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Teaching Assistant

Harris Primary Academy Orpington, Orpington, Kent, BR5 4LZ

This job expired on 9 December 2021 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 January 2022

• Closing date

  9 December 2021 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 November 2021

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 39 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 2 (Outer London): £21,408-£21,795 FTE
• Actual salary: £18,390.30-£18,722.74
• Additional allowances:

  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 to senior leadership.

  We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education.

  In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits.

Teaching Assistant job summary

Inspire the lively little learners at Harris Primary Academy Orpington! We are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to support individuals and groups of students to enable access to learning, contributing to the development and maintenance of a purposeful, nurturing learning environment. Main Areas of Responsibility As Teaching Assistant, your responsibilities include: To supervise and provide particular support for identified students, in 1:1, group or whole class situations, ensuring their safety and access to learning. To assist in the development of appropriate resources, schemes of work and teaching strategies, working with the teacher to ensure the provision supports each identified student’s learning needs. To assist in evaluating identified students’ progress through agreed assessment activities. To provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on students’ achievement, progress and needs. To lead small group sessions and interventions as appropriate. Qualifications & Experience Educated 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. Safeguarding Notice The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Before applying, please review our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders. Equal Opportunities The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. As a provider of employment and education, we value the diversity of our staff and students, and all our staff are equally valued and respected. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff.

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.

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About Harris Primary Academy Orpington

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 299 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Harris Primary Academy Orpington website
• Email address: info@harrisprimaryorpington.org.uk
• Phone number: 01689 830383
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harris-primary-academy-orpington

Harris Primary Academy Orpington is a two-form entry school which opened in September 2016 in Bromley. We believe that every child is different and that everyone deserves the opportunity to be happy, secure and successful. The academy is surrounded by a large grounds which enables us to take our learning outside, including through Forest School.

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