Learning Coach

University of Cambridge Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0QZ

95 days remaining to apply

Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
31 December 2024 at 9am
Date listed
23 September 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £21,575.00 - £21,968.00 Annually (Actual) SCP 5-6 (Previously Level 2 SCP 14-17)

Learning Coach job summary

(Same contract as with Teaching Assistants)

Do you love working with children and thrive off seeing them become independent brilliant learners? You don’t have to be necessarily academic to work here. What we do want are people who are resilient, passionate about education, want to make a difference and who have the humour to find ways through every day.

The post is permanent, term time only plus one week (39 weeks per year)

32.5 hours per week

SCP 5-6 (Previously Level 2 SCP 14-17) £21,575 - £21,968 FTE depending on experience

EYFS, KS1 or KS2

We are recruiting:

Learning Coaches who understand children. You may have experience of working with children with SEND but this is not essential. We are looking for people who are kind, courageous, willing to learn and are able to build supportive relationships with adults and children in our community.

Everyone is welcome and everyone is included. No matter your previous experience, if you can demonstrate a thirst for learning and an ability to rise above challenges (and importantly to celebrate successes together) then this is the place for you.

The University of Cambridge Primary School aspires to be an outstanding school and as well as this responsibility, we will work closely with partners, including the Faculty of Education and the wider University, to develop initial teacher training and research. The school is the first primary University Training School – expectations are very high.

Our Learning Coaches have a big role in our school, and many are inspired to take on some leadership of an area (e.g. first aid), being fully involved in managing a wonderful lunch experience for children and need to be flexible. We work differently at UCPS to develop and encourage a community of educators who collaborate to support each child during their unique learning journey. Being a part of the first university training school in the country is very exciting. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We take our Prevent Duty seriously and promote British Values at all times. Equality for all children, staff and volunteers is embedded in our ethos, thus meaning discrimination of disability, race, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, sexual identity and gender identity is not tolerated. Appointment to this post will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and satisfactory references.

Our school can offer you:

An opportunity for you to make a real difference in the lives of our young people

A supportive leadership team to help you thrive

A welcoming and enthusiastic environment with a talented and dedicated staff team

Lots of singing and community spirit!

The successful candidate will need to:

Be kind and have courage.

Be able to adapt the role to a changing educational landscape and to support staff through this.

Be hard working.

Have high personal expectations and dedication to achieve the best with the children you teach and support.

Interest and positive attitude to support class teachers in delivering planned activities as well as in managing groups of children.

You have good Literacy and Numeracy skills, able to support children in reading, writing and maths.

Talk about education and our values, giving examples how they live these in their own lives and contexts

Ability to work collaboratively with all members of the community.

All staff are employed by the UTS Cambridge Trust not the University of Cambridge.

For further information and to make an application, please visit My New Term.

This is a rolling advert and applications will reviewed on a regular basis.

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.