Classroom Teaching Assistant

Birches First School, WOLVERHAMPTON, West Midlands, WV8 2JG

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  24 February 2025

• Closing date

  24 January 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 16.25 hours per week, Mon to Fri
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,404
• Pay scale: Grade 3

What skills and experience we're looking for

Main purpose:

• Work with class teachers to raise the learning and attainment of pupils
• Promote pupils’ independence, self-esteem and social inclusion
• Give support to pupils, individually or in groups, so they can access the curriculum, take part in learning, and experience a sense of achievement

Working with staff, parents/carers and relevant professionals

• Communicate effectively with other staff members and pupils, and with parents and carers under the direction of the class teacher
• Communicate their knowledge and understanding of pupils to other school staff and education, health and social care professionals, so that informed decision making can take place on intervention and provision
• Contribute to meetings with parents and carers by providing feedback on pupil progress, attainment and barriers to learning, as directed by teachers
• With the class teacher, keep other professionals accurately informed of performance and progress, or concerns they may have about the pupils they work with
• Understand their role in order to be able to work collaboratively with classroom teachers and other colleagues, including specialist advisory teachers
• Collaborate and work with colleagues and other relevant professionals within and beyond the school
• Develop effective professional relationships with colleague

• Teaching and Learning

  • Demonstrate an informed and efficient approach to teaching and learning by adopting relevant strategies to support the work of the teacher and increase achievement of all pupils including, where appropriate, those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
  • Promote, support and facilitate inclusion by encouraging participation of all pupils in learning and extracurricular activities
  • Support the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aimed at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning
  • Use effective behaviour management strategies consistently in line with the school’s policy and procedures
  • Support class teachers with maintaining good order and discipline among pupils, managing behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
  • Organise and manage teaching space and resources to help maintain a stimulating and safe learning environment
  • Observe pupil performance and pass observations on to the class teacher
  • Supervise a class if the teacher is temporarily unavailable
  • Use ICT skills to advance pupils’ learning
  • Undertake any other relevant duties given by the class teacher
  • Contribute to effective assessment and planning by supporting the monitoring, recording and reporting of pupil performance and progress as appropriate to the level of the role
  • Read and understand lesson plans shared prior to lessons, if available
  • Prepare the classroom for lessons
  
  

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• A great team of hardworking colleagues
• Outstanding children who are keen to learn
• Supportive parents and governors
• Opportunities for professional development within school and as part of the MAT
• A well-resourced and safe working environment
• A highly skilled SENCo as a source of expertise and support
• Cyclescheme - Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Employee wellbeing support / Counselling

Commitment to safeguarding

Posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Shortlisted candidates will need to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the interview. You may be asked for information about your criminal history during recruitment.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to office@birches.staffs.sch.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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About Birches First School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 9
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 177 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Birches First School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: office@birches.staffs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01902 297910
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/birches-first-school (opens in new tab)

Codsall Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Codsall Multi-Academy Trust currently comprises of St Nicholas CE First School, Codsall Middle School and Birches First School.
As geographical neighbours and partners with shared responsibility for the education of Codsall pupils from Nursery through to Year 8, Codsall Multi Academy Trust was formed in October 2016 to achieve their vision for:

Excellence throughout the EYFS, KS1, KS2 and KS3 phases
a continued pathway for learning and pastoral support for children and their families.

Maximising provision and opportunities for children, parents and staff

Working closely together with the aim of ensuring that each and every one of our pupils receives an outstanding education and is supported in becoming highly effective and successful members of society.

Birches First School aims to serve its community by providing an education of the highest quality. At Birches, we aim to provide a rich and varied curriculum so that pupils of all abilities are helped to achieve in a safe, friendly and purposeful environment. Each child will be given every opportunity to learn to the best of their ability and, through our school values, learn to respect others and treat everyone in our school community with care, courtesy, kindness, and tolerance.

Codsall Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Arranging a visit to Birches First School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@birches.staffs.sch.uk.

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