Teaching Assistant
Pound Hill Infant Academy, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 7EB8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
12 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 18 hours
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until end of academic year 24/25
Full-time equivalent salary
- West Sussex Grade 3 - £24,027
Additional allowances
Fringe allowance £289 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Contract: FTC until end 24/25 Academic Year
Working Pattern: Term time only
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 8.30am-3.15pm
Actual Starting Salary (calculated pro rata): £9,845 plus fringe allowance of £289 per annum
Salaries are paid in 12 equal monthly instalments
We believe all children deserve the very best early start in life. Do you?Are you passionate and committed to supporting children with their learning and personal development? If you have answered 'yes' to both of these questions, please continue reading.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and committed Teaching Assistant. In a mainly classroom based role, you will work with colleagues to support both individual and groups of children in their core learning including: reading, writing, and mathematics. You will also provide support in the playground encouraging the children's development of positive social friendships and play skills. Knowledge of SEND is desirable.
If you are genuinely motivated by helping every child to reach their potential, we would like to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
We truly value the experience, dedication, and commitment of all our employees and believe in the power of motivated and happy staff. This is why we seek to enrich and reward our employees wherever we can, by offering a wide range of exciting and useful employee benefits. These include:
- Automatic annual pay increments: Pay progression is not linked to performance and all our staff benefit from automatic pay progression (subject to the maximum salary for the role). Cost of living awards are also reviewed annually.
- Generous Pension: Safeguard your future with financial security throughout your retirement. Employer contribution rate of 22.7%.
- Holiday Entitlement: Take advantage of 25 days annual leave per annum (FTE), plus statutory Bank Holidays.
- Health and Wellbeing: A strong commitment to your health and wellbeing including; onsite Wellbeing Champions, designated Mental Health Ambassadors and an annual day devoted to your health and wellbeing. This day provides the opportunity to spend valuable time catching up with colleagues, as well as some ‘Time for You’ to do whatever most enhances your wellbeing.
- Personal Development Day: One day annually dedicated to your personal development which could include volunteering, training or a seminar (self-funded).
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access to free and confidential counselling services, providing support for both work and personal issues.
- Cycle to Work: Build exercise into your commute, with our cycle-to-work programme, offering a £2K loan to purchase a bicycle.
- Retail Discount: Savings with hundreds of retailers including gym, private medical, dental and online GP service, as well as eligibility for the Blue Light Discount Scheme.
- Multi Academy Trust: Be part of a network of 14 Academies, offering a support system and opportunities for professional development and collaboration.
Commitment to safeguarding
The University of Brighton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check. This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013, 2020 and 2023. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Pound Hill Infant Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 270 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Pound Hill Infant Academy website
- Email address
- office@phiacademy.org.uk
Pound Hill Infant Academy
At Pound Hill Infant Academy, we pride ourselves on making every school day happy and fun.
Every child is an individual. So, we treat them that way. We work closely with you – their parents and carers – to make sure that each and every one of our pupils flourishes.
We encourage our pupils to be responsible members of the school community, respecting others and constantly demonstrating our Academy values of care, respect, independence, success, and perseverance.
Our published admissions number is 90 and has a total capacity of 270 pupils.
Arranging a visit to Pound Hill Infant Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@phiacademy.org.uk.
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