Teaching Assistant

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39 weeks per year. 9am to 3pm daily.

Here at Cloudside we strive to work closely with our community to lead and guide every Cloudside child to success. We endeavour to share our love for learning with each child and encourage them to lead their own life-long learning with clarity and confidence. In our recent Ofsted report (January 2022) where we were graded Good in all areas, it was stated ‘Leaders, teachers and support staff strive to provide the best education for pupils. Leaders have carefully designed an ambitious curriculum’.

We are looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant who is highly organised, motivated and committed to the success of the Academy.  The successful candidate will be someone who can build excellent relationships with our children and be committed to high standards in the classroom. Have good verbal and written communication skills and be able to work as part of a motivated and supportive team.  The role will be to work with children across our school to complete targeted interventions such as Precision teaching, Lexia and 1:1 Reading.  In addition, the role will include covering classes when needed.

The post would be ideally suited to someone who is caring, passionate about education and has the capacity to work with pupils to develop their full potential. 

Specifically, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting the development of all pupils
• Target intervention groups
• To assist in the preparation of resources and materials
• To cover classes across the school as needed
• To maintain effective working relationships with colleagues
• Create exciting curriculum based displays
• Provide basic first aid (when qualified)

To be successful, you will have:

• A positive approach to all pupils and staff.
• A good sense of humour.
• Be able to work as part of a team.
• Use own initiative as necessary. 

In return we can offer:

• An opportunity to work with a strong, supportive and dynamic team of professionals;
• work in a school with high aspirations for all of its pupils and staff;
• excellent in house training and CPD opportunities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee Assistance scheme

Cloudside Academy is part of L.E.A.D. Academy Trust which is a registered charity created in 2011.  The Trust aims, through outstanding leadership, to provide the highest quality education to enable every pupil to realise their full potential.  Further information about the Trust can be found here http://www.leadacademytrust.co.uk/about-us

This is a superb opportunity to develop and progress professionally and to impact upon children’s learning.

Please view our website www.cloudsideacademy.co.uk to learn more about our school. For an application form please contact Sam Grogan on 0115 9392263 or info@cloudsideacademy.co.uk.  Interview date: Thursday 17^th July 2025.  Closing Date: Monday 7^th July 2025.