Teaching Assistant
Gulval School, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 3BJThis job expired on 2 April 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
TBC
Closing date
2 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: Permanent Variable 31.25 Hours Per Week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- TPAT Point 4
What skills and experience we're looking for
About You:
The successful candidate will:
- Be highly motivated and driven, with a track record of outstanding classroom support (or a capacity and aspiration to be the best)
- Have high expectations for themselves and our pupils
- Be effective in supporting pupil behaviour with a commitment towards each individual child.
- Demonstrate the ability to work proactively as part of a team with a ‘can do’ positive attitude ensuring the needs of every child are met.
- Share in our passion for adventurous learning.
What the school offers its staff
About The Role:
Gulval School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Teaching Assistant to join their dedicated and friendly team of professionals. We have an opportunity available to work closely with our younger aged children and support learning across phase too. You will be responsible for ensuring high quality learning support continues to impact positively on the outcomes of pupils, part of a skilled team of professionals working in the first Thrive School of Excellence in the country.
Gulval School is a thriving and happy school, led by a Headteacher with a passion for adventurous learning; we strive for excellence in all that we do. We want to appoint an outstanding person with energy, enthusiasm, resilience, a love of the outdoors and a ‘can do’ attitude who wants to play a part in the continued success of our school by becoming part of our community of experienced professionals.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Gulval School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 219 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Gulval School website
- Email address
- pbaker@gulval.tpacademytrust.org
- Phone number
- 01736 364747
A value is a principle that guides our thinking and our behaviour. At Gulval School, every individual is valued for who they are and the important contribution they make to our community.
Our 3 simple rules of ‘Ready Respect Safe’ were developed with our community who worked alongside pupils and the Headteacher to decide what was important to them.
Arranging a visit to Gulval School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email pbaker@gulval.tpacademytrust.org.
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