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  • Start date details

    Pending Pre-employment Checks

  • Closing date

    22 January 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    9 January 2025

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, 39 weeks per year (term time plus five days)

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Grade E, (SCP 10 - 14) £26,835 - £28,624 (pro rata to hours worked)

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will have:

  • NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification or experience 
  • A recognised Early years qualification
  • Literacy and Numeracy skills equivalent to Level 1 of the National Qualification & Credit Framework 
  • Completion of Department for Education Teacher Assistant Induction Programme (or to complete within first term) 
  • Awareness of the requirements of children with special needs
  • Experience of working with learning resources and helping with their preparation to support learning programmes 
  • Experience of Working with or caring for children of a relevant age to those in the school 
  • Communication skills to liaise sensitively and effectively with parents and carers 
  • Basic understanding of a child’s development and learning.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

  • the opportunity to be part of our team, who are committed to educational excellence
  • friendly and supportive staff, parents and trustees,
  • a commitment to high quality professional development,
  • opportunity for future career development & progression within the Trust’s portfolio of schools and most importantly
  • the chance to transform the lives of children and really make a difference

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
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About Reigate Park Primary Academy

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
416 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11

School location

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