Teaching Assistant – Ukrainian Translator, Penrice Academy Ref: PEN23
Starting Salary: £14,847 per annum
35 hours per week, Term time plus 5 INSET Days
1 Year Fixed Term Contract – required to start as soon as possible
Penrice Academy is a truly outstanding school, with wonderful students and forward thinking, inspirational teaching and support staff. We are highly successful with year-on-year exceptional results which now put us in the top 7% of schools nationally. We provide our students with the knowledge, skills and attributes to be successful as they move to the next phase of their education. As a school community, we have relentless drive and ambition to provide the best possible educational experience for each and every one of our students. Penrice Academy is part of Cornwall Education Learning Trust (CELT), a family of Cornish Primary and Secondary Schools, with a strategic vision to ‘learn together to help every child achieve more’. This is an exciting time to join our large, dynamic Trust, which is responsible for educating learners across four secondary schools, one junior school and nine primary schools.
We are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated and enthusiastic team as soon as possible. The successful candidate should have the ability to translate between Ukrainian and English, to help support the learning needs of our Ukrainian students. The successful candidate will provide a high level of assistance in the practical organisation of class activities, undertaking group work and ensuring the welfare and development of students.
If you are interested in applying for this position and wish to have an informal conversation, please contact Claire Gurd, Assistant Headteacher, via email cgurd@penrice.org.uk
Application forms and full details are available to download below:
Applications by CV, letter or social media alone will not be accepted.
Closing date for applications: 9.00am, Monday 6th June 2022
Interviews to be held: Week Commencing 13th June 2022
Cornwall Education Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers and, if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974