Teaching Assistant
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 9LNThis job expired on 7 October 2022 – see similar jobs
Earliest start date
31 October 2022
Latest start date
7 November 2022
Closing date
7 October 2022 at 9am
Date listed
26 September 2022
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Part time: 15 hours per week – working 8.45 – 3.15pm Wednesdays and Fridays and a half day (3 hours) of your choosing. Term time only, plus 2 INSET days
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months
Actual salary
- £7,380.69
Teaching Assistant job summary
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge is proud to celebrate its recent ‘Good’ Ofsted outcome. This is a fantastic reflection of just how far the school has come in recent years and recognises all the work done by our staff. It is also testament to the hard work, maturity and energy of our students, and the support of our parent community. We are a small school but with a big heart. Since joining the Maiden Erlegh Trust in 2018 the school has seen a marked change in its fortunes and is now known for its calm classrooms, strong focus on behaviour and well-developed teaching and learning
We are now looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant to support our talented teachers and join our committed and passionate Inclusion team. Day to day responsibilities will be varied but will include:
- Providing day to day classroom support to students, and assisting with pupil behaviour
- Committing to raising the aspirations and achievement of all our pupils
- Establishing good relationships and acting as a role model
- Encouraging students to engage in activities led by the teacher
- Helping to plan lessons by preparing materials and resources
Our ideal candidate will:
- Have highly effective communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Have the ability to recognise and manage challenging behaviour
- Work as part of a team or on your own initiative.
- Understand that punctuality is imperative
- Be a hard worker
- Want to and be part of a really supportive Inclusion team
The successful applicant will enjoy working with secondary school aged students. You must be adaptable and willing to be involved in all aspects of school life, have a calm manner and be able to work as part of team. You will share our inclusive values of “opportunity, diversity and success for all” and you will have a willingness to develop your own practice in line with our ethos of continuous improvement.
The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.
Maiden Erlegh Trust is an Ethical Leadership Pathfinder organisation and we are committed to safeguarding, equality and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We are also committed to having the highest expectations of pupil/students and staff, and supporting everyone to reach their full potential. All employees of the school and Trust are expected to share these commitments. All posts require satisfactory employment checks and references and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. All Leadership roles will require a Section 128 check
Further information about the job
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 Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 421 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge website
- Email address
- recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org
11-16 secondary school in Sonning Common, part of Maiden Erlegh Trust
Arranging a visit to Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org.
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