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Early Years Foundation Stage General Teaching Assistant

Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO22 5DN

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• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  24 November 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Part time: 22 hours a week over 4 days, approx. 5.5 hours a day, term time only
• Contract type: Fixed term - Fixed term until 31st August 2025 in the first instance based on pupil numbers
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,027 - £25,183 per annum full time equivalent
• Actual salary: £12,329.97 - £12,923.20 per annum after pro rata estimate
• Hourly rate: £12.45 - £13.05 per hour

What skills and experience we're looking for

Our opportunity

You would be joining our Early Years Team in the Explorers Class in our purpose-built classrooms. Our Explorers Class has around 30 pupils aged from two to four. Under the guidance of the Pre-School Leader, you will ensure that children enjoy activities that stimulate and engage children’s interests and learning. Your role will help children establish the foundations for school life and instil a passion for knowledge.

Key duties

• Engage with children to develop sustained, shared thinking, and promote the characteristics of effective learning, as defined in the EYFS framework
• Prepare and maintain our learning environment
• Carry out routine tasks to support the work of teacher, HLTAs and ATAs

Qualifications

• Level 2 Early Years Specific Professional Qualification is essential – we cannot accept general TA qualifications due to ratios.
• Grade C/4 GCSE in Maths & English or equivalent

We are looking for:

• A professional who loves working with children and has a passion to see every child achieve their very best
• A team player who recognises the joy and challenges of working in a busy village Pre-School
• Someone who has the drive and ambition to achieve excellent results

What the school offers its staff

Why Sleights is a wonderful place to work:

• Staff development - We are keen on progressing and developing staff, courses and training will be available to you to help you advance in your career.
• Workload conscious– Senior staff aim to ensure workloads are manageable.
• Understanding & flexible – Senior leadership understand that personal appointments or special events can’t always be booked outside of work hours, where they possible we strive to accommodate.
• Staff enjoy it here – We have had several staff who have been working with us for well over 10 years (a TA staff member was with us for 30 years before recently retiring as they loved our school so much!)
• Respected & supported by the local community - The connection between our children and families and staff are really strong. Everyone has the same ethos and approach, placing children firmly at the centre of all of our work. Our relationships underpin everything. Families are regularly in school to work with staff to see the curriculum and children in action.

Everybody Benefits Scheme

North Yorkshire Council recognise there is more to pay than just salary and we offer access to a wide range of competitive benefits. Sleights Primary School has opted into the Everybody Benefits Rewards Scheme.

This site provides you with access to a host of voluntary benefits including discounts on goods and services such as your day to day shopping, days out, travel, electrical goods, leisure activities as well as links to salary sacrifice schemes.

Further details about the role

Play Therapy

Supporting and promoting children’s emotional wellbeing is just as important as their individual academic successes. At Sleights, we firmly believe this and invest significantly in supporting children’s mental health and emotional wellbeing. Around the school and in classrooms, staff have use a wide range of tools and strategies to support all children at all times.

We do also work really closely with individual children and their families at times when things are perhaps more challenging. We do this with the help of our very own Play Therapist, Mel. Mel works at Sleights three days a week and has her very own play room in the school.

We are committed to providing children with exciting, real life and practical learning opportunities. We are keen to share and further develop excellent provision for our staff and children.

You can find out further information by visiting our website.

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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About Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 106 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: chloe.bullen@northyorks.gov.uk
• Phone number: 01609 536 964
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sleights-church-of-england-voluntary-controlled-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Described as a ‘community more than a school’ (OfSTED, November 2019), Sleights is an exciting place to succeed and flourish. Come and be part of our happy, hardworking school family!

Being part of the community is really important to us and every day, we live out our vision of “Working together to be happy; to flourish and succeed”. Here at Sleights, we share a special and unique learning community with our friendly and welcoming children, close knit staff and governors, and we are proud to serve our village and communities who send their children to our busy Church of England school.

We are committed to continuously developing the expertise of our staff. Collaboration is a key driver for us and our teachers benefit from a supportive learning environment, focused on achieving excellent outcomes. We have high expectations and want the best for our children, as we believe they get one chance. Our teaching team works tirelessly to make this one chance count.

With our beautiful school setting, complete with lots of outdoor space and a forest, we are committed to providing children with exciting, real life and practical learning opportunities. We are keen to share and further develop excellent provision for our staff and children.

Arranging a visit to Sleights Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email chloe.bullen@northyorks.gov.uk.

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