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Teaching Assistant

The Brent Primary School, Dartford, Kent, DA2 6BA

This job expired on 4 October 2024 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  4 October 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,999.00 Annually (Actual) Actual Salary £17,999 (£23,337 FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Post Title: Teaching Assistant

School: The Brent Primary School

Contract Type: Fixed Term until 31st August 2025

Contract Hours: 33 hours and 45 minutes per week, term time only (38 weeks).

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday 8.40am - 3.25pm

Grade: Kent Range 3

Salary: £17,999 (£23,337 FTE)

Position start Date: As soon as possible

Advert Closing Date: 4th October 2024 (Please note that the advert may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found)

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Are you passionate about enabling children to maximise their potential in their academic, social, and personal achievements? If so, join us at The Brent Primary School where the development of the whole child is at its heart - we are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to work within our inclusive and supportive team.

The Teaching Assistant role will be to work alongside our dedicated staff team to support children within school. Experience of working as a Teaching Assistant is an advantage, although training will be provided.

Once this temporary post has finished there may be scope to join us, or another of our Trust schools, should the opportunity arise.

Working hours: 33 hours and 45 minutes per week, term time only (38 weeks). Monday to Friday 8.40am - 3.25pm

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more information.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact the school office on 01322 223943

The Brent Primary School

With a great reputation in the community, The Brent Primary School prides itself on providing the best possible education for the pupils in its care.

The Brent Primary School, part of Cygnus Academies Trust, is situated in Dartford. It is an Outstanding growing 3 Form Entry Primary school that is friendly and welcoming, with supportive staff and children from a variety of backgrounds. We are caring with effective structures to support staff in their roles across the school.

We encourage all our staff to be active in their self-development and training. We offer many opportunities for staff to develop their career within our mutually supportive team. We are a Growth Mindset school, without limiting pupil or adult learning. We encourage everyone to strive to be the best they can be personally and professionally.

With extensive grounds, which include a swimming pool, running track and wildlife areas; we are committed to an outdoor learning approach. Our creative, topic-based curriculum 'IGNITE' promotes engagement and enjoyment, as well as the knowledge and skills for life-long learning.

Further information about the school is available at: www.brent.kent.sch.uk and information about the Trust is available at www.cygnus.org.uk

If you would like to add your skills and knowledge to Team Brent and join us as we grow and develop then please get in touch.

Cygnus Academies Trust

The Brent Primary School is part of Cygnus Academies Trust who are a group of friendly, like-minded schools, working together in the best interest of all our children. Driven by a desire to collaborate at every level, with an emphasis on staff development and opportunities for all. Cygnus Academies Trust schools really are a fantastic place to work and learn.

Our approach is to allow all schools to retain and celebrate their uniqueness. While ensuring; great teaching and learning, strong leadership and management, effective local governance, curriculum expertise, visionary business and financial management.

For further information about the Trust, please visit www.cygnus.org.uk

We offer:

• Local Government Pension Scheme
• 27 days Annual Leave (rising to 29 after 5 years’ service) plus bank holiday entitlement (pro-rata for part-time)
  
• Employee support services.
  
• Effective CPD opportunities
  
• Collaborative working with other schools
  
• Excellent ICT facilities
  
• Opportunities for flexible working
  

Safer Recruitment

Cygnus Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. In line with Safer Recruitment guidelines, CVs will not be accepted, and you are required to complete the application in full giving details of all employment, training and gaps in employment. Cygnus Academies Trust reserves the right to reject incomplete application forms and any consistencies or anomalies will be explored at, or prior to, interview. Any offer of employment is subject to pre-employment checks including a satisfactory ‘Enhanced with Barred List Check’ through the Disclosure and Barring Service. We will require two satisfactory references; one of which must be your line manager in your present or most recent employment. References will be requested prior to interview so please ensure that your referees are available to provide a reference.

Equal Opportunities

Cygnus Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion who welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. All people who work and study at our Trust have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Additional Information:

• References will be requested for shortlisted applicants prior to interview.
  
• Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete and return a Self-Disclosure form prior to interview.
  
• Online Searches will be carried out on shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any concerns will be discussed with candidates at interview.
  
• Further vetting checks including an enhanced DBS, incorporating a check of the Children’s Barred List, will be undertaken on provisional offer.
  
• The Child Protection Policy can be found on the school website.
  
• The Employment of Ex-Offenders Policy can be found on the Trust website

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.

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About The Brent Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 642 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Brent Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-brent-primary-school (opens in new tab)

At The Brent Primary School, we strive to ensure that our children receive the very best education that we can deliver. Our core purpose is to enable all pupils to excel in their academic, social and personal achievement. We achieve this through creating a safe, stimulating, supportive and inclusive environment where the health, safety and well-being of all members of our community are at the heart of everything we do.

At our school, we promote a passion for life-long learning through an engaging curriculum that develops independent learners. We develop citizens who will take their place confidently within a rapidly changing world at local, national and global levels. Respect for self and respect for others underpins all aspects of school life. We believe every child is entitled to enjoy his or her childhood. As a consequence, The Brent will always be a friendly and welcoming place, where laughter is often heard and definitely encouraged.

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