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EYFS Teaching and Learning Assistant

New Whittington Community Primary School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2AQ

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Start date details
15th of April 2024
Closing date
25 February 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
30 January 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £27,507.00 - £29,418.00 Annually (FTE) Derbyshire County Council Grade 8

EYFS Teaching and Learning Assistant job summary

The Headteacher and Trust School Champions wish to appoint a professional, hard working and friendly individual to join our team.

Working part time 12.50 decimal hours, over 2 days, term time only plus inset days. We hope that the right candidate will join us for the start of the April term.

Interviews will be arranged as soon as possible, but are expected to take place week commencing the 4th of March.

We are a friendly school, based just outside the centre of Chesterfield, and close to all travel links.

This is a Teaching Assistant role, within our EYFS unit. The role is varied and includes many key responsibilities, including:- Assisting children in their learning as set in plans and programmes provided by the teaching team. Supporting individual learning and development. Promoting social and emotional development. Please take a look at our job description and person specification for further details.

If you have any questions, or would like to arrange a visit please contact the office on 01246 450688

New Whittington Primary School are part of a multi academy, 'The Leaners Trust'.

Context

The descriptions below of our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ define the work we are developing as a Trust. They are an aspiration, and we are always striving to achieve them.

We ensure our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ hold us to account for the work we do.

Why do we exist?

Our purpose is to ensure every LEARNER has choices about their future

Our first job is to support and extend learning for pupils to provide them with the skills and knowledge to make those choices.

Our second job is to make sure no child is ignored, no family is unsupported and nolife is wasted, by providing intervention at the earliest opportunity.

Our responsibility to education is to provide an environment where practitioners can collaborate, learn from each other, take risks and reflect.

How will we act?

We will use our purpose as a driver for our culture, ensuring we are;

Connected (sharing information openly, broadly and deliberately)

Helpful (embracing servant leadership and use initiative to solve the problem)

Organised (employing efficient strategies and trust colleagues to deliver)

Informed (asking coaching questions to understand what is happening)

Candid (disagreeing openly and compassionately)

Effective (only retaining our best elements and looking for continuous improvement)

Simple (avoiding complexity and increasing clarity)

What is our strategy?

We will use our culture to ensure the work of the Trust;

Focuses on creating capacity (time and resources) for schools

Ensures support is agile, providing intervention at the earliest opportunity

Supports schools to employ and invest in the best educators for children

Seeks continuous improvement and disruptive innovation

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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