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Teaching Assistant

High Greave Infant School, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 3LZ

This job expired on 19 April 2024 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  19 April 2024 at 1pm

• Date listed

  22 March 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,893.00 - £18,192.00 Annually (Actual) Please note the salary is the actual salary for the hours. The role is 32.5 hours per week.

Teaching Assistant job summary

Our School - Vision and Values

At High Greave Infant School, our staff team strive to empower all the learners in our care. We provide a safe, caring, and nurturing environment in which pupils can thrive emotionally, socially and academically. Through offering consistency and stability, we build self-esteem and create confident, resilient learners. We believe that the education of a child is a partnership, and we work closely with families and carers, building strong and trusting relationships. Everything we do has every child as an individual at its heart.

We are looking for a teaching assistant who is dedicated, motivated and committed to being part of our team and delivering our Vision and Values. This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding classroom practitioner to make a significant contribution to our school community. This post is on a permanent basis for 32.5 hours per week.

NVQ level 2 or above is essential and previous experience as a teaching assistant is desirable.

You will:

Be reliable, enthusiastic and flexible.

Have high expectations of learning and teaching.

• Be keen to develop as a professional.
• Be able to work collaboratively with colleagues.
• Be able to act as a positive role model.
• Be able to contribute to the positive ethos of the school.
• Be able to deliver a variety of interventions, including phonics.

Have experience of supporting in KS1 if possible.

Contribute to the smooth running of the classroom.

We will offer you:

A school with high expectations and aspirations for all our children.

A team of dedicated professionals who are experienced and supportive.

Amazing children who are enthusiastic learners.

A commitment to ongoing professional development.

Context

The descriptions below of our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ define the work we are developing as a Trust. They are an aspiration, and we are always striving to achieve them.

We ensure our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ hold us to account for the work we do.

Why do we exist?

Our purpose is to ensure every LEARNER has choices about their future

Our first job is to support and extend learning for pupils to provide them with the skills and knowledge to make those choices.

Our second job is to make sure no child is ignored, no family is unsupported and no life is wasted, by providing intervention at the earliest opportunity.

Our responsibility to education is to provide an environment where practitioners can collaborate, learn from each other, take risks and reflect.

How will we act?

We will use our purpose as a driver for our culture, ensuring we are;

Connected (sharing information openly, broadly and deliberately)

Helpful (embracing servant leadership and use initiative to solve the problem)

Organised (employing efficient strategies and trust colleagues to deliver)

Informed (asking coaching questions to understand what is happening)

Candid (disagreeing openly and compassionately)

Effective (only retaining our best elements and looking for continuous improvement)

Simple (avoiding complexity and increasing clarity)

What is our strategy?

We will use our culture to ensure the work of the Trust;

Focuses on creating capacity (time and resources) for schools

Ensures support is agile, providing intervention at the earliest opportunity

Supports schools to employ and invest in the best educators for children

Seeks continuous improvement and disruptive innovation

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 High Greave Infant School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 110 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: High Greave Infant School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/high-greave-infant-school (opens in new tab)

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