Teaching Assisant

Wantage Primary Academy, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 7GQ

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  17 March 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  6 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: NJC3

What skills and experience we're looking for

• High standards of communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work as a team, learn from and lead others.
• The ability to positively impact pupil outcomes and progress
• Excellent attendance and punctuality.
• Resilience and flexibility
• A good understanding of working with children with different needs

What the school offers its staff

• Competitive Salary (based on experience)
• A Trust and school that is fully dedicated to developing every child to reach their full potential, irrespective of their ability.
• Collaborative working within our shared family of schools to support our endeavours to work smarter and achieve an effective balance between home and work.
• A dedicated and friendly team of professionals who are keen to develop and learn.
• Excellent CPD opportunities to grow and development
• Onsite parking.
• Fantastic facilities to resource your ability to teach your students without limitations.
• Exciting, accelerated leadership development and early promotion opportunities for the right candidates.

Further details about the role

• The teaching assistant will be a member of a multi-disciplinary team, under the leadership and supervision of the principal.
• They will work with individuals/groups to support the delivery of quality learning and teaching and will help raise standards of achievement for all pupils.
• Work with the class teachers to deliver purposeful learning opportunities.
• They will also supervise children at play time
• Work may be carried out in classrooms, intervention/ break out spaces, outdoors or outside the main teaching area
• To implement agreed work programmes with an individual pupils and groups where appropriate and support teaching staff in the development and education of pupils.
• To supervise and support specific pupils in lesson time and during transition periods, when required
• With the class teacher, support excellent progress for specific children across all areas of development through effective participation in observation, assessment and planning.

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.

Additional documents

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

TA (SEN) Job description Nov24 (BG).pdf - 198 KB (opens in new tab)

About Wantage Primary Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 233 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Wantage Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: office@wantageprimaryacademy.org
• Phone number: 01235634980
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wantage-primary-academy (opens in new tab)

Wantage Primary Academy opened in September 2020 with just a few small classes and, by September 2024, we have grown to around 300 pupils in a Nursery class, 2 Reception classes, 2 Year 1 classes, 2 Year 2 classes, a Year 3 class, a Year 4 class, 2 small Year 5 classes and a Year 6 class. We will eventually grow to a full, 2-form entry primary school. This is a golden opportunity to plan and implement outstanding provision within a growing team.

We joined our small family of Omnia Learning Trust Primary schools, two in nearby Didcot and one in Twickenham, and benefit from the strong partnerships and collaborative practises we have embedded across the Trust. We have expertise and experience opening brand new schools and growing exceptional teaching and learning environments where staff and children both thrive.

We value and develop all our staff and there are many exciting opportunities in the OLT for teachers and leaders to grow and to pursue their talents and professional interests.

Arranging a visit to Wantage Primary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@wantageprimaryacademy.org.

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