General Teaching Assistant
Willow Tree Community Primary School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7SG7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
1 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Part time: 26 hours per week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8.30am until 3.30pm.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 6 - 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,027 - £25,183
Actual salary
- £14,118 - £14,798.
Pay scale
- NJC Grade C/D, scale point 3-6
What skills and experience we're looking for
Willow Tree Community Primary School is looking to appoint a confident, effective and highly motivated General Teaching Assistant (including Midday Supervisor responsibilities) to work alongside our teaching team, supporting pupils in school. The successful candidate will be an integral part of the staff team with a passion for helping every child reach their potential. This is a part-time term time only post, working 26 hours per week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8.30am until 3.30pm.
Successful candidates will need to demonstrate kindness, care and patience, have a good sense of humour and be an excellent communicator. Resilience and a sense of responsibility in terms of providing the highest level of care and support for pupils and colleagues are essential. Good organisational skills and creativity to support the children are required.
You will be a creative individual, with a passion for primary education and child development. If you want to make a difference and are committed to improving life chances for children, we look forward to hearing from you.
We can offer a commitment to your professional development, the opportunity to work in partnership with colleagues from primary and secondary schools across the MAT and the chance to be a part of something truly special. If you want to make a difference and are committed to improving life chances for children, we would love to work with you.
Please note this position is to cover maternity leave.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Excellent CPD opportunities.
- Maternity, Shared Parental, Paternity, and Adoption pay.
- Onsite canteen.
- A huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers through our lifestyle benefits provider Vivup.
Commitment to safeguarding
Northern Star Academies Trust 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 requires an enhanced DBS Criminal check. Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
Applying for the job
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About Willow Tree Community Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 446 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@nsat.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01756707609
Willow Tree Primary School is a large, vibrant school close to Harrogate town centre. We are a school at the heart of our community, striving for a creative and enjoyable approach to learning for every child.
Formed from a merger of two predecessor schools over ten years ago, we enjoy a large school site, with facilities spread across a generous estate including large areas for outdoor play and learning.
Since April 2022, we have been part of a growing Partnership Trust, joining a family of nine schools across Harrogate, Skipton and Keighley. We work especially closely with our neighbouring Trust schools, Starbeck, Hookstone and New Park academies, supporting each other to develop high quality teaching and learning for all our pupils.
Arranging a visit to Willow Tree Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@nsat.org.uk.
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