Teaching Assistant

Barley Hill Primary School, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3DH

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 November 2024

• Closing date

  9 October 2024 at 3pm

• Date listed

  24 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time: 8.45am - 3.15pm daily including Lunchtime Teaching Assistant role. Term Time Only
• Contract type: Fixed term - Until 31 August 2025 with potential for extension
• Pay scale: Grade 4 - 5 £18,933 - £19,312

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Good Maths and English skills
• NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualifications or experience
• Worked with children
• Worked in a similar role at a school/setting
• Computer literacy across Microsoft products
• Basic understanding of child development and learning
• Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities
• Ability to relate well to children and adults
• Work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these
• Flexibility in your working approach
• Enthusiasm and commitment
• The ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality and demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of all children
• An awareness of responsibilities for health and safety of yourself and others
• Successful and satisfactory background check received from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) after interview and before appointment
• A commitment to safeguarding children

What the school offers its staff

• A friendly and supportive working environment
• Training opportunities
• Great colleagues

Further details about the role

Contract Type: Fixed Term until 31st August 2025, with potential for extension into 2025/2026 academic year

Working Hours: 8.45am – 3.15pm daily (includes lunchtime Teaching Assistant role)

Start Date: Monday 4th November 2024 (or earliest possible date from the start of Term 2)

Salary Range: Grade 4 - 5 (£18,933 - £19,312 pro rata)

Age Range: Year 1

Closing date: Wednesday 9th October 2024

Interview: Week Beginning Monday 14th October 2024

For the job description and person specification, please contact Helen Cole on 01844 213100 or pa@barley-hill.oxon.sch.uk

An application form can be downloaded from our website; www.barley-hill.oxon.sch.uk .

Completed application forms should be returned to Helen Cole.

Barley Hill Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Therefore, all employees and workers are expected to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including satisfactory enhanced criminal records with Barred List check through the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Commitment to safeguarding

Barley Hill Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Therefore, all employees and workers are expected to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to
satisfactory pre-employment checks, including satisfactory enhanced criminal records with Barred List check through
the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to pa@barley-hill.oxon.sch.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Upload additional documents

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

TA Job Description 2023 24.pdf - 125 KB (opens in new tab)

Teaching Assistant Person 2023 24.pdf - 160 KB (opens in new tab)

About Barley Hill Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 512 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Barley Hill Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: pa@barley-hill.oxon.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01844 213100
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/barley-hill-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Barley Hill is a three-form entry primary school in Oxfordshire.

At Barley Hill Primary School we seek staff that are committed to improving the life chances of every pupil by striving to ensure they reach their potential and flourish. We welcome applications from talented individuals who plan creative opportunities to enhance children’s learning experiences across the curriculum.

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