Caretaker

Pakefield Primary School, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7AQ

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  June 2024

• Closing date

  29 May 2024 at 10am

• Date listed

  1 May 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £11.79 - £11.98 Hourly

Caretaker job summary

You will be welcomed into our school family where children’s behaviour and personal development is outstanding, a supportive and dedicated team of staff as well being a member of the Active Learning Trust; learning is at the heart of all we do.

We are looking for a candidate who:

• Passionate about ensuring all children learn in the very best environment
• Is highly organised and has high expectations to match the children’s and community
• Has excellent practical skills and can mend and fix things
• Punctual and has excellent time management skills
• Forms positive relationships with children, parents and staff
• Is reflective and always seeking to improve outcomes for children
• Can maintain confidentiality and have a high level of professionalism
• Committed to improve their own practice

We can offer you:

• Wonderful and talented children who want to learn
• A child centred ethos which achieves outstanding standards of behaviour for learning and attainment
• A professional, welcoming and supportive staff with high expectations
• An excellent working environment
• Commitment to opportunities for training and professional development
• A highly supportive team and awesome children to work with
  

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and an application pack is available from our website: www.pakefieldprimaryschool.org.uk. All applications are to be submitted through My New Term. Should you require further information please contact Karen Tallett-Pickess or myself on 01502 574032. Please write you personal statement to the seletion criteria.

Closing date for applications: 29th May, 2024

Interviews: Week Beginning 3rd June

Pakefield Primary School and the Active Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. We expect all staff to actively share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to the taking of satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record clearance in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture in our recruitment.

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.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

About Pakefield Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 363 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Pakefield Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pakefield-primary-school (opens in new tab)

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