Level 1 Teaching Assistant (EYFS)
Lawn Primary School, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 2QRThis job expired on 1 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
1 May 2024 at 9:10am
Date listed
19 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Part time: 31 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £16,943 - £17,218
What skills and experience we're looking for
You will:
- Have the patience to provide 1 to 1 support to children with complex needs
- Be creative in your approach to learning and delivering the curriculum
- Have high expectations of pupils’ achievements and a commitment to excellent standards
- Work well as part of a team
- Be literate and numerate
- Be enthusiastic, energetic and committed to making learning exciting
- Have excellent communication skills with children and adults
What the school offers its staff
In return we offer:
- A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven
towards continuously raising standards.
- Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives
- Calm and purposeful learning environments
- Friendly, polite, well behaved children who deserve the very best
- Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community
- A forward-thinking approach to teaching and learning throughout the school
- Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust
Further details about the role
Lawn Primary School is seeking to appoint a Level 1 Teaching Assistant with Early Years experience to support the class teacher with teaching and learning in the classroom and contribute to the management of pupil behaviour by encouraging positive behaviour in the classroom.
Lawn Primary School is an outstanding primary school with 432 pupils. We are located in a leafy suburb of Derby with extensive grounds and buildings.
We warmly welcome applications from motivated, nurturing individuals to join our dedicated and highly effective team. The role will also include supporting some pupils with additional learning needs.
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 Lawn Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 422 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Lawn Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- m.hennessy@lawn.derby.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01332 550178
We have a very talented and committed teaching and support staff team who offer the children many different ways to excel and achieve. The school curriculum is differentiated to provide challenge for our more able pupils and support for those with any special educational needs. We have an extensive range of extra-curricular activities that provide an extra dimension to the opportunities for learning. We are continually developing our technological facilities to ensure that all of our pupils can access and benefit from the digital learning environment.
Our mission statement “DREAM, BELIEVE, ACHIEVE” reflects our understanding and beliefs. It promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school. This leads to a consistently high level of pupil achievement, preparing pupils for the challenges, opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
Mental health and wellbeing plays a vital role in education and impact on our students’ learning. This academic year the school is committed to working towards the School Mental Health Award. This is supported by the Carnegie School of Education at Leeds Beckett University who say:
“The Department for Education recognises the direct link between positive mental health in schools and successful educational outcomes; the Mental Health Award for Schools builds on this link and provides a framework for educational institutions to evidence policies and initiatives that work towards improving emotional health and wellbeing for both staff and pupils.”
for more information about our school please check out our website http://www.lawn.derby.sch.uk/
Arranging a visit to Lawn Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email m.hennessy@lawn.derby.sch.uk.
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