Para Professional (Teaching Assistant)
Para Professional (Teaching Assistant)
With responsibility for children with additional needs
Are you an outstanding Para Professional/Teaching Assistant? Or have the potential to be outstanding? Are you looking to start or continue your career in a thriving school that will provide you with continuous professional development, challenge and support?
Pickhurst Academy is a vibrant, four form entry junior academy located in West Wickham, London Borough of Bromley. We believe that every child is different and that everyone deserves the opportunity to be happy, secure and successful. The academy is surrounded by large grounds and benefits from a spacious and attractive site with a good deal of green space which enables us to take our learning outside, including through Forest School sessions.
This is an extremely exciting opportunity for an experienced Para Professional/Teaching Assistant to join a highly successful team at Pickhurst Academy to support the teaching staff in raising quality and standards, ensuring that all pupils reach their full potential.
We believe that every child is different and that everyone deserves the opportunity to be happy, secure and successful.
To be successful you will:
- have experience of working in primary school settings and experience with SEN children;
- have Teaching Assistant qualifications or equivalent;
- be passionate and dynamic about children’s learning;
- be enthusiastic about helping young people to success;
- be flexible, calm, patient and empathic;
- be hardworking, reliable, committed team player;
- have the ability to form strong professional relationships with young people;
- be ambitious and have the energy and creativity to make a significant contribution to the whole school.
In return, we can offer you:
- Well-resourced facilities and IT equipment
- Outstanding communities of staff and pupils
- Free access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Services
- Training and development opportunities to enhance your professional growth
- Collaborative approach to share best practice
- Career progression
- Cyclescheme
As a Chancery Education Trust employee, you will receive excellent opportunities for career progression and access to bespoke CPD to enhance your professional growth.
If you are keen to make a positive difference to children’s outcomes and progress your career in a dynamic, forward thinking Multi Academy Trust, we look forward to hearing from you.
Visits to the Academy are warmly welcomed; please contact Mrs Shelley Floyd on 020 8462 5867 or email hr@chanceryeducation.com for further details.
To apply for this position please download an Application Form from any of our Academy websites, or Chancery Education Trust www.chanceryeducation.com. Completed applications can be returned to hr@chanceryeducation.com.
Chancery Education Trust is committed to providing an education and an environment, which offer equality in opportunities and freedom from discrimination. We believe that all pupils and members of staff should have the opportunity to fulfil their potential whatever their background, identity and circumstances.We are committed to creating a community that recognises and celebrates difference within a culture of respect and co-operation.
Chancery Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
By applying for this role, you are consenting to Pickhurst Academy storing your personal details in our database, in line with the new GDPR requirements.