Full Time Teaching Assistant Summer Term Only
Himbleton CofE Primary School and Nursery, Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR9 7LE9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
11 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
31 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday 8.30am to 3.30pm.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 3 months
Pay scale
- TA1
What skills and experience we're looking for
Full time Teaching Assistant – Fixed Term Contract for the Summer Term 2025
Salary: TA1
Required to start: As soon as possible
We are seeking to appoint a class-based Teaching Assistant to join our lovely school for the Summer Term 2025, working in our Early Years class of Reception and Nursery children and to cover part of the lunchtime provision. There may also be the possibility of extending hours and extending the contract as our school requirements continue to change.
We would love to attract an experienced TA to our school, however if that's not you - don't despair! What is important to us is the right person. You may be fully qualified and experienced, not qualified yet, or you may be drawn to the role, but have not started to train. Wherever you are in your career, we would welcome applications from nurturing, caring, positive people who share our vision and values and strive to safeguard the welfare of our children. The position is vacant now, so the successful candidate will start as soon as they are able.
We are looking for someone with all the right skills to make a great Teaching Assistant who:
- Is nurturing, patient and empathic with children whilst able to maintain consistent and clear boundaries
- Is able to demonstrate a strong ability to use their own initiative, build good relationships with pupils and establish positive behaviours for learning
- Is proactive with their support, shows enthusiasm and imagination
- Possesses strong numeracy and literacy skills
- Has high expectations of children's achievements and behaviour
- Has a friendly and professional nature with children and adults
- Has a flexible and professional approach to work
- Has a positive attitude with excellent communication skills
- Is a team player, with a strong personal work ethic
- Relishes the prospect of being part of a community and not just a member of staff;
- Is committed to promoting our vision of Nurture, Nature, Knowledge and our Christian values.
Himbleton CE Primary School and Nursery is a voluntary controlled, rural school with 110 children on roll (inclusive of Nursery) with a Pupil Admission Number (PAN) of 14. Children are taught in mixed age classes and the vacancy is for a fixed-term position with our youngest children in our Early Years class.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you a school with:
- A warm, welcoming and friendly school with a strong Christian vision, rooted in theological narrative that is alive and drives all that we do;
- The opportunity to work with our wonderful pupils and become part of the family;
- A supportive Governing Body whose expectations for the school are high;
- An experienced and knowledgeable staff team who are committed to ensuring that our children experience the best opportunities;
- A supportive and engaged wider community.
We would be delighted to talk to you, meet you and show you our school and all applicants are encouraged to visit school before they apply. This can be arranged by contacting our School Administrator, Mrs Stewart, on 01905 391231 or via email to office@himbleton.worcs.sch.uk We would also encourage you to look at our website www.himbleton.worcs.sch.uk to find out more and to get a true feel for our school.
Closing date for applications: Friday 11th April at 12 noon
Shortlisting: Friday 11th April. Shortlisted candidates will be notified by email. Planned interview date: Tuesday 29th April 2025
To apply, please use the Worcestershire agreed application form which is available from our website or as a paper copy from the school office. Please do not send CVs.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to office@himbleton.worcs.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Himbleton CofE Primary School and Nursery
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 103 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Himbleton CofE Primary School and Nursery website
- Email address
- office@himbleton.worcs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01905391231
Himbleton CE Primary School and Nursery is located in a beautiful, unspoilt, rural village in the heart of the Worcestershire countryside. The school is privileged to have extensive and varied grounds, enabling us to be able to offer a unique curriculum that draws upon this and provides every child with a diversity of carefully designed learning experiences.
At our school, we believe that in order to fulfil their potential, all children need to feel valued, respected and experience a sense of belonging. Our family ethos, rooted in our Christian values of Friendship, Truthfulness,
Perseverance, Forgiveness, Courage and Respect enables us to nurture every aspect of each individual so that they can truly flourish.
Children attend the school both from the local community and further afield. As we have a Pupil Admission Number (PAN) of 14, children from Nursery to Year 6 are taught in mixed age classes; Nursery and Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 (KS1), Year 3 and Year 4 (LKS2) and Year 5 and Year 6 (UKS2) making a total of 4 classes. The school is set within wonderful grounds which enables the curriculum to be taught The school was graded as ‘Good’ in March 2023.
Himbleton’s Ofsted Report in March 2023 said:
“The motto of this small village school is ‘nurture, nature, knowledge.’ Pupils make the most of the rural location of the school by experiencing valuable outdoor learning opportunities. Pupils enjoy and learn much from these opportunities. They enjoy the caring, family-like atmosphere of the school. Pupils feel safe at school because staff look after them well.”
As a church school, Himbleton CE Primary School and Nursery has close links with St Mary Magdalene Church and our Christian values support and underpin
our motto of ‘Nurture, Nature, Knowledge’. Our children and staff show respect and kindness towards each other, treating everyone as individuals with their own unique talents and celebrating the similarities and differences which form our community.
We believe that every child should have the opportunity to fulfil their potential and achieve to the best possible standards, giving them a strong foundation for the future. From the moment they start, we provide children with a unique, exciting curriculum, which is carefully designed to both foster a love of learning and to effectively prepare them for life in an ever-changing, diverse world. We aim to inspire, challenge and motivate our children to want to make a difference and have the confidence to do so.
Arranging a visit to Himbleton CofE Primary School and Nursery
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@himbleton.worcs.sch.uk.
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