1:1 Teaching Assistant

Dunbury Church of England Academy, Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset, DT11 0AW

11 days remaining to apply

Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
6 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
17 October 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary: £24,790.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 5, Scale Point 5-6 depending on experience, £12.85 - £13.05 per hour

1:1 Teaching Assistant job summary

Are you passionate about supporting children to be the best they can be? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our highly motivated and forward-thinking team at Dunbury Academy. We are looking for a 1:1 Teaching Assistant who can inspire and motivate our learners with high expectations and a drive to enable pupils to flourish. This is a fixed term position until 31st August 2025. 6 hours per day/30 hours per week, term time only, including INSET days (39 weeks).

The successful candidate will be responsible for working across a discrete range of pupil need (e.g. supporting learning in the classroom, providing sensory and/or emotional regulating breaks) and for the most part, this will be delivered on a 1-1 basis within the classroom. You will work with teachers /SENCO to promote individual pupils’ academic, social and emotional development through the provision of a stable, caring and supportive learning environment; to enable the pupil(s) to achieve their full learning potential and facilitate their personal, academic, social and moral development.

There may be a special needs element where you will work with pupils with disability, learning difficulties or behavioural problems. We pride ourselves on having high standards of conduct and behaviour at all times and are seeking a professional to join us in promoting this in our learning community.

Dunbury is a small rural school with a big heart, where we practise and live our values of trust, friendship, respect and courage every day, as recognised in our recent ‘Good’ OfSTED. We have happy and enthusiastic children and staff who are supportive of each other. We are passionate about using research driven teaching approaches to ensure we focus on the things that matter. Our school vision of ‘Strength in difference, together we are one and together we fly high’ is key to our warm and supportive environment and drives us in everything we do.

We can offer you:

Support in a school that is forward thinking and innovative
Children who are motivated, enthusiastic and articulate in their learning
A strong commitment to a drive for excellence
An ethos focused on raising standards for all
The opportunity to work in a team where enthusiasm, hard work and initiative are appreciated, but above all, one where the shared agenda of improvement is central
A supportive SLT that has a strong ambition and vision for the school's future

If you are interested in this position and would like to have a more detailed conversation before making the decision to apply for the post, please give us a call and we will be happy to help you with as much detail as possible to support this process.

When you have enough information to make your decision to apply, please complete all sections of the application form. CVs will not be accepted.

All applicants will be notified of the shortlisting decisions by email. References for shortlisted candidates will be requested before interviews. 

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants will be subject to a number of checks including the Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed.

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.