Teaching Assistant - Admiral Lord Nelson School
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ADMIRAL LORD NELSON SCHOOL
DUNDAS
LANE
PORTSMOUTH
PO3 5XT
Tel: 023 9236 4536
Email:
Headteacher: Chris Doherty
TEACHING ASSISTANT
Salary: Band 4 £18,799 - £19,891 pro rata (£21,205 - £22,437 fte.)
Hours: 37 hours per week/ 40 weeks per year (term time only plus 1 week)
Contract: Permanent
Start date: ASAP
Closing date: Friday 29th December 2023
Interviews held: ASAP after closing date
Do you believe that students deserve the very best education? Do you want to work with enthusiastic, dedicated colleagues who are committed to our students? This role is for those who like a challenge, working with young people and enjoy doing something different every day. If this challenge appeals to you, please visit our website to find out more about the role.
Admiral Lord Nelson has a proven track record for providing a route into teaching for those with suitable skills and qualifications. We are fully committed to training and developing successful candidates and welcome applications from those with or without prior experience.
In March 2017, OFSTED judged the school as strongly ‘Good’, and we have built on this as we continue our journey to ‘outstanding’. In June 2019, our school won the highly prestigious TES Award for Creative School of the Year in recognition of our commitment to creativity across all aspects of our curriculum.
Salterns Academy Trust is a learning community where every member of staff understands the difference they can make to our students’ outcomes.
If you have an interest in using your skills in this area, then please complete an application form and return it to us. Applicants must have GCSE A*-C or equivalent in English and Mathematics.
Salterns Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. Early applications are encouraged, and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks along with other relevant employment checks.
by Midday Friday 29th December 2023.
All applications will be acknowledged, and unsuccessful candidates will be notified.
Some forms of employment, occupations and professions are exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Working within a School is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions.
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
- If you have been barred from working with Children and/or Adults at risk.
The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings, and any other information held by local police that’s considered relevant to the role. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate.
The successful candidate will then be asked to complete an application for the relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check or if subscribed to the update service provide the necessary details to allow a check to be made.
Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975 - GOV.UK (
The filtering rules were updated on 28 November 2020 as follows:
- warnings, reprimands and youth cautions will no longer be automatically disclosed on a DBS certificate
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than all being automatically disclosed.