Educational Teaching Assistant

Shelley First School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD8 8HU

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  22 November 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 19.5 hours per week (12:00-15:30 daily with exception of Tuesday which would be 08:45-15:30)
• Contract type: Fixed term - Temporary dependent on successful probationary period
• Pay scale: Grade 6

What skills and experience we're looking for

• • We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic and caring individual who is committed, hardworking and reliable.

    This job is part of our Education Support job family which plays a key role in supporting schools to deliver high quality services. In your role you will be part of a team within the school. You will support the delivery of an effective education and curriculum function in line with schools’ policies and procedures.

    You would be joining our friendly and forward-thinking schools that genuinely values the well-being of all and one that is committed to supporting your ongoing professional development.

    The roles would be based at Shelley First School supporting pupils between the ages of 4 and 10 but could be required to support in any of the schools across out trust with notice.

    The ideal candidates will:

    • Be able to demonstrate experience of working with children and young people, particularly those with SEND
    • Have an interest and focus in supporting children with social, emotional and communication needs.
    • Be caring and passionate about enabling every child to fulfil their potential
    • Be committed to the safeguarding of all students
    • Be highly organised, flexible and adaptable creative in their approach
    • Be committed to contributing as part of a successful team

What the school offers its staff

• • Annual salary increments plus inflation linked increases.
  • Automatic enrolment into a Teacher Pension or Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution rates.
  • Enhanced occupational benefits (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave).
  • Automatic enrolment into our Employee Assistance Programme which gives you and your family members free access to Health and Wellbeing services including, GP consultations, Private medial operations, Physiotherapy, Counselling and mindfulness, wellbeing clinics, nurse support services, chronic illness and cancer support, menopause support.
  • Flexible family friendly policies from day one.
  • Extensive CPD opportunities
  • Funding of a wide range of accredited training courses and apprenticeships.
  • A range of working patterns dependent upon the role.
  • For employees on all year-round contracts, a minimum of 28.5 days plus bank holidays (this increases with length of service) holiday entitlement.
  • Death in service benefit.
    

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

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CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Application pack ETA SFS August 2024.pdf - 450 KB (opens in new tab)

About Shelley First School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 10
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 182 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 10
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Shelley First School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@themast.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/shelley-first-school (opens in new tab)

Shelley First School is a small, village Primary school set within a semi-rural part of Huddersfield. There are currently 194 pupils on roll, divided into 7 classes some of which are mixed.

We are a member of the ‘Mast Academy Trust’, comprising Scissett Middle School, Birdsedge First School, Scholes Junior and Infant School (Holmfirth) and Kirkburton Middle School. We are also a part of the very successful three-tier Shelley Pyramid of schools. Most pupils come to us from the surrounding village of Shelley and then transfer to Kirkburton Middle School at the end of Year 5. Close links exist at all levels between schools throughout the pyramid, ensuring continuity, progression and effective transfer between phases.

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