Teaching Assistant
St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School (VC), Exeter, Devon, EX2 4NQ22 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
27 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
5 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 16948
Teaching Assistant job summary
Teaching Assistant – Level 2, St Leonard's CofE Primary School
Contract Term: permanent, starting as soon as possible
Hours: 31 hours per week: 8:25am – 3:05pm (includes a 30 min lunch duty, a 30 min lunch break)
Salary: SC-2. NJC points 3-5. Actual salary - £16,948 (£24,027 FTE) – pay award pending from 1 April 2025.
Term Time only – 38 weeks per annum
Annual Leave: Taken outside of term time and paid pro-rata throughout the year (no annual leave to be taken during term time)
Benefits
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Tax Free Childcare
- Employee Assistance Programme
Are you passionate about helping children ‘be the best they can be?’ Are you enthusiastic about helping child learn through play and hands on experiences? Do you want to work in a happy school that puts children at the heart of all we do?
Then we want to hear from you! We are looking for a compassionate and Key Stage Two Teaching Assistant to join our friendly and hard-working team.
St Leonard's CofE Primary School, in Exeter, is proud to be part of St Christopher's Multi Academy Trust. We are a community school that serves around 600 pupils, set in extensive grounds filled with wide open spaces and woodlands that allow our children to engage in the wonder of outdoor learning.
We have experienced continued growth and success thanks to our dedicated staff.
Your role will be to support the learning and needs of different pupils initially within a Year 6 cohort, supporting children with SEND, assisting classes and running small group activities. You will have had some previous experience in working with children and be able to effectively communicate with adults and children alike, encouraging everyone to be the ‘best that they can be’.
We are also advertising for a After-school Club Play Assistant and applicants may like to consider applying for both roles and they would complement each other.
To apply please use the 'Apply Now' button at the top of this advert.
If you have any issues applying for this role please contact The People Team via people@stcmat.org
Applications need to be completed by 9:00am on Thursday 27th February 2025. Interviews will be held on Thursday 6th March 2025.
Please note it is our process to apply for references for shortlisted applicants and to complete online searches in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, for all shortlisted applicants. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS Disclosure is required for this post.
Please visit the below website for our Trust policies and our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy:
https://www.stchristophersmat.org/key-information/item/10/trust-policies
Our commitment to EDI
We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Applicants who meet the criteria will be considered for employment, regardless of race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age or veteran status.
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 St Leonard's (CofE) Primary School (VC)
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 602 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
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