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Teaching Assistants
Dates To start as soon as possible
Contract Type Term Time
Contract Term Permanent
Salary LGS Band 3
Teaching assistants required - 37 hours per week, Term time to include inset days at Heybridge Alternative Provision School (APS)
We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic TA's to contribute to high quality teaching and learning. You will have the opportunity to support teaching staff and work 1:1 with students either in the centre or offsite.
Heybridge APS was graded 'good' at our last inspection and we are aiming to be outstanding. We expect the same ambition from all our staff. If you feel you have the skills and dedication to support challenging young people as part of a small friendly team, we welcome your application
Heybridge APS is a mixed 11-16 Pupil Referral Unit with strong partnership links to our referring Secondary Schools. We cater for up to 115 pupils.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and this appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
For further details and an application form email Paula Keane, Office Manager on paula.keane@heybridgeaps.co.uk
Please do not send your CV, an application form must be completed
Closing date for applications 7 November
Interview date 2 December
Information about the School
Mid Essex Co-operative Academy is an 4 – 16 school for 135 young people most of whom have found it difficult to be successful in a mainstream school.
We are very proud of the provision we offer. Students are taught in small groups and they study the core curriculum at both Key Stage 3 and 4. In addition to the core curriculum, we provide rich and varied extended curriculum opportunities ranging from music therapy, targeted literacy intervention, horse riding to vocational courses and work experience placements. Small classes benefit students and enable them to make good progress as staff can ensure that learning is tailored to individual student needs.
At Key Stage 3, in partnership with local schools, we focus on supporting young people to return to a mainstream school. At Key Stage 4, we focus on providing the opportunity for students to gain 5 GCSEs to ensure a successful transition to post 16 education or training. Many of the young people who attend Mid Essex Co-operative Academy arrive here at a point of crisis or conflict in their lives. It is our aim to ensure that we help them to regain a sense of confidence and self-esteem which allows them to compete on equal terms with their peers, despite the disruption to their education caused by leaving mainstream school. We have an ongoing target that none of our Year 11 leavers are NEET (Not in education, employment or training) and we regularly maintain this excellent target.
The Primary unit for Key Stage 1 and 2 students is located in Witham. The school opened in January 2021. As with the secondary unit, this serves young people, most of whom have found it difficult to be successful in a mainstream school. We are very proud of the provision we offer. Students are taught in small groups and they study the core curriculum. In addition to the core curriculum, we provide rich and varied extended curriculum opportunities ranging from music therapy, targeted literacy intervention, horse riding to vocational courses and work experience placements. Small classes benefit students and enable them to make good progress as staff can ensure that learning is tailored to individual student needs.