Teaching Assistant Apprentice

St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST7 4HT

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Immediate

• Closing date

  25 October 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  1 October 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: £6.40 Hourly National Apprenticeship Wage

Teaching Assistant Apprentice job summary

St Thomas' CofE Academy is looking to appoint an inspirational and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant Apprentice to join the academy team.

The role is for full time, term time only for the duration of the apprenticeship in the first instance.

The successful candidate will, under the guidance of the Class Teacher and Deputy SENDCo to provide support for :

• teaching and learning activities both within the classroom setting and in small intervention groups
• individual pupils with an EHCP
  

We are looking for someone who:

• has a passion for working with children
• is flexible, enthusiastic, have lots of energy and a real sense of fun and are calm and patient
• has the ability to work as part of a team and to show initiative
  
• is keen to be involved in all aspects of school life
• has excellent interpersonal and communication skills with children and parents
• has excellent English and Maths skills as well as being creative
• has a thorough understanding of the need for confidentiality and the importance of safeguarding
• can support the Christian ethos and values of the academy.

Three Spires Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Section 128 direction check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Commitment to safeguarding

Three Spires Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Section 128 direction check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

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 St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 172 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: St Thomas' CofE Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
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St Thomas’ CofE Academy is a small, welcoming primary school in Kidsgrove.

As a church school in Kidsgrove, our Christian values create an extended family atmosphere and a feeling of belonging within a caring community. In this environment, children feel confident and secure to try new things.

We are proud of our children: who they are and what they achieve. It is their learning and well-being that is at the heart of everything we do. Our dedicated and conscientious team of staff work hard to feed curiosity and inspire learning so that every child achieves and succeeds in a caring and secure environment.

We are committed to instilling in our children a life -long love for learning that will equip them to succeed in today’s ever-changing society. Whilst we follow the National Curriculum, we strive to make learning exciting and fun. We are extremely fortunate to have vast school grounds, within which we have our own Forest School. The children access these areas as part of their curriculum.

Parents are key to the success of the child’s education. We value the relationships we have with our parents and constantly seek to build on these. Our ‘Open Door’ policy and close working relationships, ensures parents are involved with their child’s education. The local community is seen as a valuable asset. As such, we enjoy positive relationships within it and the children feel proud to be part of it.

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