Apprentice Teaching Assistant
Alexandra Park Junior School, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL8 2BE4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Monday 6th January
Closing date
18 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £10,658.00 Annually (Actual) National minimum wage ( age dependant), currently the minimum annual salary will be £10,658 per annum for full time, term time.
Apprentice Teaching Assistant job summary
Apprentice Teaching Assistant
Full time, 36.66 hours per week, Term time plus 5 days, Fixed Term
Salary: National minimum wage ( age dependant), currently the minimum annual salary will be £10,658 per annum for full time, term time.
About the role:
We have 1 vacancy available for an Apprentice Teaching Assistant.
Candidates should be passionate about working with children and have a real desire to improve standards of learning in school. The role involves providing valuable, practical assistance to class teachers in the classroom, and in extracurricular activities.
We are looking for a reliable, flexible individual who can communicate effectively with both children and adults. Candidates should be comfortable working with children aged between 7 and 11 years old and may be required to work in any Year Group within the school. The role will be a combination of classroom work and working outside during lunchtimes, break times and before/after school activities.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has ambitions to work with children and is enthusiastic about helping children learn. You will be supported by a hardworking and committed team.
Alexandra Park Junior School
Alexandra Park Junior School serves around 360, Key Stage 2 pupils in the Glodwick area of Oldham. It also provides a Key Stage 2 education for pupils from 7 years of age. Alexandra Park Junior School become an academy and joined The Pinnacle Learning Trust from 1st April 2024. This has been very positively received by staff and the school’s local community. We are proud of the Alexandra Park ethos; celebrating diversity and inclusion in addition to having high expectations and excellent pastoral provision.
Alexandra Park Junior School is welcoming and friendly and our central focus is a commitment to ensuring that all our pupils achieve their full potential and become lifelong learners. Our children are happy, enthusiastic and want to learn. We celebrate diversity and teach children to recognise and respect people’s differences as well as similarities. We have a strong training and CPD programme, opportunities to develop your skills and a solid, supportive team of staff and Governors who have fostered a caring and welcoming atmosphere at the school. We are seeking to appoint a hard-working, conscientious and self-motivated individual to join our school team.
www.alexandrapark.oldham.sch.uk
The Pinnacle Learning Trust
We celebrate students’ uniqueness and support our young people to flourish and become responsible, successful citizens who contribute positively to their communities. Our Trust invests in each member of staff, offering them professional development opportunities, including designation as Evidence Leads in Education for the Research School; delivery of school-to-school support; CPD facilitation and support for trainee teachers. Staff have access to opportunities to develop their teaching practice, such as training on metacognition, virtual classroom coaching and retrieval practice. As a Trust, we celebrate diversity by encouraging an understanding of our communities, faiths and cultures.
Closing Date for applications: Monday 18th November
Provisional Interview Date: Monday 25th November
To apply, please visit our website: https://www.pinnaclelearningtrust.org.uk/Vacancies/
Additional Reasons to Join Us:
Automatic enrolment into a generous defined benefit Pension Scheme
Cycle to work schemes available
Various health and wellbeing benefits (including on site gym membership at Oldham Sixth Form College and The Hathershaw College)
Free on-site parking
Excellent opportunities for professional and career development
Commitment to Safeguarding
The Pinnacle Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, governors and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo pre-employment checks. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The Pinnacle Learning Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from under- represented groups and ethnic minorities.
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Alexandra Park Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 360 pupils
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
School location
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