General Teaching Assistant

Kirkbymoorside Community Primary School, York, North Yorkshire, YO62 6AG

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November 2024

• Closing date

  18 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £16,950.00 Annually (Actual) Salary based on Grade C/D, Scale Point 03-04 £23,150

General Teaching Assistant job summary

Thank you for showing an interest in this position. We have an exciting opportunity to appoint a GTA to join our dedicated team . Kirkbymoorside is a vibrant school based in the heart of North Yorkshire and our community links are very important to us. Staff work hard together as a team and we offer a warm, welcoming and inclusive environment.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Enthusiastic and motivated to work both in and out of class
• A flexible individual who is able to support the classroom teacher
• Someone who is wantinting to have an impact on the learning of our children

For more details please see the job description.

What we can offer:

• Happy and welcoming pupils, staff and governors
• A warm collegiate and supportive environment
• The opportunity to be part of a school which within the Areté Learning Trust
• The Trust has recently expanded and currently undertaking an exciting journey.
  

The purpose of this post is to work with teachers to support teaching and learning by working with individuals or small groups of pupils under the direction of teaching staff, and may be responsible for some learning activities within the overall teaching plan with access to support and guidance as required.

Job Details

Hours of Work: 31.25 Hours Per Week, Term Time Only (39 Weeks Per Year) / Term Time

Position Type: Permanent

Line Manager: Fiona Thompson

Travel Required: No

The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information.

We are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff where they can develop as exemplary professionals. In addition we offer a positive, supportive, friendly working environment, recognition of previous service with other schools, academies and local government, CPD, training courses and webinars, expenses and travel costs in addition to a full range of employee benefits.

This is an exciting time on the next step of the journey for the newly merged Areté Learning Trust and provides the opportunity to establish an even stronger trust, with greater autonomy to set direction and deliver the outcomes important to all of us. The trust is committed to inclusive high-quality education, providing outstanding education for all and trust wide sustained school improvement.

Each school within our trust has its own unique values and ethos and is committed to the overarching principle of "Being the best we can be", the mission statement of Areté Learning Trust . Our Trust seeks to create a context for all children and young people to thrive, academically, personally and socially so that they experience the real joy of learning.

Application Process

Please complete the online application form to apply for this role. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making a n application. You should use the information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process. Applications via agencies will not be considered.

Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.

The Areté Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks.

Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Kirkbymoorside Community Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 221 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Kirkbymoorside Community Primary School website (opens in new tab)
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