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Teaching Assistant

Avanti Park School, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1EU

This job expired on 6 June 2023 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2023

• Closing date

  6 June 2023 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 May 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - 32.5 hours
  • Part time - Negotiable
• Contract type: Fixed term - until 31st July 2024 in the first instance
• Pay scale: Grade 2, £20,740 - £20,916 per annum pro rata. Approximate pro rata FT £15,236 - £15,365 (73% FTE)

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Have excellent interpersonal skills based on effective communication
• Has a passion to ensure every child succeeds and reaches their full potential
• Will inspire, challenge, motivate and support the whole school community
• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people within the school.

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the essential criteria and skills required for this role.

What the school offers its staff

Term time only + 2 weeks. Available as Full time or Part time

We are looking for innovative, inspirational Teaching Assistant who puts the welfare and progress of children at the centre of everything they do and are able to support our students in reaching their full potential.

Avanti Park School is a Middle deemed Primary school with pupils from Reception to Year 8. The Avanti Schools Trust took over the school in November 2019 and the school has improved rapidly since this takeover.

The staff at Avanti Park School are passionate about the school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all the students. All staff that work at the school will need to subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our students.

You will be working as part of a team who are passionate about providing the very best experience for our students.

This is a unique opportunity to help develop a new and innovative school, which will be shaped by three key elements for both students and staff:

• Educational excellence
• Character formation
• Spiritual insight

Why should you apply

You will be working in a fantastic environment.

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

Further details about the role

What will you do?

• Work under the guidance of the teacher to support the teaching and learning activities in the classroom.
• Provide general support to the class teacher in the management and organisation of pupil(s) with special needs in the classroom.
• Assist the teacher in creating and maintaining a purposeful, orderly and supportive learning environment.
• Promote the inclusion of all pupils, ensuring they have equal opportunities to learn and develop.

For a more comprehensive list of the job responsibilities, please view the full Job Description

Commitment to safeguarding

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks. Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

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About Avanti Park School

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 13
• Education phase: Middle
• School size: 315 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 13
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Avanti Park School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: careers@avanti.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/avanti-park-school (opens in new tab)

Avanti Park is built on three areas: Educational Excellence, Character Formation and Spiritual Insight. We are very proud of our inclusive, warm and caring approach. Strong relationships between staff and pupils are incredibly important to us and are key to ensuring that your children will flourish and reach their academic and social potential. All staff at Avanti Park School work in partnership with parents to ensure that every child is prepared to meet their life challenges, with high standards in literacy and mathematics as well as memorable experiences in other curriculum areas such as arts, craft and whole school festival celebrations. Through our curriculum pupils will gain a reflective, compassionate understanding of themselves and the communities around them.

Arranging a visit to Avanti Park School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email careers@avanti.org.uk.

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