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Establishment: Co-op Academy Northwood Location: Co-op Academy Northwood Salary: £18751 - £19655 PA plus pay award pending Department: Teaching & Learning Support Job Type: Part-Time Key Stage: Key Stage 1

Closing Date: 03/07/2025 15:00 Interview Date: 07/07/2025 Start Date: 01/09/2025

Additional Information

Contract Type: Temporary Contract Term: TTO - Term time only Hours per Week: 32.50 Weeks per Year: 45.640 Pay Grade: NJC L4

The Role

Join our dynamic school community as a Teaching Assistant! At Co-op Academy Northwood, we are committed to providing a nurturing and stimulating learning environment where every child can reach their full potential. We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Teaching Assistant to join our team and play a key role in supporting our students and colleagues. If you are passionate about education and enjoy working with children, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

At Northwood, we are looking for an ambitious and hard-working individual to join a busy team within the primary phase. The purpose of the role is to work in partnership with class teachers to support learning in line with the national curriculum, codes of practice and academy policies and procedures. You will also provide small group interventions using specific programmes as directed.

The main duties will involve:  

•  To work under the guidance of the class teacher to support teaching and learning in the classroom
•  To provide general support to the class teacher in the management and organisation of the pupils and the classroom
•  To run small group interventions to close gaps or to meet specific SEND/SEMH needs
•  To assist the teacher in creating and maintaining a purposeful, orderly and supportive learning environment
•  To promote the inclusion of all pupils, ensuring they have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop
•  To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within school
•  Promote positive pupil behaviour in line with academy policies for culture of learning
•  Monitor and record pupil responses and learning achievements, resolving all but the most complex problems independently

Our ideal candidate will have: 

• Excellent communication skills and be able to build good relationships with young people and adults 
• An ability to deal with students and staff so that they feel they have been dealt with consistently and fairly
• An ability to convey authority and earn students respect, with the ability to make good decisions really fast.
• The ability to show initiative whilst knowing when to take advice
• Good judgement over matters of confidentiality and integrity in dealing with sensitive information about students
• Strong IT skills with the ability to positively respond to training in the use of school IT packages.

Why us?

At Co-op Academy Northwood, be part of a dedicated and welcoming team in a vibrant and inclusive primary school. Opportunities for professional development and career progression within the school. The chance to make a real difference in the lives of children by helping them achieve their full potential. Supportive leadership and a positive working environment that values the contributions of all our colleagues.

All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours.

Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon-fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.

Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community. We take responsibility for our own learning; we want to become independent learners.

Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves. All of us have equal chances to succeed.

Equity: We want to look for the best in each other. Rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.

Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.

Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.

Our Values

Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy. We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:

Succeed together

Do what matters most

Be yourself, always

Show you care

So, if you believe in our values, we would love to hear from you! 

We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:

Benefits include:

Our employee benefits package includes:

• You’ll get to be a Co-op member, and you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
• Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
• Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
• Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders).
• Co-op Funeral care benefit
• Season ticket and rental deposit loans

And More! 

For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk

The Trust is also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.

Qualifications

Related Documents

Job description and person specification TA Job Description & Person Spec.docx Download

Safeguarding Information

Co-op Academies Trust, as an aware employer, is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust on its behalf.

Co-op Academies Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all its employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced check by the DBS and satisfactory references. All our colleagues are expected to demonstrate a commitment to co-operative values and principles.

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