Teaching Assistant

Bishops Lydeard Church School, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 3AN

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  18 October 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  30 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 12 hours per week.
• Contract type: Fixed term - Until 31/08/2025
• Actual salary: £6,052.45 - £6,254.86

What skills and experience we're looking for

• • TEACHING ASSISTANT

    Fixed Term until 31/08/2025

    12 hours per week

    Grade 15 £22,366 - £23,114 pro rata

    £6,052.45 - £6,254.86 actual pay

    Our vision of ‘Life in all its fullness’ runs through all that we do and seek to achieve. We have high expectations for the children’s progress and development both academically and emotionally. Our values of ‘Respect, Endurance and Friendship’ are also central to our culture and ethos and are a very much lived experience.

    We are an inclusive and caring school at the heart of a thriving local village community.

    Is this the sort of school you would like to work in? If so, read on….

    This post requires positivity, dedication, reflection, and a heart to see children live life in all its fullness. You should have the understanding of how to form good working relationships with children and have insight into developing social and emotional skills. You should have the ability to inspire and motivate children and be confident in using your own initiative within school policies and expectations.

    The successful candidate will need to:

    • show commitment to high standards for all pupils in both learning and behaviour
    • be responsive to the children’s needs, socially and emotionally and academically
    • hold safeguarding for all at the forefront of responsibilities
    • work proactively and effectively within the wider school team and contribute to the wider life of the school
    • get pleasure from and be enthused by seeing all around them succeed

    
    

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• Welcoming children with eager minds
• A commitment to your professional development
• Parents who are supportive of their children’s needs
• A strong Christian ethos

• Dedicated professionals who readily support each other (and all children)

This post will commence as soon as possible

Benefits of working for the Bath & Wells MAT include; a generous pension scheme, enhanced sickness and parental benefits and a supportive working environment.

To apply please send completed application forms to Tracey Fillingham at enquiries@bishopslydeard.bwmat.org

For informal enquires please contact the school office

Closing date Interview date 9am on Friday 18 October 2024 w/c Monday 21 October 2024

Commitment to safeguarding

Bishops Lydeard Church School and the Bath & Wells Multi Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS and all relevant pre-employment checks.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to enquiries@bishopslydeard.bwmat.org

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Bishops Lydeard Church School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 142 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Bishops Lydeard Church School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: enquiries@bishopslydeard.bwmat.org
• Phone number: 01823 432 582
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bishops-lydeard-church-school (opens in new tab)

Bishops Lydeard Church School is part of the Bath & Wells Multi Academy Trust.

We have 5 mixed age classes and a nursery (from 2 years) on site. We currently offer Breakfast Club from 7.30am and After School Club until 5.45pm.

The School enjoys the support of a keen and dedicated Governing Committee. There is also a highly active and enthusiastic School Association which works tirelessly to organise social fund raising events to support the children and the School in general. Moreover the Co-Op provides us with a tremendous amount of support and resourcing. We thank the community for all they bring.

Our community is very important to us and we have strong links with the village, church and local cluster of eight primary schools and feeder secondary school, Kingsmead Academy. The village itself is self-contained having a number of shops, post office, library, nursing home and also St Mary’s Church with which the school is closely connected.

Bishops Lydeard Church School is situated in a stunning location at the foot of the Quantock Hills – an area of outstanding natural beauty. It is located about six miles north of the county town of Taunton.

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