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GTA/SEN

Castleton Primary School, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 2DA

This job expired on 20 June 2022 – see similar jobs

Job start date
3 September 2022
Closing date
20 June 2022 at 9am
Date listed
25 May 2022

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
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Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: Part time: 30 hours a week
Contract type: Fixed term - 1 year
Full-time equivalent salary: Grade C

GTA/SEN job summary

General Teaching Assistant SEN
Castleton Community Primary School
30 hours per week, term time only
Fixed term for 1 year
Grade C, points 2 – 4

If you want to work in a village setting with wonderful children, supportive leadership and tailored professional learning opportunities, then we want to hear from you!

We are seeking an enthusiastic teaching assistant to join our passionate and nurturing team. We want a teaching assistant to work alongside our experienced staff team to provide pastoral and academic support. We have a strong commitment to nurturing approaches and are looking for a teaching assistant who will embrace this ethos.

This more than just a job. You will be required to be flexible in your approach, embrace the uniqueness of our small village school and look to continually seek improvements, in order to enhance everything we do for the children, our community and ourselves. In return, you will be fully supported, given space to grow, and be recognised as an individual within an amazing team. We are looking for someone who is positive, forward thinking and eager to be part of Team Castleton. 

Context of the school

Castleton School currently has 53 pupils on roll across two classes: Acorns (EYFS/KS1) and Oaks (KS2). Our children love the great outdoors and our rural location provides lots of opportunities for adventurous activities. All our pupils have regular outdoor learning sessions, in our extensive school grounds or within the local area. We would love our new teaching assistant to share our passion for outdoor learning and be fully involved in the life of the school.

We are looking for someone who can continue to nurture relationships with pupils, parents, governors and staff and who takes real pride in being part of our school community.

Castleton and Glaisdale schools share one headteacher, who is based in each school throughout week, supported by an enthusiastic team.

Castleton and Glaisdale are founding members of a group of schools (West Cliff, Airy Hill, Lealholm, Castleton and Glaisdale), known as the Yorkshire Endeavour Academy Trust (YEAT), and we work closely to provide support and development opportunities to all staff.

Here at Castleton Primary, we are proud to take our wonderful children from Castleton and surrounding villages. In a small school such as ours, teamwork and excellent communication are vital, and we are looking for someone who is willing to pitch in with all aspects of school life to help us offer the very best experiences to our pupils

Find out more about life at Castleton by visiting our website: https://www.castletonprimaryschool.co.uk/ or viewing our active Facebook page.

Our Opportunity

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated Teaching Assistant to join our school.

We encourage applications from candidates who have a passion for primary education and wish to work in a setting, which offers reward and challenge and where no two days are the same.

This is a fixed term post starting from September 2022 for one year. The successful candidate must hold English and Maths GCSE level ‘C’ or above or equivalent.

You will:

• Have previous experience in this type of role.
• 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 inspire and motivate our children.
• Seek to make learning exciting and a positive experience.
• Work well as part of a team.
• Demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills.

We can offer you:

• A warm, happy school where we value everyone and have a philosophy of kindness and support for each other.
• 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.

The date of commencement for this post will be September 2022.

Closing date: Monday 20th June at 9am

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Application forms and details are available to download from the NYCC jobs advert and from the Teach YC website.

We actively welcome informal conversations with Kirsty Hird (Heateacher). Please contact Helen to organise.

For an informal conversation about the role, to arrange a visit and for an application pack please contact Helen Poole at Resourcing Solutions (North Yorkshire County Council) at helen.poole@northyorks.gov.uk

Our school is committed to safeguarding children; this post will require an enhanced DBS check and suitable references. Your motivation and suitability to work with children will be assessed at interview.

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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