bad day.

The Reset Support TA will provide essential support for the Reset Manager, including:

1. Maintaining a calm environment in the Reset room.
2. Ensuring learners have appropriate work, liaising with teachers, supporting Chromebook login and online work, locating relevant hard copy work, and encouraging self-assessment.
3. Assisting with admin tasks such as emails, phone calls, School Comms, and Class Charts.
4. Monitoring learners during private support sessions.
5. Helping develop Reset resources.
6. Taking learners for breaks if needed and collecting them from lessons.

If you wish to discuss this role informally, please contact Mr Tony Gardner, Assistant Headteacher, at 01633 420106.

Further details and application forms are available on this website. Please send your completed application and cover letter to Victoria James at [e-mail].

This post requires registration with the EWC and is subject to a DBS check. It is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).

Closing date: Monday 16 June 2025 at noon.

Applicants must provide evidence of their right to work in the UK, such as a passport or work permit, if invited to interview.

Applications in Welsh or English are welcomed. Newport City Council encourages applications from minority ethnic communities to promote workforce diversity. Applicants should already have the right to work in the UK, as sponsorship is not currently supported.

Our values - Fairness for all, Making a difference, Being responsible, Working together

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