Experienced Teaching Assistant
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Job start date
18 March 2024
Closing date
12 March 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 February 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
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. per day
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,294
What skills and experience we're looking for
Contract: Permanent, part-time
Hours: 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. with a 30 minute unpaid lunch break
Work Commitment: 39 weeks (term time plus training days)
Salary: Level 3 Point 7 (£24,294.00 FTE depending on experience)
Start Date: ASAP
Closing date: Tuesday 12th March 2024
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior this date
Interviews: W/c 18th March 2024
We are looking to appoint an inspirational, dedicated, enthusiastic, caring and experienced Teaching Assistant to join our team at Leverington Primary Academy.
We are looking for someone with recent, relevant experience who will bring enthusiasm and a commitment to children's learning to our happy and friendly school. The ideal candidate will have recent experience of working within Key Stage 1. They will also have an understanding of how to support children with additional needs and have experience of implementing different strategies to support children with behavioural needs.
The right candidate will need to be adaptable, enthusiastic, highly motivated and have the ability to work effectively as part of a team. They must demonstrate full commitment to the school, its ethos and the aim to raise standards.
You will assist the class teacher in the delivery of High Quality First Teaching, as well as supporting children one-to-one in the classroom and at unstructured times as needed.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Experience of working in Year 1 or 2;
- The ability to build good relationships with children, parents/carersand colleagues;
- Commitment to equal opportunities;
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team but also be able to use your own initiative;
- Good organisationaland time-management skills;
- Patience, a positive outlook and a great sense ofhumour;
- Excellent communication skills, including high levels of spoken and written Standard English.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits include:
- A caring, nurturing and welcoming ethos;
- Enthusiastic and polite children;
- Collaborative approach to working within the school and across our mini-hub of 3 local primary schools – Leverington, Murrow and Gorefield;
- Opportunities to train/work with other academies within the Diamond Learning Partnership Trustto share best practice and resources;
- A friendly, experienced and professional team;
- Ongoing and individualised professional development;
- A caring and supportive working environment.
Our staff are dedicated, supportive and committed to providing creative opportunities for learning, as well as fun. We provide professional development opportunities to ensure that our staff are well trained and skilled to get the best from our pupils. Applicants must have GCSEs in Maths and English and high standards of literacy.
Further details about the role
Leverington Primary Academy is part of the Diamond Learning Partnership Trust, a charitable multi-academy trust (MAT) specialising in the Primary and Secondary sector. We are building a thriving community of schools that succeed on behalf of their children.
We warmly welcome you to visit the school before you apply. For information on who we are and what we do why not browse our website: https://www.leveringtonprimary.co.uk/
We do not accept CV’s. Application forms can be downloaded from the Diamond Learning Partnership Trust website: https://diamondlearningtrust.com/career-opportunities/
Application forms with covering letter stating the schools name should be sent to HR@diamondlearningtrust.com
or posted to:
HR Department
The Diamond Learning Partnership Trust
C/o Winhills Primary Academy
Off Duck Lane,
St Neots
Cambridgeshire
PE19 2DX
If you would like to discuss the role or visit the Academy before applying, we would be delighted to welcome you. To make an appointment please contact the school office on 01945 584915 or email office@leverington.cambs.sch.uk
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 Leverington Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 204 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Leverington Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@diamondlearningtrust.com
Arranging a visit to Leverington Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@diamondlearningtrust.com.
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