Teaching Assistant

Avening Primary School, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8NF

Deadline is tomorrow

Job start date
6 January 2025
Closing date
4 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 November 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: £25,584.00 Annually (FTE) Point 7- Point12 £25,584 - £27,711 pa pro rata, depending on experience and qualifications

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated and happy team.

Start date: 6 January 2025

We are seeking to appoint a teaching assistant to join our team at Avening Primary School. Within this role, you will work with the class teacher to deliver lessons in a mixed age class and to support students across the curriculum including those who have additional needs. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic, positive and reflective practitioner, with a passion for teaching and learning: someone who enjoys working as part of a team to encourage all children to be the best they can be.

In return, we offer:

Happy children who have a passion for learning

A warm, friendly team of staff and governors, who are committed to sharing and developing good practice

A positive ethos underpinned by shared values

An engaging, supportive learning environment and idyllic surroundings

Salary will be dependent on experience. This is a fixed term appointment in the first instance. Part-time candidates are welcome to apply.

For further information and an application pack please visit our website www.avening.gloucs.sch.uk. For any queries, please contact the school office (01453 833191, email: Mrs A Sollis, School Business Manager asollis@avening.gloucs.sch.uk). Please submit a completed application form with a covering letter by midday on Tuesday 26 November 2024.

Closing date: Wednesday 4 December 2024

Interviews: Wednesday 11 December 2024

Avening Primary School is an equal opportunities employer, committed to the safeguarding of all our children. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and excellent references prior to appointment. The post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 therefore all convictions, including those usually considered spent, must be declared.

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.