Teaching Assistant

About the Role

Are you passionate about supporting young people in their learning, to be the best they can be? If so, we’d love to hear from you. We are recruiting for Teaching Assistants to work in our Inclusion team.

Our Inclusion team is a large team of specialists who work together to share expertise and support students, in lessons, in their learning. Our Teaching Assistants support teaching to ensure that all of our students’ needs are being met and students are reaching their full potential.

We welcome applications from colleagues with all levels of experience; we have a strong professional development programme for all of our staff at all stages of their career.

We are able to consider applications from those interested in full-time or part-time working. A full-time posts is 26 hours across 5 days a week. Please state on your application form your preference.

If you would like to visit the school for a tour or find out more, then please get in touch.

Job Requirements

• Grade 5 in English and Maths at GCSE

• Experience of working with young people in a school setting

• Experience of supporting students with additional needs

• Experience of working in a secondary school

About Iveshead School

Iveshead is an inclusive 11-19 school in the heart of the Shepshed community with our core values of ‘Respect, Succeed, Enrich’. We have high expectations of our students and are ambitious for each and every one of them. Our mission is clear - we want to ensure that all of our students have an excellent education and experience of school, giving them opportunity and choice beyond Year 11 and Year 13.

Our students are fantastic young people who work hard, enjoy learning and make every day different. We are incredibly lucky that we have a dedicated team of staff: our teachers are subject experts who love teaching their subject. We work together to ensure that we are removing barriers and helping students to flourish. We are a truly inclusive school and are rightly proud of our two specialist provisions.

We have an impressive Sixth Form where we retain students to study a wide range of A Level and vocational courses. Students are successful in gaining places at universities, securing places for competitive apprenticeships and employment opportunities beyond Year 13.

Our school campus is very well resourced; our Sixth Form students study in a brand new Sixth Form Centre which was opened at the beginning of this academic year. We offer a supportive and welcoming environment with respect for all, a dedicated staff and a strong blend of activities which create an enriching and successful education for all students at Iveshead.

About Mowbray Education Trust

As a leading, high performing education provider, the Mowbray Education Trust (MET) is a multi- academy trust currently educating around 2,500 pupils from the age of 2 to 16. Our schools are based in the town of Melton Mowbray and surrounding villages in the Borough of Melton and are easily commutable from Grantham, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham, and Oakham.

As an organization, we are always looking to develop our staff to grow their career with us through mentoring and professional development opportunities. Our staff are driven by one main vision, to do our best for every single pupil so that they can develop to their full potential, to act courageously and with integrity in all that they do.

Mowbray Education Trust reserves the right to close adverts early if sufficient applications are received.

All roles are subject to full pre-employment safeguarding checks; including an Enhanced DBS with Barred List check - this includes a 6-month probationary period.