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Experienced Teaching Assistant/ LSA (32.5 hours p/w)

Leigh Academy Oaks, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 9AX

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• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  10 January 2022 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 November 2021

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 32.5 hours per week, Term Time + 1 week inset
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Salary is commensurate with experience

Experienced Teaching Assistant/ LSA (32.5 hours p/w) job summary

About the role: Oaks Primary Academy has an exciting opportunity to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated and Experienced Teaching Assistant / LSA to join our highly collaborative and supportive team. Our teaching support team is pivotal to our success in the classroom and provides a great deal of support for our teachers, and this position for an LSA will strengthen the team even further with their knowledge, experience and additional support that they can provide our teaching staff with. Our successful candidate will be able to establish strong working relationships with staff and students alike, be able to work as part of a team and will be reliable and excellent communicators. A Level 3 qualification in childcare is essential for this post as well as having Key Stage 2 experience.

This is a part time role offering 32.5 hours per week, Term Time + 1 week inset (39 weeks).

Please be aware that interviews may be conducted on a rolling basis, therefore, early applications are strongly encouraged.

Our successful candidate will be;

Enthusiastic, energetic and adaptable

​​​​​​​Capable of working independently and in a team

Able to motivate and support pupils

Able to work with individual pupils and small groups of pupils

Able to demonstrate experience with interventions and learning support

Candidates should have a minimum of a Level 3 NVQ or equivalent and have experience of working within a primary school

Possess an unending desire to help all children achieve their best

Possess a caring nature and a deep regard for children

Join our team because:

We care - about our pupils through our human scale approach to education, our staff and their well-being and the communities that we serve, driven by our high ideals and strong moral values.
We have boundless ambition - to achieve excellence for all and create confident young adults with high levels of resilience and integrity.
We work together - as one team in the belief that we are greater than the sum of our parts. We foster an enterprising culture through collaboration and in close partnership with industry and other educators.
We keep getting better - using our ‘can-do’ attitude towards continuous improvement and innovation.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

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.

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 Leigh Academy Oaks

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 225 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Leigh Academy Oaks website
• Email address: talent@latrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oaks-primary-academy

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