are you a graduate looking for secondary teaching experience as a teaching assistant before pursuing a secondary pgce in september 203 are you dynamic vibrant and enthusiastic secondary teaching assistant birmingham longterm position immediate start crb pending per day 5 days per week good secondary school where you will gain invaluable pgce experience are you looking for a career in education and want to gain your experience as a teaching assistant in a top secondary school starting the new year one of my client schools in north birmingham has a position for an enthusiastic graduate as a teaching assistant attendance and achievement is extremely high with behavioural issues low you will be required to work with students across the school covering numeracy and literacy most of the work will be carried out in groups but there may be additional support required on a 1 basis so clear communication and with the students will be required you will receive excellent instruction and direction from the class teachers and other members of the sen department this is an excellent opportunity for you to get the experience you need if you are pursuing your secondary pgce what better experience then working in a school where teachers and students are proud of their schools results and reputation the school is a large mixed specialist technology college it is heavily oversubscribed and attracts students from a wide area and broad social background a high proportion of students are eligible for free school meals and almost one third of students are from minority ethnic backgrounds two thirds of students in the sixth form qualify for the education maintenance allowance the special learning centre attached to the school has students these students all have a statement of special educational need and most have speech and specific learning disabilities the school is the lead in a federation of three schools the school is a leading edge school providing school improvement training and services for other schools the school has artsmark and sportsmark and is a microsoft partnership school achievement and standards are good students enter the school with attainment that is close to the national average and they make good progress by the end of year the proportion of students attaining five or more a to c grades at gcse has improved significantly since the time of the last inspection in to 78 in there are however a few subjects such as english literature where the results are lower than expected particularly for the higher attaining students standards at the end of year are average and improving students are currently making good progress in lessons and this is shown by the schools internal assessment reports the school sets challenging targets and monitors progress rigorously so that all students are aware of what they need to do to improve the school works hard to raise the achievement of different groups of students those with specific learning difficulties and disabilities make outstanding