Teaching Assistant

Standens Barn Primary School, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 9EH

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April 23rd 2025

• Closing date

  14 March 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  27 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,072.00 Annually (FTE) Salary of £24072 is FTE (x 38 weeks per year with 30 minutes lunch each day)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Would you like to join our dedicated team and see what BEST looks like?

We are looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant to work full time with our delightful children, starting as soon as possible. Standens Barn Primary School is a welcoming and friendly school which thrives on a team approach and a caring ethos. We pride ourselves on our inclusive and collaborative approach to education. We ensure that we provide our children with high quality education as well as supporting and developing their independence. Our mission, ‘My BEST, Your BEST, Our BEST", is at the heart of everything we do in our school. We are BRAVE, ENTHUSIASTIC, SAFE and THOUGHTFUL (BEST).

Our dedicated team of staff strive to deliver an exciting and inspiring curriculum to ensure our children make excellent academic progress whilst developing the skills they need to achieve their goals and to reach for their aspirations.

We place great value on the teaching and learning of core and foundation subjects whilst continually encouraging our children to be creative and to explore ideas through a variety of themed days and extracurricular clubs.

Our whole school staff continually strive to ensure we prepare our children for the world in which they live and to equip them to be resilient. We develop their interactions and expose them to new experiences and opportunities.

We are very proud of the wonderful community we have. The support we receive from our parents, families and visitors is invaluable to us and plays a significant role in helping the children make progress.

We warmly welcome you to visit our school first hand and to watch us being BEST- you will be impressed by what you see and how we work.

If you would like to learn more about us please visit our website: Standens Barn Primary School - Contact Us

The hours are 28.75 per week, 38 weeks per year. Please note the salary quoted is the FTE.

The role will involve supporting the teaching and learning of children as part of group work and whole class teaching alongside offering 1:1 support with a child with special educational needs. The role also includes a daily 30 minute lunch duty which involves supervising children at play on the playground.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with primary aged children, in a school environment and with children with SEND. They will show enthusiasm for learning, initiative and have an understanding of the importance of supporting social and emotional development in children in order to maximise the achievements and well-being of our pupils.

The successful candidates will:

Demonstrate BEST

Have experience of working with children, including those with SEND, in a school environment.

Use initiative and have a creative outlook on supporting children to be successful and achieve all that they can.

High levels of organisation to work independently and as part of a team.

Demonstrate a commitment to inclusion and success of all children

Have high expectations for all children

Promote the vision and values of Standens Barn Primary School

In return we will provide:

A dedicated, friendly and committed staff and governors

Pupils who are friendly, happy and enthusiastic

A supportive environment in which to work, where everyone is valued

Opportunities for further CPD

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.

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.

About Standens Barn Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 369 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Standens Barn Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/standens-barn-primary-school

Standens Barn Primary School is a welcoming and friendly school which thrives on a team approach and a caring ethos. We pride ourselves on our inclusive and collaborative approach to education. We ensure that we provide our children with high quality education as well as supporting and developing their independence. Our mission, ‘My BEST, Your BEST, Our BEST", is at the heart of everything we do in our school. We are BRAVE, ENTHUSIASTIC, SAFE and THOUGHTFUL (BEST)

Our dedicated team of staff strive to deliver an exciting and inspiring curriculum to ensure our children make excellent academic progress whilst developing the skills they need to achieve their goals and to reach for their aspirations.

We place great value on the teaching and learning of core and foundation subjects whilst continually encouraging our children to be creative and to explore ideas through a variety of themed days and extracurricular clubs.

Our whole school staff continually strive to ensure we prepare our children for the world in which they live and to equip them to be resilient. We develop their interactions and expose them to new experiences and opportunities.

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