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Teaching Assistant

Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 9LN

This 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

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Teaching Assistant_MECE_2022.pdf - 117 KB (opens in new tab)

About Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• 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
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/maiden-erlegh-chiltern-edge

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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