Teaching Assistant

London

Working With Us Harris Academy Battersea is a mixed state secondary school serving a truly comprehensive community in the heart of London. We are an Ofsted ‘ Outstanding ' school with a track record of delivering fantastic outcomes year on year for our students.

Our Academy is centred on the values of Knowledge, Integrity and Resilience and these underpin the way we work for both students and staff. Our staff are inclusive, diverse and committed to our mission: we develop aspirational young people to thrive in a changing world.

HABS offers a broad, academic and challenging curriculum founded on six key curriculum aims:

To develop deep, long-lasting knowledge

To develop students into accomplished readers, writers and orators

To provide experiences within and beyond the classroom that enrich learning and ensure students can make informed choices about their futures

To equip students to challenge injustice in all its forms

To enable students to understand how they learn

To support students to reflect on their choices and values to improve themselves and their community

These aims underpin all elements of our curriculum, and we see our core academic curriculum and wider personal development curriculum as intrinsically linked . All staff at the Academy contribute to the personal development of our students through their roles as tutors and through their contributions to the wider life of the academy.

A thriving school can only function with fantastic staff, and our vision is to make teaching at HABS both enjoyable and sustainable . The wellbeing of staff underpins every decision we make, and we seek to ensure that every member of staff can enjoy a work-life-balance enabling them to bring their best to work each day.

At HABS, professional growth and development is central to our mission. Our professional development motto is ‘improve, not prove' and leaders are relentlessly focussed on supporting staff in getting even better through a wide range of internal and external training opportunities.

As a part of the Harris Federation , all staff in the Academy benefit from being part of our network of more than fifty primary and secondary academies across London. Vibrant networks of subject experts meet regularly, and teachers can access bespoke support from our central teams of consultants.

Main Areas of Responsibility Your responsibilities will include:

Supervising and supporting identified students in 1:1, group or whole class situations, ensuring their safety and access to learning in a purposeful and supportive learning environment.

Assisting in developing resources, schemes of work and teaching strategies, working with the teacher to ensure the provision supports learning needs.

Assisting in evaluating identified students’ progress and providing feedback on their achievements, progress and needs.

Leading small group sessions and interventions as appropriate.

Attending to students’ personal needs where required.

Supporting with behaviour management.

Undertaking learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities to ensure achievement of learning goals.

Assisting with the supervision of students out of lesson times, including playtimes and undertaking lunchtime duty.

Supporting students with their learning and development in respect of local and national learning strategies.

Preparing the classroom for lessons, clearing afterwards and assisting with the display of students’ work.

Preparing and maintaining resources and assisting students in their use.

Undertaking record keeping as requested.

Establishing and maintaining positive relationships with parents/carers, gathering and reporting information as directed.

Providing administrative support as required.

Accompanying teaching staff and students on visits, trips and off site activities as required.

What We are Looking For The successful candidate will have:

Qualifications to degree level or equivalent

Basic knowledge of SEND and learning barriers

Some knowledge of strategies in working with young people with challenging behaviours

Knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds

Awareness of Health and Safety issues in the workplace

Experience of working directly with young people in an education or training environment, supporting the learning of students

Experience of establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders, at all levels

Experience of managing and being responsible for own workload

Good literacy and numeracy skills

Good interpersonal and communication skills, with an excellent standard of written and spoken English

Good administrative and organisational skills

Ability to interest, encourage, motivate and engage children

Ability to work effectively with team members across a wide range of levels and responsibilities

Good ICT skills, including a working knowledge of Microsoft packages and the ability to update records and databases.

Ability to work using own initiative, exercising good judgement where unsupervised

Flexibility of approach to work

Ability to maintain confidentiality, exercising tact and diplomacy

Applying for this Position Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, and many other benefits. Lea...