General Teaching Assistant
Oakridge Community Primary School, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, TS13 5HAThis job expired on 18 February 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
18 February 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 February 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Part time: 25 hours per week over either four or five days plus 1 hour MSA duties
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- Grade C/D, £ 11.79 - £12.18 per hour plus 1 hour MSA Grade A/B, £11.59 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
You will:
- Have previous experience in this type of role or relevant experience in a childcare setting.
- Be supportive, nurturing, patient and understanding.
- Have high levels of resilience to cope with the demands of the role.
- Be able to develop positive working relationships with pupils, parents, staff and other professionals.
- Be willing to undertake and act on relevant professional development and training.
- Be able to support in the delivery of high quality learning experiences for all pupils.
- Have high expectations of learning and behaviour and be ready to inspire and motivate our children.
- Seek to make learning exciting and a positive experience for all children.
- Work well as part of a team.
- Demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- A warm, happy school where we value everyone and have a philosophy of kindness and support for each other.
- A place within the wider trust team where staff’s wellbeing is valued and nurtured.
- Happy and enthusiastic children.
- A school with exciting and attractive learning environments, including extensive outdoor spaces.
- A leadership team who welcome fresh ideas and a sense of teamwork.
Further details about the role
Now is the most exciting time to become a part of
Oakridge CP School. You will join a creative and enthusiastic team on our
journey of improvement as we strive to provide the very best education for our
pupils.
Our learning environment and education provision is second to none. Our new garden school curriculum is getting our children outside into our incredible grounds, while our collaborative approach to planning with the other YEAT schools ensures that children are getting the very best in teaching and learning.
We are proud to have recently joined Yorkshire Endeavour Academy Trust (YEAT) alongside Castleton, Glaisdale, Lealholm, Airy Hill and Westcliff in Whitby. YEAT is also one of 32 organisations nationally to be a designated ‘English Hub’ which delivers excellence in early language and phonics teaching in reception and KS1. At Oakridge, the impact of this support is clear in our early reading provision and in our rapidly improving writing.
Our teachers benefit from a team of highly skilled Teaching Assistants that play a vital role in school life and we are looking to appoint a highly motivated Teaching Assistant to join our team.
We encourage applications from candidates who have a passion for primary education or have worked in other Early Years settings and want to try something new. This is the perfect job if you wish to work in a setting which offers reward and challenge and where no two days are the same.
The successful candidate must hold English and Maths GCSE level ‘C’ or above or equivalent.
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 Oakridge Community Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 40 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- NYES.Resourcing@northyorks.gov.uk
Oakridge is situated in the stunning environs of the village of Hinderwell, located between the North Yorkshire Moors and the North Sea Coast.
We are a designated Community Primary School, including a nursery, and we cater for children between the ages of 3 and 11. The children are organised into 2 classes: Dolphin Class for KS2 pupils and Seahorse Class for EYFS and KS1 pupils.
Arranging a visit to Oakridge Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email NYES.Resourcing@northyorks.gov.uk.
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