Teaching Assistant
KS2 TA REQUIRED FROM NOVEMBER 2024
A wonderful opportunity to join Holy Trinity’s friendly and supportive staff team, in a popular, thriving village school.Our school vision:
At Holy Trinity we have high expectations and aim to ensure that everyone is loved, inspired, nurtured and empowered within a caring and inclusive Christian community. We teach our children Christian values and promote positive attitudes to leaning to ensure that they have all they need to become lifelong learners who reach their full potential and become good global citizens.
Do you believe passionately in the same things our school vision outlines?What are we looking for?
➢ A kind, calm and caring manner.
➢ Patient and sensitive to the needs of others.
➢ Proactivity, adaptability and flexibility.
➢ Good written and oral communication skills.
➢ Experience of working with children.
➢ A team player.
➢ Competent IT skills
➢ Commitment to professional conduct
➢ Ability to remain calm in challenging or
unpredictable situations.
➢ Enthusiasm and a positive, ‘can do’ attitude. What can we offer you?
➢ A supportive and forward-thinking environment, complete with 2 school therapy dogs!
➢ A welcoming and committed team of colleagues.
➢ Polite and enthusiastic pupils.
➢ Supportive SLT (senior leadership team) committed to staff well-being.
➢ Fantastic grounds.
➢ Professional development and training.
What our staff say about us, “You’re well supported. You’re never on your own. Friendly, supportive team. Training is provided. The hours mean you can work around family life.”
Please read the accompanying Job Description for more details about what is required.
We are looking for a Teaching Assistant to work in one of our KS2 classrooms 5 mornings per week. Ideally, we would like someone with experience of working with pupils in KS2 but this is not essential. We would also be looking for the successful candidate to take on midday supervisor hours every week.
TA (Teaching Assistant) hours are daily 8.30am – 12.00 pm, then MDS (Midday Supervisor) duty of 60 minutes, finishing at 1.00pm.We would be happy to offer school visits to prospective candidates – please get in touch to arrange a short tour. We advise you also look at our school website to find out more information about our school and ethos, and to see our recent Ofsted report.
Closing date for applications is noon on Friday 4th October. Interviews for successful candidates will be take place on Tuesday 8th October. Applicants who are not notified by end of day on Monday 7th October should assume that they have not been short-listed.
The TA role will be on Surrey Grade S3, FTE £23,576. (Pro-rata actual salary for the morning hours cited above £9,452 - £9,622 dependent on length of service).The Midday Supervisor role will be on Surrey Grade S1/2, £22,599 FTE (pro-rata actual salary for hour cited above £2,588 – £2,635 dependent on length of service).Hours are worked during term-time only; pro-rated salary is paid over 52 weeks to ensure consistent monthly wages.
For further details please contact the school directly.Holy Trinity Primary is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expect all staff, governors and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check.