Midday/ Classroom Assistant
Palace Fields Primary Academy, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 2QWThis job expired on 27 September 2022
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
27 September 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
14 September 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Hours of Work: 12.5 hours per week to be completed as:- Midday assistant 6 hours 15 minutes per week – 11:55am – 1:10pm Reading assistant 6 hours 15 minutes per week (1 hour 15 minutes per day – times to be mutually agreed)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £18,887 - £19,264
Actual salary
- £5,359.89
Midday/ Classroom Assistant job summary
Midday assistant
6 hours 15 minutes per week – 11:55am – 1:10pm
Reading assistant
6 hours 15 minutes per week (1 hour 15 minutes per day – times to be mutually agreed)
We are a medium sized school situated in the Palace Fields area of Runcorn. We are a highly motivated staff team committed to giving our children the best life chances and are passionate about fulfilling our shared aim of providing excellent learning opportunities; enabling all children to achieve success and become active citizens.
We are looking for enthusiastic people to work with our children at lunchtimes and hear our children read during the school day.
Previous MDA/reading assistant experience is not necessary, but applicants must have some experience of working with or caring for children.
You will also be expected to undertake any necessary training to support you within this role, i.e. safeguarding, first aid, in-school training around hearing children read etc.
Please contact Miss Genna Hitchin, Head of School, if you would like to know more about this post. Visits to the school are most welcome.
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.
Applicants should note that the successful candidate will be required to apply for an enhanced disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau. Further information regarding the disclosure scheme can be found at www.disclosure.gov.uk
Application forms are available from Mrs Libby Connor, Palace Fields Primary School, Palace Fields, Runcorn, WA7 2QW (email: LConnor@pfp.theheathfamily.org.uk or pop into the school office)
Closing date for receipt of applications: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on Thursday 29th September 2022
The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and the post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (formerly Criminal Records Bureau). Further information about DBS checks can be found at www.gov.uk/crb-criminal-records-bureau-check.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Heath Family Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to all the relevant pre-employment checks set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education, including an enhanced DBS certificate with a barred-list check, references and online searches. The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
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About Palace Fields Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 166 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Palace Fields Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- LibbyConnor@palacefieldsschool.co.uk
The Heath Family is centred on raising standards of achievement and aspirations for all students to the highest standard by developing and nurturing both primary and secondary academies.
We are part of a local strategy focussing on increasing choice and diversity in education encompassing innovative approaches to curriculum, teaching and learning, leadership and management.
We place an emphasis on talent management, developing leaders and enhanced professional development for all staff.
We also extend our impact in terms of raising standards of education for more young people and help break the cycle of underachievement and low aspirations which is a feature of significant parts of the Merseyside and Cheshire area.
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