6 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    28 November 2024 at 3pm

  • Date listed

    8 November 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week

Contract type

Fixed term - June 2025

Pay scale

ESCC Single Status 7 Point 18 - 19

What skills and experience we're looking for

Our ideal Candidate will demonstrate an understanding of:

  • The foundation stage learning goals.
  • How children learn and develop between the ages 2 and 4.
  • The importance of children’s holistic development in important areas such as speech, personal social and emotional development, physical development, literacy, and numeracy.
  • The effect of developmental stage, wellbeing and circumstances on a child’s learning and development.
  • The significance of attachment, the key person’s role and how significant events can impact a child.
  • How to support children through transitions.
  • Hold Level 3 Diploma in Early Years Education & Care

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the following:

  • The legal requirements and guidance concerning safeguarding, security, confidentiality and promoting welfare.
  • Safeguarding policies and procedures, including online safety and child protection.
  • Your role in relation to safeguarding, security child protection, reporting and confidentiality.
  • The signs that a child is in danger or at risk of serious harm or abuse, and the necessary action required to protect them.

What the school offers its staff

In return, we offer:

  • A happy community committed to the professional development of all colleagues.
  • A distinctive local context ensuring we place inclusivity at the heart of all we do.
  • A skilled and experienced team of teachers and other professionals.
  • A motivated leadership team leading rapid improvement to the children’s life chances.
  • A school in which the children are enthusiastic, engaging, and thoughtful.

We would be pleased to welcome you for an informal visit to our school prior to application. 

Rye Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding the young people in our care and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

As an employee of the Aquinas Church of England Education Trust you are required to have regard to the character of the Trust and its foundation and to undertake not to do anything in any way contrary to the interests of the Foundation.

Commitment to safeguarding

Rye Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our 'Child Protection Policy' which can be viewed in the 'Policies' section of our website.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to aquinas.recruitment@aquinastrust.org

CVs are not accepted.

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About Rye Community Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
239 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11

Our mission is to make sure all our children can 'Dream, Believe, Achieve'.

Our school is a kind, caring and inclusive space where children feel safe and well-looked after. Every child is known as an individual and their unique talents are recognised and celebrated.

We are part of a family of schools that serve the young people of Rye from two to sixteen years of age, enabling us to offer a consistent nursery, primary and secondary education. We are proud of our place at the centre of the community, serving local children and their families.

Our aim is to unlock the gifts and talents found in every learner regardless of ability, background or need; offer a vibrant curriculum which challenges every child to success; and develop the love of learning and high aspirations that will serve our pupils well as they grow.

Since November 2018, Rye Community Primary School has been part of Aquinas - an educational trust of eleven schools in the south-east; we believe all our children should feel happy and valued. We believe in a strong partnership between home and school - recognising the importance of the child's family in their progress and development.

We look forward to leading Rye Community Primary School into the future and invite you to see for yourselves what we have to offer.

Arranging a visit to Rye Community Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@ryeprimary.co.uk.

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