United Learning
Teaching Assistant
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Trumpington Community College
Trumpington Community College was built in 2015 on the south side of Cambridge, and the new school building provides a great environment for both working and learning. The school is growing and admitted 150 new pupils in Year 7 for the first time in September 2023. This growth will provide excellent future career progression opportunities. Following the Ofsted inspection in November 2023, Trumpington Community College is now a Good school. Excitingly, two areas of the school were judged to be Outstanding Quality of Education, and Leadership and Management.
Pupils know that staff at the school have unashamedly high ambition for them. They appreciate the hard work teachers put into designing engaging and challenging lessons. Pupils respond by working hard. High-quality training supports teachers to deliver the curriculum's aspirational aims. Staff are hugely proud to work in the school. They feel cared for, engaged with, and valued.
One parent comment, reflective of many, was: "The statistics show the school is clearly achieving exceptional academic things with all its students. But it is that it manages this in a joyful, safe, and loving way that I find so deeply impressive. I love going there and so do my children."
We are unashamedly ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment, or needs.
We believe that Knowledge Is Power. Our most important purpose is to teach young people things they would not learn outside school which empower them. We also believe in Education with Character. We want young people to look back on a schooling that has inspired and challenged them, given them wide opportunities, and prepared them for the ups and downs of life.
We have high expectations and standards, and we teach through explicit/direct instruction (using the Rosenshine Principles) and utilising TLAC 3.0 techniques. In this way, we achieve strong GCSE outcomes, excellent student conduct, and a feeling of community throughout the College.
We are part of a cluster of schools within the United Learning group: The Galfrid School, Coleridge Community College, Trumpington Community College, Parkside Community College, and Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology. We embrace United Learning's aim to offer a life-changing education to children and young people, and we work as a team to achieve more than any single school could. We share knowledge and resources within the cluster and the group to simplify work processes and manage workloads to achieve excellent results while improving work-life balance. As a cluster and as a group, we can look after our staff better.
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United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check.
We always appoint on merit, and we are open to discussing flexible working options.
Job details
Job Description: Teaching Assistant
- Reports to: SENDCo
- Pay Scale: TA Band 1
- Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, term time only
Job Purpose:
To support the classroom teacher to facilitate the active participation of children in the academic and social activities of the school.
Principal Accountabilities:
Support for children
- Under the direction of the teacher, carry out pre-determined tasks to support pupil learning.
- Establish and maintain supportive relationships with individual pupils or small groups to ensure they understand and can achieve the tasks.
- Provide learning support as required for children with special needs, or where English is not their first language.
- Help with the care and support for pupils, including attending to their emotional and/or physical care needs.
- Support inclusion in the classroom, ensuring all pupils feel involved with tasks and activities.
Support for curriculum
- Under the direction of the teacher, support the school curriculum, including literacy and numeracy activities.
- Support the use of ICT in the curriculum.
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Support for teacher
- Complete records and contribute to reports on pupil progress and development as directed.
- Provide information to help the class teacher plan appropriate work programmes.
- Help to prepare the learning environment for use.
- Undertake support activities for the teacher as required, e.g., photocopying, preparation of materials, mounting displays.
- Contribute to the management of pupil behaviour and take control of minor situations to allow the teacher to continue the lesson.
Support for school
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with other staff and parents or carers.
- Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and healthy environment.
- Attend and actively participate in staff meetings.
- Provide support for school events, e.g., school plays, events.
General Accountabilities:
- Be responsible for one's own safety and not endanger that of colleagues/visitors to the workplace.
- Work in compliance with the Codes of Conduct, Regulations, and policies of the Cluster, and its commitment to equal opportunities and safeguarding.
- Ensure that output and quality of work is of a high standard and complies with current legislation/standards.
This job description sets out the key outcomes required. It does not specify in detail the activities required to achieve these outcomes. As a term of your employment, you may reasonably be expected to perform duties of a similar or related nature to those outlined in the job description.
This job description will be reviewed and updated periodically to ensure that it relates to the job performed or to incorporate any proposed changes. This procedure will be conducted by the line manager in consultation with the post holder. In these circumstances, it will be the aim to reach agreement on reasonable changes, but if agreement is not possible, management reserves the right to make changes to the job description following consultation.
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