Teaching Assistant

Mayflower Academy, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 2NJ

Deadline is today

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  4 December 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 November 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: No, visa sponsorship not available
• Working pattern:
  • Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £4,256.00 - £4,400.00 Annually (Actual) 8 hours per week over 38 weeks per annum

Teaching Assistant job summary

Mayflower Community Academy are looking to appoint an  enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching Assistant to work as part of a committed team, supporting the teaching and learning of our pupils. The person appointed will need to be self-motivated, have good communication and organisational skills and a friendly manner.

The Teaching Assistant will support the teaching staff in providing an outstanding education to all our children, to ensure learning objectives for pupils are achieved and to assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom. Promoting and embedding the school’s ethos and values in everyday activities. Work may be conducted in the classroom or may on occasion take place outside the classroom.

We are looking for a candidate who is:

• Successful in using strategies to engage and enthuse young children
  
• Committed to children’s progress and able to make detailed observations of children’s learning           

Further information about the positions are available in the attached Recruitment Pack.

To request a tour of the school, or discuss the role in anyway please contact the school: 01752 365730 or email hr@learningat.uk

With 18 individual primary schools, the Learning Academies Trust is the largest primary school trust in Plymouth and the first education employer in Plymouth to achieve the Livewell Southwest Wellbeing at Work Bronze Award. The Trust is committed to supporting the wellbeing of all staff and is proud to work closely with official bodies to ensure we have a holistic approach to staff wellbeing.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment.  This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought for all shortlisted candidates and all shortlisted candidates will be requested to complete a questionnaire about any convictions or adult cautions that are unspent.  Guidance will be given to those shortlisted. Appointment is subject to an Enhanced DBS.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought for all shortlisted candidates and all shortlisted candidates will be requested to complete a questionnaire about any convictions or adult cautions that are unspent. Guidance will be given to those shortlisted. Appointment is subject to an Enhanced DBS.

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About Mayflower Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 454 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Mayflower Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/mayflower-academy (opens in new tab)

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