Teaching Assistant - Advanced

Are you ready to take the next step in your career journey within Robin Hood Multi Academy Trust? We are looking for an experienced and ambitious colleague currently working as a Teaching Assistant to join our team as a Teaching Assistant (Advanced). This role is designed for an advanced practitioner who is ready to use their enhanced skills and knowledge to support both our pupils and their fellow colleagues.

Why Apply? This is a key leadership opportunity within our support staff team. As an Advanced Teaching Assistant, you will:

• Mentor and Support: Take a proactive role in supporting and mentoring new or less experienced teaching assistants, as well as students and volunteers.
• Lead a Specialty: Act as a whole‑school lead for a designated specialist area, sharing your unique expertise to improve practice across the setting.
• Advance Your Practice: Engage deeply with the MAT Professional Growth Policy, with opportunities to visit and learn from other schools within the Trust to further your own development.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading Learning: You will provide cover and lead class teaching as appropriate. This involves planning, delivering, and assessing lessons under the direction of a teacher.
• Targeted Interventions: You will plan, prepare, and deliver specific intervention programmes designed to close achievement gaps, using formative assessment to adapt provision.
• Expert Support: You will adopt diverse strategies to increase the achievement of all pupils, including those with SEND or from vulnerable groups.

Who We Are Looking For

As an internal candidate, you will already embody our values of personal integrity and professionalism. We are looking for someone who:

• Is an informed and efficient practitioner capable of working with minimum supervision.
• Can communicate effectively with parents, carers, and external professionals regarding pupil progress and attainment.
• Is flexible in their deployment across the school to meet the shifting needs of our pupils.

Safeguarding Robin Hood MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff, including those within our Central Team, to share this commitment and to maintain a vigilant and safe environment across all our academies. This post is considered "regulated activity" (or involves regular access to our school sites) and is therefore subject to an Enhanced DBS check with a check of the Children’s Barred List. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity. All shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a self‑declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. In line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we will conduct an online search on all shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence process. We will discuss any information flagged during this process with the candidate during the interview stage before making a final recruitment decision. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre‑employment checks, including an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Recruitment of Ex Offenders Policy are attached. You are encouraged to read these policies prior to applying to work for us. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Terms and conditions RHMAT is a Living Wage employer. Includes one Staff Wellbeing Day.