Teaching Assistant – Primary
Do you enjoy learning, and do you want to support others to achieve their potential?
Do you want to gain experience or build a career working in an education or school-based environment?
Are you looking for excellent training and progression opportunities where you can realise your true potential?
An enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching Assistant is being recruited by an inclusive school, led by a team of highly committed educators who support and develop learner progress. With the full support of an experienced SENCo and learning development team, you will have the opportunity to further your experience within a supportive environment and build the career you have been looking for!
In this position, you will work with learners who have a range of special educational needs, across a variety of curriculum areas. The role will involve working within whole classes, small groups and on a 1:1 basis, with a focus on developing effective learning, encouraging independence, promoting positive behaviour, and raising awareness of emotional self-well-being.
Who are we looking for?
We are very open minded as to who would best match this opportunity and would encourage anyone who feels like they want to explore a career in education to apply. However, some of the key characteristics that are considered most relevant are as follows:
- Ability to build and maintain successful working relationships with others.
- Support inclusion, diversity, and equity of all pupils, and provide opportunities for everyone to learn irrespective of ability.
- Have strength of character, resilience, and determination to succeed.
- Promote and demonstrate good behaviour and deal with conflicts and incidents appropriately, asking for support when required.
- Reflect on success and failures to build strategies which support pupils in achieving learning goals.
How to apply:
If you feel this Teaching Assistant role would be suited to you, please submit your CV. All applicants need to be eligible to live and work in the UK. We do not offer sponsorship. All applicants will need to apply for a DBS and provide two references to move forward with the application.