KS2 Teaching Assistant
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint KS2 Teaching Assistants who thrives on working in a busy and dynamic teaching environment to be based at one of our schools. You will need to have a passion and commitment to wanting our young children to develop a life-long love of learning by being a positive, nurturing and supportive role model.There might be opportunity for a 52 week full time contract which will be discussed at interview.
What the school offers its staff
You will benefit from a generous pension scheme, a health scheme, a cycle to work scheme and subsidised meals in our staff café with food cooked and served by our own chefs. Successful candidates will be provided with state-of-the-art IT equipment to help them fulfil their duties and we support all staff with an investment in their professional development through training and a good performance management process, where a bonus is payable to those who achieve highly.
Further details about the role
We are looking to appoint KS2 Teaching Assistants who thrives on working in a busy and dynamic teaching environment to be based at one of our schools. You will need to have a passion and commitment to wanting our young children to develop a life-long love of learning by being a positive, nurturing and supportive role model.There might be opportunity for a 52 week full time contract which will be discussed at interview. You will work alongside the class teachers to support children in all areas of the curriculum and to also assist in the preparation of the learning environment, liaising with staff, maintaining pupil records and carrying out a range of administrative tasks to support the teacher.
You will also be involved in supporting children at break and lunch times in setting up our play provision or helping with the family dining arrangements in the school hall. A key part of your job will be in helping to prepare pupils for the ever-changing, digital work of the 21st Century, and so you will need to be willing to embrace the ethos of delivering a knowledge rich, purposeful, and project-based curriculum, through the meaningful use of technology.
Our moto is ‘fortune favours the brave’ and we aim to inspire children to strive to achieve highly and reach their full potential. As a teaching assistant you will have the exciting role of supporting children in learning to read, leading PE and Games sessions, going on school trips and residentials and taking responsibility for the mentoring and tutoring of individual children.
We provide a full programme of extra-curricular activities, outdoor learning programmes, sporting squads and teams, dedicated art and science rooms, a library service and 1:1 digital devices for every pupil. You will also be involved in leading playtime activities with children and supporting within the family dining service where older children serve young children each lunch time.
This position is permanent, 40 weeks per annum (38 weeks term time, plus 1 week non pupil days and 1 week school holiday working). The hours are Monday to Friday 9am – 6pm each day. The postholder will be asked to provide support to the breakfast club and after school club, meaning the earlier start and later finish times.
The actual salary for this role is in the region of £23,000 depending on age and experience. You will benefit from a generous pension scheme, a health scheme, a cycle to work scheme and subsidised meals in our staff café with food cooked and served by our own chefs.
Successful candidates will be provided with state-of-the-art IT equipment to help them fulfil their duties and we support all staff with an investment in their professional development through training and a good performance management process, where a bonus is payable to those who achieve highly.
Visits to the schools are welcome by prior arrangement. We look forward to receiving your application and hopefully meeting you as part of the recruitment process.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.