Vacancies
Teaching Assistant
Start date |
ASAP (subject to pre-start checks) |
Contract term |
Fixed term until July 2025 |
Working hours |
Part time – 27.50 hours per week |
Weeks per year |
Term time plus INSET days |
Grade |
Grade 5 |
Salary range |
Support staff pay scale points 5-6 £23,500-£23,893(FTE) £15,025 -£15,276 Pro Rata With a pay award pending |
Location |
Stourfield Infant School |
Reports to |
Headteacher |
About the Post
We are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join our Infant school.
Stourfield Infant School is a large three/four form entry infant school with children from Year R to Year 2. At Stourfield Infant School, the children always come first. Everything we do in school is to help the children feel safe, happy, motivated and confident in their learning and relationships. We believe that children thrive in a caring and intellectually stimulating environment with plenty of praise and encouragement.
The school has a highly-skilled staff team and we pride ourselves on the quality of teaching and learning as well as the excellent achievements of our children. Our core values of respecting, collaborating and aspiring underpin everything we do.
We are looking for an outstanding individual who will relish the opportunity to:
- Primarily work with individual children and/or small groups and to improve their learning
- Become part of our dedicated, friendly, supportive staff team
- Develop skills through personalised and whole school CPD
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in accordance with our Safeguarding and Child Protection policies.
You are likely to be someone who is or has the potential to:
• Be an excellent Teaching Assistant
• Contribute expertise and strengths to help enrich our children’s learning
What we can offer you
- Full on-the-job training
- An opportunity to work with wonderful children and excellent colleagues in a supportive environment
- Automatic membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Free on-site parking
Who we are looking for
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Have a minimum of 3 GCSEs A-C (9-4), including Maths and English, or equivalent.
- Know and are able to apply consistently a range of school policies, particularly those regarding health and safety, equal opportunities, behaviour management, child protection and special educational needs (SEN).
- Have the necessary skills to manage safely, the classroom activities, the physical learning space and the resources for which you are responsible for.
- Understand and are able to use a range of strategies to deal with general classroom behaviour and also individual behavioural needs.
- Take personal responsibility for your own professional development.
- Are flexible and are able to use your initiative.
- Have excellent communication skills.
You will also be keen to live our Twynham Learning employee values which are:
- Aim high
- Keep improving
- Don’t leave anyone behind
- See the bigger picture
Any questions?
To discuss the post or your application, please contact the school office on 01202 424585 Twynham or email us at recruitment@twynhamlearning.com
How to apply
To apply for this vacancy, please submit a Job Application Form and Diversity Questionnaire by email to: recruitment@twynhamlearning.com
Only applications made using our own official application form will be accepted. You can download the form and questionnaire here: www.twynhamlearning.com/187/staff-vacancies
The closing date is 27 November at 9am. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 4 December 2024
Twynham Learning values diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to eliminate unlawful discrimination and promote diversity throughout our whole workforce. We want our workforce to be representative of all sections of our community, so we give equal opportunities to all job applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability status, gender reassignment, marital/partnership status, pregnancy/maternity, race/colour/national origin, religion/belief, sex or sexual orientation. Only people who can evidence their right to work in the UK will be considered for this vacancy. We are committed to robust Safer Recruitment processes as part of our strong commitment to safeguard children and young people. An enhanced criminal records check will be undertaken on the successful candidate. Candidates must disclose all unprotected spent and unspent cautions and convictions. It is an offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.
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