Teaching Assistant
Alexandra Infant School, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 1JG5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
8 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share): 13 hours a week, Thursday and Friday 8.30am - 4.00pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Hourly rate
- £14.57-£14.98 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
Alexander Infant School is looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant to provide for the educational, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development for each individual child in their class and to support the overall development of the school. You will need to be caring, hardworking, willing to undergo training and most of all, enjoy working with children.
Alexandra Infant School, is a two-form entry school, with specialist autistic provision, at the heart of the local community. We are a Rights Respecting School that celebrates achievement, both personal and academic. We work closely with Alexandra Junior School to ensure a smooth transition for Year 2 children.
Ofsted rates the school Good with Outstanding elements, commenting on the “strong progress” and “enthusiastic learners who talk with great confidence about their learning”. They recognised that the school’s work “to promote pupils’ personal development and welfare is outstanding”.
Our motto, “Achieve, Inspire, Succeed” supports our core values for children to be; resilient, respectful, confident, caring. The well-being of children and staff is a priority and we work closely with our community. Our inspirational and creative curriculum provides opportunities for children to gain knowledge and skills, supported by specialist teachers and extra-curricular activities. Our curriculum is further enriched by teaching specific life skills to prepare children for the wider world.
Support for Pupils
- Supervise and provide particular support for pupils ensuring access to learning activities.
- Attend to the pupils’ personal needs and implement related personal programmes, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters.
- Establish constructive relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and being aware of an responding appropriately to individual needs.
- Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.
- Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in learning activities led by the teacher.
- Set challenging and demanding expectations and promote self-esteem and independence.
- Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under guidance of the teacher.
- Encourage pupils to act independently as appropriate.
Support for Teachers
- Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans.
- Use strategies, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals.
- Implement structured learning activities under the guidance of the teacher.
- Monitor the pupil’s responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed.
- Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on the pupils’ achievement, progress, problems etc.
- Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
- Establish constructive and supportive relationships with parents/carers and pupils.
- Undertake routine marking of pupils’ work and occasionally administer routine tests.
- Provide clerical/admin support, eg. photocopying, typing, filing, collecting money. etc
Support for the Curriculum
- Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses.
- Support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use.
- Prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources required to meet the lesson plans/relevant learning activity and assist pupils in their use.
- Adapt learning planned learning activities as needed to ensure learners are successful.
What the school offers its staff
Nexus Education Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS clearance.
We can offer:
- Opportunities for continuing professional development
- Strong school partnerships
- Happy, supportive and motivated team
- Appropriate resources, environment and support
- Innovative and collaborative organisation
- Staff benefits including cycle to work, and technology scheme
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.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to admin@alexandra-inf.bromley.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Alexandra Infant School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 196 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Alexandra Infant School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- admin@alexandra-inf.bromley.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 020 8778 4714
Arranging a visit to Alexandra Infant School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@alexandra-inf.bromley.sch.uk.
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