Teaching Assistant
Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR8 6PJThis job expired on 28 June 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
28 June 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
17 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Part time: 20hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - to be confirmed - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- SCP4 £23,114 – SCP6 £23,893 FTE per annum
Actual salary
- Pro-Rata - £10,698 - £11,257 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are very excited to announce that Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School are looking for a part time, maternity cover Teaching Assistant in Year 1.
We are ideally looking for an experienced Teaching Assistant who has a good knowledge of working with children with SEND. Part of the role will be supporting children with complex needs; as part of a strong team of adults in the classrooms.
The main purpose of the role is to support teaching and learning, providing general and specific assistance to pupils and staff under the direction, guidance and direct supervision of the classroom teacher. The post holder will also supervise children during lunchtimes to support and develop their health and well-being and social development.
The post holder will be responsible to their class teacher for day-to-day activities.
The post holder interacts on a professional level with colleagues – including outside agencies – and members of the trust team, seeking to establish and maintain productive relationships with them in order to promote mutual understanding of the school curriculum with the aim of improving the quality of teaching and learning in the school.
MID-YEAR ADJUSMENTS – TERM TIME/TERM TIME PLUS
Salary payments are averaged out over the 12 months of the Academic Year, if you begin employment with the Trust, during the Academic Year or you have changes made to your contract, a Mid-Year Adjustment calculation will be made. This is to ensure that employees are only paid for work they will do over the remaining months of the Academic Year. This is worked out based on working days of the term time calendar not an equal division of full months to be worked.
Closing date; Friday 28th June 2024 (12 noon)
Interview date; Tuesday 9th July 2024
What the school offers its staff
Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School has recently been graded Outstanding by Ofsted in December 2023. Children and staff thrive at Ghost Hill. We work within a wonderful supportive community, working closely with parents, other local schools, the church and a local care home.
We pride ourselves on knowing children and staff very well, so all learning and support is tailored to meet need and opportunities are given for everyone to flourish.
Our children are amazing and are very keen to learn.
Ofsted said….
Staff appreciate how leaders care for them.
Pupils are safe because their teachers care passionately about their well-being and always act in pupils’ best interests.
Pupils bring an infectious enthusiasm to their learning.
Pupils know it is important to treat others with kindness.
Leaders have established a highly inclusive ethos
Parents overwhelmingly endorse the outstanding education the school provides for their children
Our School is focused on creating a nurturing environment, developing our children to reach their full potential by not only empowering them but by taking the lead on their learning and provide an enthused approach to our teaching.
We are part of a wonderful community and have a fantastic partnership with our parents who support the school in so many ways, working together to provide our children with the very best possible opportunities and outcomes.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education September 2021, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 209 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School website
- Email address
- hr@se-trust.org
Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery School is focussed on creating a nurturing environment, developing our children to reach their full potential by not only empowering them but by taking the lead on their learning and provide an enthused approach to our teaching. We have a well-resourced library area for all reading levels, a creative curriculum based on whole school topics and we offer a wide range of school activities that vary from tennis to martial arts.
We are part of a wonderful community and have an fantastic partnership with parents who volunteer in a charity formed to raise funds for the school through organisation or events which has provided the school with new technology, an exceptional playground area and new equipment and books.
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