1:1 Teaching Assistant
Palace Fields Primary Academy, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 2QWThis job expired on 16 October 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As Soon as Possible
Closing date
16 October 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 October 2023
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 32.5 Hours Per Week: Monday - Friday (hours to be agreed with a degree of flexibility subject to the demands of the role and needs of the successful candidate).
Contract type
- Fixed term - 31/08/2024
Full-time equivalent salary
- £21,575 - 21,968
Actual salary
- £16,008 - £16,315
Pay scale
- NJC Point 5 - 6
What skills and experience we're looking for
1: Support for Pupils
- To support pupils’ development and promote independence in a safe, secure, challenging environment employing strategies to recognise and reward achievement of self-reliance
- To support the learning of individuals and groups of pupils as identified in the weekly curriculum planning and to act as a role model, setting high expectations
2: Support for Teachers
- To plan with teachers the daily/weekly programme of lessons, activities and events in order to support pupils and adjust lessons/work plans as appropriate
- To liaise with other professionals to ensure an appropriate learning environment
3: Support for the Curriculum
- To implement local and national learning strategies, e.g. literacy, numeracy, early years and make effective use of opportunities provided by other learning activities to support the development of relevant skills
- To support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use
4: Support for the School
- To promote the policies and ethos of the school, e.g. personal and social and to promote positive values, attitudes and good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour
- To display pupils work to reflect their achievement
5: General
- You may be called upon to perform other duties that the Principal considers reasonable, that are commensurate with the grading and designation of the post
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:-
- A highly supportive team.
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
- A highly effective and supportive governing body.
Further details about the role
Please see the the full Job Description and Person Spec overall duties of the role.
Please note this role is this posts is subject to external funding.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Heath Family Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to all the relevant pre-employment checks set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education, including an enhanced DBS certificate with a barred-list check, references and online searches. The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Palace Fields Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 146 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Palace Fields Primary Academy website
- Email address
- LConnor@PFP.theheathfamily.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01928 716521
Palace Fields Primary School is a medium–sized school with 170 children currently on roll, organised into 8 classes (Years N - 6 and a Resource Base class). The majority of children come from within the local area of Palace Fields.
As a staff we have a culture of high expectations and are committed to making a difference within the lives of our children. We are looking for someone to join our highly committed and motivated team as we continue our school journey of growth and development.
Our values of Ambition, Creativity, Ownership, Resilience and Nurture underpin the school and we are seeking to appoint someone who will be totally aligned to these.
We are passionate about every member of our school community “Learning and Growing together”. Not only do we think it is important for our children to be learning but also the staff. We place a high priority on CPD here at Palace Fields Primary School with a range of on-going opportunities provided for staff at all levels.
Being part of The Heath Family (NW) also brings additional opportunities to the role as we work together with our partner schools to collaborate; sharing good practice and providing mutual support.
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