EYFS Teaching Assistant

Edgar Sewter Community Primary School, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8BU

Deadline is tomorrow

• Job start date

  1 September 2024

• Closing date

  1 July 2024 at 1pm

• Date listed

  17 June 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,114.00 Annually (FTE)

EYFS Teaching Assistant job summary

28.75 hours per week, term time plus 1 week initially

Monday to Friday 8.45am – 12.15pm 1.15pm - 3.30pm

Lunchtime duty – half an hour Grade 2.1 £11.50 per hour pro rata (claimed as additional hours)

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated, dedicated, enthusiastic and experienced Teaching Assistant to join our Saplings Early Years Team. We have a wonderful learning environment and enthusiastic, happy and motivated children who enjoy learning and behave well.

You should:

• have experience of working in the Early Years

• have a DFE approved Early Years qualification

• be highly committed in providing children with the best possible learning opportunities

• Be a good classroom practitioner with experience of working within the Early Years Foundation Stage.

• Have a good understanding of monitoring children’s progress and provide detailed next steps in learning.

• Have high expectations and aspirations for all children.

• Be able to plan and deliver bespoke child centred intervention.

• Develop high quality teaching and learning for pupils of all abilities

• Be able to work well as a member of both the Early Years and whole school team.

• Have a clear understanding of the teaching of phonics and a willingness to plan for and lead groups

• Demonstrate initiative

• Have boundless enthusiasm with a keen sense of humour!

We can offer you:

• High quality induction and continuing professional development.

• Pupils with excellent behaviour and attitudes.

• Well-motivated, happy children.

• A supportive staff, senior leadership team, governing body and parents.

This post will be reporting directly to the EYFS Phase Lead and will (be based at Edgar Sewter Primary School).

ASSET Education reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

For further details, or to arrange an initial discussion with the Headteacher, please contact:

Helen Fuller, Office Manager, Edgar Sewter Community Primary School , Norwich Road, Halesworth. IP19 8BU. hfuller@edgarsewterprimary.co.uk

Please also see our website – www.edgarsewterprimary.co.uk

ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.

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 Edgar Sewter Community Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 322 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Edgar Sewter Community Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/edgar-sewter-community-primary-school-halesworth (opens in new tab)

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