Pre School Assistant
Dovery Academy, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3AGThis job expired on 8 October 2024 – see similar jobs
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
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 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
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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