Teaching Assistant
Avanti Park School, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1EU14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
11 November 2024
Closing date
13 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- Grade 2, £22,665 - £22,841 per annum, pro rata
What skills and experience we're looking for
About The Role
Salary: Grade 2, £22,665 - £22,841 per annum. Approximately £10,875 - £10,960 pro rata per annum (0.47983 FTE)
Are you passionate about working with young people? Do you like watching them flourish and achieve new things? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you. Come and join Avanti Park as their new Teaching Assistant!
Avanti Park School is a beautiful primary and middle school (Reception – Year 8) in the heart of Frome, neighbouring Victoria Park. Our school is graded as good with outstanding in behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and personal development.
Avanti Park is a non-faith, community school that embraces inclusion and diversity. Staff find Avanti Park to be a wonderful place to work, with warm, friendly relationships underpinning a calm and joyful atmosphere, (OFSTED).
Our staff are inspired and passionate about their roles, the vision of the school, and providing the most fulfilling learning experience for pupils. Learning is a quest to discover each student’s unique gifts and potential, and to lay the foundation for their lifelong journey of learning
“When I stepped into Avanti Park, the first thing I noticed was that they don’t just talk about valuing the whole child. It’s evidenced by discussions around spirituality within lessons and PSHE, its lived through assemblies, conversations with children and yoga lessons that help children focus on what’s important to them. All of this tied together showed me it’s not just a sound bite that we care about the whole child; it’s about giving them the tools to embody that daily,” - Simon Goldsworthy, Key Stage 2 Lead.
School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.
What will you do?
- Work with individuals and groups of children to deliver learning programmes and encourage interaction in activities led by the teacher.
- Assist with general pastoral care and attend to personal needs as appropriate.
- Supervise children during non-lesson times, accompany on trips, participate in meetings and training
- Feedback on child progress in meeting Individual Education Plan targets
What are we looking for?
- Experience of working with relevant age group within a learning environment
- A good understanding of classroom roles and responsibilities
- Ability to communicate well, with adults and children across the Trust
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people
Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.
What the school offers its staff
Why should you apply
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:
- Great opportunities for professional development through the Avanti Institute and our family of schools
- Pension scheme subject to eligibility criteria
- O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
- Flexible working opportunities
- Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
- Access to multiple well-being programmes (Weekend Retreats, Yoga Classes and Apps)
- Cycle-to-work and Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes
Further details about the role
Pre-employment checks
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.
Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
Commitment to safeguarding
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
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About Avanti Park School
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 13
- Education phase
- View all Middlejobs
- School size
- 488 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 13
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Avanti Park School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- careers@avanti.org.uk
Avanti Park is built on three areas: Educational Excellence, Character Formation and Spiritual Insight. We are very proud of our inclusive, warm and caring approach. Strong relationships between staff and pupils are incredibly important to us and are key to ensuring that your children will flourish and reach their academic and social potential.
All staff at Avanti Park School work in partnership with parents to ensure that every child is prepared to meet their life challenges, with high standards in literacy and mathematics as well as memorable experiences in other curriculum areas such as arts, craft and whole school festival celebrations. Through our curriculum pupils will gain a reflective, compassionate understanding of themselves and the communities around them.
Arranging a visit to Avanti Park School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email careers@avanti.org.uk.
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