Teaching Assistant

Green Ridge Primary Academy, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0YA

42 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2024

• Closing date

  28 August 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,005.00 - £20,486.00 Annually (Actual) Bucks Pay Range 1b, Scale point 8 – 10 £23,760 - £24, 223 (pro rata for part-time or term-time only)

Teaching Assistant job summary

As a member of the academy’s support staff team you will be responsible for supporting the development of all children, including those with SEN/D and for whom English is an additional language, supporting their knowledge, understanding and skills across all areas of learning. This may be supporting children on a one-to-one basis, supporting small groups or delivering interventions and additional support to children as needed. This will be a flexible role which could be working with all children across the academy, from Early Years to Key Stage 2. The role also includes supervising children during break and lunchtimes, both on the playground and in the dining room as well as providing short-term cover for staff absences.

What we’re looking for:

We welcome applications from candidates with experience from educational or other relevant childcare backgrounds. We also welcome applications for graduates who are looking to gain experience before enrolling onto a teacher-training programme.

The successful candidate will have:

• The motivation and passion to achieve the very best for the children with additional needs in our care and be relentless in the pursuit of excellence
• A good understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage and/or a good understanding of the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 curriculum
• A good understanding of the range of additional needs that pupils can have and how best to support them
• The ability to work independently as well as part of a wider team
• The ability to work on initiative
• A ‘can-do’ approach to all aspects of academy life
• A willingness to undertake professional development and grow their skills
• Excellent communication skills and a good sense of humour

In return we can offer:

• A commitment to you and your professional development
• Friendly, supportive, enthusiastic and hardworking colleagues, staff and Governors
• A growing learning community
• Encouragement to develop new ideas and the opportunity to make a real difference

Commitment to safeguarding

At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.

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About Green Ridge Primary Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 527 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Green Ridge Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
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Green Ridge Academy is a new primary school built on Berryfields, which opened in September 2017 in temporary accommodation on the site of the permanent building. The permanent school building opened in September 2018. In September 2023, the academy will be two-form entry from Nursery through to Year Six, taking children from aged 2-11, with two bulge classes in YR and Y1 as we continue our preparations to become a 3-form entry school. Whilst the school currently has the capacity for over 450 children, this is an exciting time at Green Ridge, as we continue to grow our site is being expanded with the additional capacity so that by September 2024, our building will be able to accommodate over 650 children. Exciting!

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