Teaching Assistant (Primary)

Teaching Assistant (Primary)
Academy 360
Sunderland
SR4 9BA

£19,698 FTE, Actual £17,349.39
Term time only (39 weeks), 37 hours per week
Permanent

Academy 360 holds the prestigious Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM) and is recognised as a Centre of Excellence. Trustees seek to appoint a Teaching Assistant (Primary) with effect from as soon as possible. The successful candidate must be able to enthuse and inspire young people and demonstrate determination to raise aspirations of students.

The Laidlaw Schools Trust is a growing family of seven schools helping transform thousands of young lives in North East England.  LST invests significantly in the training and development of all staff and is able to offer all staff a wide range of opportunities and benefits.

Academy 360 is an All-Through Academy providing education for students aged 4 – 16. Serving the community of Pennywell, Academy 360 is a rapidly improving school committed to transforming the life chances of young people through inspirational education.  As a member of Laidlaw Schools Trust it benefits from the support of being a partner in a small local Multi Academy Trust which also includes one of the main feeder Primary schools for Academy 360’s Secondary school.

Our staff are:

• Committed, enthusiastic practitioners seeking to support excellent progress for our students
• Educators who aspire to the highest standards of behaviour, academic success, and wellbeing for all in our community
• Resilient, reflective and thoughtful professionals, seeking to develop themselves with us

The successful candidate will join a successful MAT where all Academies support each other to the benefit of our pupils and their families. Our Academies also enjoy strong support from an experienced LST central team, based in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Further details and an application pack can be downloaded from the Careers section on the Laidlaw Schools Trust website https://www.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk/72/vacancies-1. If you wish to have an informal discussion about this post, please contact: Helena West, Primary Head Teacher; Helena.west@academy360.co.uk

Closing Date: 12 noon on Thursday 21^st September 2023
Interviews will take place:  TBC
Applications should be returned to: hradmin@academy360.co.uk
Please note that CVs will not be accepted.

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