Teaching Assistant

Fortis Academy have an opening for a dedicated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to support learning in a vibrant secondary school environment! Our ideal candidate is patient proactive and passionate about helping students succeed across a range of subjects. Youll work closely with teachers to deliver engaging lessons provide one-on-one support and help create a positive inclusive classroom atmosphere. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference in young peoples lives while gaining valuable experience in education. Join us and inspire the next generation!

Fortis Academy is a very large 11-18 academy serving alocal area of high-density housing in Birminghams outer suburbs. The Academy is the largest employer in theward with over 200 employees. It is part of the North Area Network of schoolsone of six network regions in the city. The setting is uniquely split into aFoundation Academy and Senior Academy.

Fortis Academys vision is Enriching Lives. This isunderpinned by the values of Character Resilience and Aspiration. Ourcurriculum centres around three key areas; a rich and ambitious knowledge-basedacademic curriculum a continuous attention to physical and mental well-beingwith increasing use of 21st century technologies to support improved believe this combination will help our students lead confident healthy andfulfilled lives as adults and ready for the world of work.

Shaw Education Trust are a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary Secondary and Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust a charity organisation that focuses on transforming lives. Were a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful whatever their starting point in life.

In our secondary schools we pride ourselves on our innovative approach to curriculum design to ensure all our schools have breadth and ambition for all students regardless of their starting points and barriers. Standard curriculum models dont always engage all students so we constantly seek to innovate and provide better opportunities to develop both knowledge and skills for life. We want our students to believe their curriculum is bold exciting purposeful and ultimately leads to something meaningful for them. Some examples of our innovation include moving towards an extended school day to provide a world class enrichment programme and more opportunities for essential skills like reading and cultural capital. We are also introducing vocational and technical pathways which run through the normal school curriculum but attract support from leading employers and universities to develops work-readiness in our students so that they can progress onto T Levels and apprenticeships.

We are currently at an exciting point in their evolution with collaboration at the heart of our collective endeavour. We dont operate in silos: we value the power of the pack and strive to collaborate as a collective ensuring no school or colleague is left behind. We are currently co-constructing an aligned curriculum across all EBacc curriculum subjects to create a world class curriculum rich in powerful knowledge and skills. This is driving up standards through the sharing of the very best practice whilst allowing each school sufficient flexibility for autonomy to do what is right for their local context. A by product of this approach has been the reduction in planning workload for colleagues meaning they can spend more time on the things that matter and fostering strong relationships with pupils and delivery of the curriculum.

Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:

• An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
• Support Staff only based on workingfull time all year- Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holidayrising to 39 daysafter 5 years service including Bank Holidays)
  
• Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
• Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
• Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching) Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
• Free Eye Tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help yougrow contributeandflourishin your role and in the Trust.

We know our people are the key to our success and so were committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.

Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications NPQH NPQSL NPQEYL NPQLL NPQLT NPQLTD NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders.

• Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
• Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
• Access to the Trusts Institute of Education and SCITT.
• Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
• Participating in peer reviews.
• Access to a suite of online courses.
• Placement projects within our family of schools.

Actual Salary: 21272-21950

Working Hours: 37 hours per week 39 weeks per year (term time plus 5 INSET days)

Contract Type: Fixed Term 1 Year