Early Years Teaching Assistant
Robert Arkenstall Primary School, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3UA9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
26 July 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £17,322.36 Annually (Actual)
Early Years Teaching Assistant job summary
Early Years Teaching Assistant Role
Full Time - Permanent - EYFS Teaching Assistant
Level 2,
Scale point 5-6 depending on experience £17322.36 - £17612.04 actual salary for 28.75
hours per week hourly rate of £13.90 - £14.14
School hours work as follows:
Working hours Term-time only. Salary is calculated on weeks 38 term time weeks plus holiday pay therefore paid for paid for 43.33 weeks of the year, paid in 12 monthly payments
Robert Arkenstall has an exciting opportunity for a teaching assistant who has worked with and supported children in the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) to join their supportive team. The school has a dedicated EYFS base and learning area that caters for all areas of the EYFS, including an outdoor play area shared by all pupils from Reception Year. Early Years classes are currently led by our KS1/EY leader and work closely together within our mixed year classes. With a growing school roll we are keen to recruit an early years specialist to the Teaching Assistant team.
Under the instruction/guidance of teaching or other senior staff, you will undertake care and learning programmes and activities to support individuals or groups of pupils, including more specialised support for those with special education needs, enable access to learning for pupils and assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.
The successful candidate will create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans and assist with the display of pupils’ work.
Use strategies, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals and monitor pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed and provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on pupils’ achievement, progress, problems, etc.
In liaison with the class teacher support coordination of the deployment of 1:1 T who work with EHCP children on the base and who work on e.g. engagement model access in the base
The school is really looking for an energetic and enthusiastic candidate with a ‘can do’ approach.
Ideal candidates will:
Have knowledge and experience of effective practice working in EYFS
Have a patient and focused attitude towards the educational development of young children
A good understanding of the Early Years Framework and 7 Aspects of Learning
Willingness to support and contribute effectively towards the learning and observational assessment within the Early Years Profile.
Closing date Friday 26th July 2024
If sufficient applications of a high calibre are received the closing date maybe brought forward
Interview to take place week commencing 29 July 2024, we will endeavour to be flexible around holiday
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 Robert Arkenstall Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 281 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
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