Teaching Assistant

Harris Primary Academy Shortlands, Bromley, Kent, BR2 0HG

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  18 November 2024

• Closing date

  7 November 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time: Term time only: actual salary £23,647.61
• Contract type: Fixed term - to 31/10/2025 - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,528
• Pay scale: Grade 2 SCP 3
• Additional allowances:

  Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Additional Harris Benefits

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant at Harris Primary Academy Shortlands to support individuals and groups of children to enable access to learning, contributing to the development and maintenance of a purposeful, nurturing learning environment.

This Teaching Assistant vacancy is for the EYFS/KS1 and we are ideally looking for somebody with experience in one or both of these key stages.

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• Qualifications to degree level or equivalent
• Experience of working directly with young people in an education or training environment, supporting the learning of students
• Experience of establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders, at all levels
• Experience of managing and being responsible for own workload

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

What the school offers its staff

Working with our partners within the Harris Federation, our high expectations, innovative curriculum and distinct approach to learning, inspires, excites and challenges all children. By the end of their time at HPAS, we aim for our pupils to be confident, resilient and independent learners. Harris Primary Academy Shortlands is an outstanding school.

We believe that every child is unique and that each deserves the opportunity to be happy, feel valued and experience success.

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more aboutour benefitson our website.

Further details about the role

As Teaching Assistant, your responsibilities will include:

• Supervising and supporting identified children in 1:1, group or whole class situations, ensuring their safety and access to learning
• Assisting in the development of appropriate resources, schemes of work and teaching strategies, working with the teacher to ensure the provision supports each identified child's learning needs
• Assisting in evaluating identified children's progress through agreed assessment activities
• Providing detailed and regular feedback to teachers on children's achievement, progress and needs
• Leading small group sessions and interventions as appropriate

Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Applying for the job

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About Harris Primary Academy Shortlands

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 356 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Harris Primary Academy Shortlands website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: info@harrisprimaryshortlands.org.uk
• Phone number: 0203 772 4598
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harris-primary-academy-shortlands (opens in new tab)

Harris Primary Academy Shortlands is a two-form entry school which opened in September 2014 in Bromley, and now educates children from Reception to Year 4. We believe that every child is unique and that each deserves the opportunity to be happy, feel valued and experience success. The academy moved to a brand new building in September 2016 on Kingswood Road in Shortlands. We had our first Ofsted inspection in April 2017 from which we were rated outstanding. A copy of the report and more information about the school can be found on our website www.harrisprimaryshortlands.org.uk.

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