Teaching Assistant

About this Role

This could not be a more exciting time to lead within the St Mark's family, following our Outstanding Ofsted inspection in May 2024. Outcomes at the Academy at Key Stage 4 are in the top 9% of all schools nationally with a Progress 8 Score of +0.65. In 2023 an impressive 60% of all A Levels were awarded A

• -B grades with 30% of students securing a place at a Russell Group University.


St Mark's were inspected by Ofsted in March 2023. The Academy performed exceptionally well in all areas, with particular reference made to expert curriculum design; transformational teaching and learning underpinned by the highest expectations; the extra-curricular offer and staff and pupil wellbeing.

Do you have the highest expectations for every member of the school community and believe in transformational education for all, irrespective of starting points and background?

Are you able to win hearts and minds with your full support of the school's inclusive Christian ethos and values of Love, Hope and Trust?

Are you passionate about ensuring that students from disadvantaged backgrounds have access to a life changing Quality of Education?

Do you have the experience, skills, insights and determination to help lead the school from good to outstanding alongside an inspirational and values driven SLT?

If you can answer yes to all these questions, we would love to hear from you.

The inclusion department at St Mark's Academy is vibrant and flourishing. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated SEND TA to join our wonderful team, who, ideally, has the experience and passion to work with students with special educational needs and understands how to motivate and support pupils to reach their potential. We are a very supportive department, who work hard to enable our teaching assistants to progress further in their careers. We look forward to hearing from you.

Full details of the responsibilities can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification for this post.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children's Barred List check and satisfactory references.

It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a 'regulated activity'. The position advertised is a 'regulated activity' and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 [Exceptions] Order 1975.

Anthem will undertake a basic online check for all shortlisted candidates.