Pre School Assistant

Dovery Academy, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3AG

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  11 November 2024

• Closing date

  8 October 2024 at 8am

• Date listed

  26 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 27.50 hours a week (8.30am – 3.00pm, 30 minutes lunch break, Monday-Friday) | Term Time only, plus 1 inset day
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: FTE £21829.73
• Actual salary: Actual £15,138

What skills and experience we're looking for

Duties include:

• Work in partnership with teachers and other professionals to provide effective support for learning activities tailoring it to the needs of individual children if necessary.
• Contribute to the planning, preparation, maintenance and evaluation of learning activities and environment, identifying areas of improvement and new developments as necessary.
• Prepare activities, with clear learning outcomes, to support children to achieve objectives, in conjunction with the class teacher.
• Prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources required to meet the lesson plans/relevant learning activities and assist children in their use.
• Work with small groups of children and individuals within the classroom and/or externally to the main class as required (e.g. phonics, focused activities, etc.).
• Set challenging and demanding expectations and promote self-esteem and independence.
• Monitor children’s responses to learning activities/interventions and accurately record achievement/progress and feed back to the teacher.
• Assist in the display and presentation of learning materials and children’s work inside and outside of the classroom environment as required.
• Maintain a high level of pastoral care to children within the class and throughout the school.
• Provide appropriate help throughout the day, including break and lunchtime monitoring as necessary.
• Accompany teaching staff and children on visits, trips and out of school activities as required and take responsibility for a group under the supervision of the teacher.

What the school offers its staff

Please see attached documents

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.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Pre School Assistant Advert-September-24.pdf - 1.1 MB (opens in new tab)

Person Specification PreSchool Assistant.pdf - 120 KB (opens in new tab)

Pre-school Assistant Job Description.pdf - 93.6 KB (opens in new tab)

About Dovery Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 9
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 165 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Dovery Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: n.robertson@ks-t.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dovery-down-lower-school-leighton-buzzard (opens in new tab)

Dovery Academy is part of the Knowledge Schools Trust. At DA we are committed to developing pupils who are inquisitive, inclusive and inspired by their learning journey through our village school setting.

Our vision for all of our pupils embodies our three values (inquisitive, inclusive, inspired), as we strive to involve the school community in ensuring that all of our pupils leave Edlesborough Primary Academy as individuals who can make a positive difference to the world.

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