Teaching Assistant
Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy, York, North Yorkshire, YO32 5UH17 days remaining to apply
Job start date
3 March 2025
Closing date
2 February 2025 at 9pm
Date listed
14 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,790.00 - £25,584.00 Annually (FTE)
Teaching Assistant job summary
Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy
Nursery Class Teaching Assistant
10.5 hours per week, to be worked during the school’s term time
£24,790 - £25,584 pro rata
Actual salary £6,087 – £6,282
About the Trust
Ebor Academy Trust is a family of schools located across North and East Yorkshire, York and the Humber region. We think of ourselves as being one school across many sites, working collaboratively to deliver high quality, rich and engaging education in our diverse communities. Our aims are to enable all our learners to flourish and to open doors for their very best futures.
We genuinely seek to live by our values of Excellence, Belonging, Opportunity and Respect; these underpin how we work and how we relate to each other. We have high ambitions for our learners and staff and aim to deliver this through a culture of continuous development, support, kindness and understanding. We are a friendly trust that puts people first.
About the role
Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy are looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant to work within our Nursery class, which is a class of 3-4 year old children who will all be starting school in September 2025. The working hours for this position are 10.5 hours in the first instance, these hours will be worked during the school term time.
The hours for this role will be spilt as follows,
Monday – 11.30am – 1.30pm
Tuesday – 11.30am – 12.30pm
Wednesday 11.30am – 12.30pm
Thursday 11.30am – 2.00pm
Friday – 8.30am – 12.30pm
There may be a possibility to gain additional hours after the Easter break or as a Lunchtime supervisor or as a Wrap Around Care Assistant.
As a Teaching Assistant you will play a key role in the child’s day, you will be passionate about teaching and learning and believe in developing the true potential of all our children. You will have a calm and positive disposition, the ability to break down activities into small step by step teaching and will nurture, inspire, challenge and motivate pupils. Implementing clear boundaries and routines. You will use behaviour management in all areas around school.
The job requirements
We are looking for someone who has experience of working with children, in a supportive capacity and has good verbal communication, strong time management, organisational skills and the ability to work well as part of a team as these are all essential to this role.
You will have the ability to build a good rapport with parents and carers and the wider school community.
Ideally you will be an experienced Teaching Assistant with knowledge and understanding with regards to child development and the curriculum and how to enhance a child’s experiences and build upon their learning.
Working with us
All new starters with the Trust receive a thorough induction programme, followed by a programme of training which is targeted to the role. But it doesn’t stop there, all staff receive development on an ongoing basis and we actively encourage career development through a range of continuous professional development and longer programmes of learning, including apprenticeships.
We offer generous terms and conditions of employment. All our staff have access to a comprehensive Wellbeing Programme to help you and your family stay healthy. This includes access to free private GP and nurse appointments, exercise advice and classes, plus a variety of specialist clinics as well as counselling services. We also offer significant discounts on many high street shops, online retailers and travel agents, not to mention free car parking at all our schools, an enviable pension scheme, sick pay and family friendly policies.
The Trust is striving to be an inclusive and diverse organisation, where everyone feels able to be themselves and experiences a strong sense of belonging. The Trust wholeheartedly supports the principle of equality and diversity in employment and opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds and seek to develop a community of staff that accurately represents society as a whole. All applications for employment with the Trust will be considered against the criteria outlined in the person specification for the position advertised.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to, amongst other things, an enhanced DBS check. This also means that all applicants need to complete the online form in full as we are not able to accept CVs. Please see the Trust’s Recruitment Policy for further information.
Closing date: Sunday 2ndFebruary 2025 at 10.00pm
Interview date: Tuesday 4th February 2025
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 538 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
School location
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