Teaching Assistant

Furze Platt Junior School, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6HQ

16 days remaining to apply

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
5 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
10 January 2025

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Key stage 2
Working pattern: Part time: 0845-1515 25.85.5 hours Monday to Friday and covering 1 hour lunchtime duties each day
Contract type: Fixed term - to 31/08/25
Full-time equivalent salary: £25,430-£26,234
Actual salary: 25.85 hours TA £15,094-£15,572 depending on experience and lunch role £2,920

What skills and experience we're looking for

A Teaching Assistant role focuses on class support, delivering small group in and out of class intervention programmes and working with children with special educational needs or disabilities

There may also be a requirement to cover the lunch hour every day which will be a separate contract

Good Literacy and Numeracy skills are essential for this post.

What the school offers its staff

Constant support from your colleagues, the leadership team and the Governors
A team of friendly, passionate and supportive staff
Inquisitive, creative and hard-working children
Opportunities for you to grow and develop within your role
An environment where all children can thrive academically, socially and emotionally
A school where wellbeing is not only a key value of our school but is at the heart of our ethos and practice, for both staff and children

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.