2 x Teaching Assistants
Level 3
Full time plus 5 INSET days (there are 13 week’s holiday over the course of the year)
Salary: Grade 5 – up to £24,043
This is an excellent opportunity for two successful candidates with a passion for supporting the learning experience of young people to join the SEND team at St Gregory’s Catholic High School as a Teaching Assistant (Level 3). The SEND department is a wonderful team of caring and collaborative people who are well regarded in the St Gregory’s community.
St Gregory’s is an Ofsted ‘Good’ School with an Outstanding Catholic life judgement (Section 48). Both reports can be viewed by clicking this link: https://www.stgregoryshigh.com/about-us/ofsted
St. Gregory’s is proud to be one of the highest performing schools in both Warrington and the Liverpool Archdiocese area and as such we are oversubscribed with a waiting list to join our school community. We are proud to be the one of the highest attending schools in the North West and pupil behaviour is excellent.
Our Ofsted report noted “Pupils at St Gregory’s are happy, confident and welcoming to visitors. They like each other. There is a strong sense of community across the school. This reflects the school vision, ‘One family inspired to learn’. One pupil said: ‘We are cared about as individuals but, because everyone cares, that makes us all one.”
The successful candidate will join a passionate and successful SEND and pastoral team to work with and supervise individuals and groups of children alongside teaching &/or senior staff, inclusive of specific individual learning needs and enabling access to learning for all pupils.
You will provide assistance and support in classroom management, behaviour techniques and provide specialist support in a specific curricular/resource area depending on your areas of experience.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a top performing school which is expanding and completing a period of growth due to our sustained success.
The Job Description and CES Support Staff Application Form are available from the school website.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be expected to undertake a criminal record check via the DBS.
Please return a completed CES Support Staff application form to recruitment@stgregoryshigh.com
Only CES application forms will be accepted.
Application deadline: Monday 13th May 2024 at 3pm
Shortlisting and notification of interview: Tuesday 14th May 2024
Interview date: Friday 17th May 2024
Curriculum Leader for Design Technology & Whole School STEM Leadership
(as part of CEIAG team)
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Start date: September 1st 2024
Salary: £57,933 (based on UPS3 scale and TLR1b)
Salary breakdown: M, £30,000 to UPS3, £46,525 plus a TLR1b payment of £11,408, (role doesn’t have to include the include whole school STEM leadership element and can be negotiated). For exceptional candidates that are not currently paid at the top of the teachers’ pay scale, we will be happy to negotiate an accelerated pay scale if strong performance can be demonstrated at interview)
St. Gregory’s Catholic High School is offering an incredible and unique opportunity for a Leader of Design Technology to join our successful and thriving school community. You will have the privilege of working with wonderful students who have a thirst for learning in an environment which is focussed on positivity and strong relationships.
St Gregory’s is an exceptional place to work, staff say it is a privilege to work here and not a chore. Staff and pupils have positive and supportive working relationships with each other and the students that they teach. We are proud to have the highest pupil attendance levels in Warrington and at national level and the behaviour of pupils is excellent enabling high levels of teaching practice to take place without disruption.
The main aspect of this role is to lead the Design Technology subject area. The whole school element of the STEM role will see you working alongside colleagues who lead on the STEM area of Maths and Science careers and overall whole school CEIAG. Your role will be lead on the whole school STEM area of Engineering and Design industries, helping pupils to see a future in this particular career path. This is an exciting role that you can help develop and grow.
The Technology team are a collaborative group of people to work with and you will be well supported in your career development to progress further. The team is small and consists of 2 full time DT/Engineering/Construction colleagues who produce the competitive outcomes at both local and national level.
As a practitioner, you will have the opportunity to take part in bespoke research projects that will enhance your professional development and contributions to school life.
If you are hardworking, positive and want to work in one of the best schools in the North West, this opportunity is too good to miss for you to grow and be successful in your career.
The Design Technology curriculum can be accessed here: Design & Technology | St Gregory's Catholic High School (stgregoryshigh.com)
We are proud that our Design Technology curriculum is ambitious for all learners and is administered in a thriving and industrious environment. Our pupils relish the exploration of diverse texts and they are enthusiastic in approaching key thematic ideas.
Vacancies at St Gregory’s are unique and an opportunity to join one of the highest performing (top 4) schools in the Liverpool Archdiocese and Warrington areas. Our most recent examination performance produced a progress 8 score of +0.18.
Our school is well oversubscribed with a waiting list for admission in every year group. Our recent expansion in pupil numbers is now complete and has coincided with a building refurbishment of 23 new classrooms, a new sports hall and a new chapel.
Our school is at the heart of the thriving Catholic Parishes of West Warrington situated in an area of substantial growth next to all of the key motorway routes in the North West. We take pride in our relationship with the local community, partner primary schools and our partnerships within the archdiocese trust.
In January 2020, Ofsted’s inspection report, conducted under the new inspection framework, graded the school as ‘Good’ in every area and the school was graded as ‘Outstanding’ in our Section 48 Inspection of the Catholic Life provision of the school in February 2019. We encourage all applicants to read both reports and to review our school website too.
The opening paragraph from the Ofsted report reads: “There is a strong sense of community across the school which reflects the school vision. One pupil said “we are cared about as individuals, but because everyone cares, that makes us all one”
We are now relishing the challenge of continuing our successful journey towards providing an outstanding whole school provision. Your qualities will include being passionate about your subject and a desire to make a big difference to children’s education. Positive relationships are key to our school.
The school welcome and encourage potential applicants to discuss role with the Headteacher but this is not a formal requirement. We also encourage you to review our school website: https://www.stgregoryshigh.com/
Closing Date: Friday 10th May 2024
Shortlisting and Notification of Interview: Friday 10th May 2024
Interviews: week beginning 13th May 2024
The interview process will involve a lesson observation, TLR based task and a formal interview. Further details and application forms are available from www.stgregoryshigh.com. Please return a completed CES application form to recruitment@stgregoryshigh.com
We welcome application discussions and school visits with the headteacher.
Only CES application forms will be accepted.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be expected to undertake a criminal record check via the DBS.
Online checks of shortlisted candidates may be obtained which forms part of our Safer Recruitment procedures and KCSIE Guidance.