Teaching Assistant (Permanent)

Northern Education Trust is seeking to appoint a dedicated Teaching Assistant to join the team at Dyke House Academy. In this role, you will work as part of the academy/department to support interventions with students who require additional mentoring to achieve their GCSEs. You will also work with other small groups and individual students across both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 as required. Your primary focus will be to promote the learning and welfare of students by providing practical and learning support, including supporting those with special needs, under the direction of a class teacher or Inclusion Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver Interventions: Prepare and deliver targeted intervention programs to individuals and small groups, enabling them to achieve maximum access and participation in the National Curriculum.
• Student Mentoring: Interview students to discuss reasons for under-performance , assist in developing intervention materials, and keep detailed logs of student progress.
• Classroom Support: Work under the direction of the class teacher to assist in planning, monitoring, and evaluating learning objectives.
• Skill Development: Help students further develop their literacy, language, and reasoning skills, while assisting them with the organization and preparation of set assignments.
• Direct Student Aid: Aid learning by clarifying instructions , ensuring students can use equipment , motivating learners , and helping them concentrate to finish their work.
• Inclusion & Support: Support students with special needs to encourage acceptance and inclusion , develop methods to reinforce self-esteem , and assist in creating Individual Learning Plans (ILP).
• Behaviour & Environment: Establish productive working relationships with students, act as a role model, and support the "expectations for learning" system to maintain high standards of behaviour.
• Collaboration & Communication: Liaise regularly with teachers, heads of department, and parents/carers regarding student progress, ILPs, and feedback.
• Technology: Assist in maximizing the use of ICT in the learning process under the direction of the teacher.
• Cover Coverage: Occasionally supervise whole classes during short-term absences of teachers.
• Exam Invigilation Assist with the invigilation of internal and external examination and assessments as required