Teaching Assistant

Oakley Church of England Combined School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP18 9QY

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 November 2024 at 4pm

• Date listed

  30 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,760.00 - £24,223.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are proud to say that our children are enthusiastic, inquisitive and eager to learn and succeed. Staff are a resilient, compassionate and dedicated team who work closely with our supportive, pro-active and community minded families. Our Headteacher and Governors are ambitious, values-driven and tenacious in their approach to school leadership.

The successful candidate will to work 8.50am – 3.20pm Monday to Friday (term time only) and will include half an hour lunchtime duty each day. This is initially on a fixed term basis to August 2025 with the possibility to extend.

This are classroom-based role, working alongside the class teacher supporting children with their learning as part of the whole class, in small groups or one to one with a pupil with SEND needs. The first role includes being part of our whole school lunchtime supervision team working on a rota basis. Occasionally, we may need you to work solely with one child if this is what their needs require; however, we do, as far as is practicable, move our staff around so that they acquire a broad range of experience and expertise.

30 hours per week, term time only. Grade Range 1B 8-10 depending on experience, full time equivalent £23,760.00 to £24,223.00. We would urge you to visit our school, so you can see what makes our school such a special place to work.

We can offer you:

• An exciting, inclusive environment with engaged, enthusiastic children;
• A vibrant and happy school;
• The opportunity to work alongside forward thinking, creative, dedicated and friendly team of professionals;
• An inclusive school culture;
• An experience of working in a beautiful physical environment including extensive grounds and a swimming pool;
• A commitment to your ongoing continued professional development;
• A welcoming and supportive parent community

We are looking for applicants who are:

• Inspiring and motivated (already a teaching assistant or potentially one in the making);
  
• Passionate about high standards and celebrating children’s progress;
• Able to use your knowledge of all children to support (or feed into the planning of) innovative and exciting learning opportunities;
• Enthusiastic and energetic, with a love of collaborative working;
• Committed to the care of, and well-being of all children

If you are interested in becoming an active member of our school community please telephone for an informal chat or to organise a date to look around school.

Oakley CE Combined School is committed to safeguarding all children. Successful candidates will require a DBS clearance and suitable references before commencing employment. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age.

Commitment to safeguarding

Oakley CE Combined School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. All potential staff have to meet the requirements of the person specification appropriate to their role and will be subject to pre-employment checks including a health check, social media check, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Oakley Church of England Combined School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 95 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Oakley Church of England Combined School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oakley-church-of-england-combined-school (opens in new tab)

We are a small village school with approximately 100 children, situated in the beautiful village of Oakley, Buckinghamshire, close to the Bucks/Oxfordshire border located between Thame and Bicester. Our Christian values are at the heart of everything that we do to support our children develop intellectually, physically, socially, emotionally and spiritually. We also pride ourselves on our excellent results, good pupil behaviour and attitudes. Well-being is a fundamental part of our welcoming school community as we know how vital this is to nurturing life-long learners.

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