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Teaching Assistant - Specialist Resource Provision

Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery, Bracknell Forest, Berkshire, RG12 7WW

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• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  10 January 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 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: £14,783.00 Annually (Actual) Actual salary advertised. 32.5 hours per week. Term Time only. London Weighting included (FTE salary - £24294 + £689 London Weighting)

Teaching Assistant - Specialist Resource Provision job summary

The successful candidate will be hard working and committed, and will be able to inspire, motivate and encourage children at all levels. We are looking for a team player who can support both the children in their care and the colleagues with whom they will be working with.

Our school, set in spacious grounds, offers a calm and purposeful working atmosphere. Our staff are dedicated to do the very best for all our pupils, regardless of any additional needs or various backgrounds. Working within Maiden Erlegh Trust, employees are able to access quality CPD from the Maiden Erlegh Institute as well as being able to access employee benefits from Perkbox.

If you feel you could join our inspiring workforce, then please apply!

We are looking for someone who is:

• Able to demonstrate suitable experience and/or qualifications for working in a school
• Highly motivated in supporting children to make excellent progress
• Able to respond appropriately to the wide-ranging needs of the pupils
• You will be able to adapt the learning according to the children’s needs
• Able to deal with pupil behaviour in an effective and supportive way
• A caring and patient individual
• Flexible and able to work on their own initiative

We are looking for someone who has:

• A positive and ‘can do’ attitude, who remains calm under pressure; with belief in growth mindsets for themselves and others
• Limitless patience and empathy; being able to communicate clearly and build a trusting relationship with the children you are supporting
• Highly organised and adaptable; with and a commitment to ensuring your actions meet the schools high-standards and help us meet our strategic goals
• An understanding of how to support children’s learning
• Good organisational skills, as well as flexibility
• A good standard of literacy, numeracy and IT skills
• A desire to work as part of a forward looking and knowledgeable teaching team
• The ability to develop positive and caring relationships with children
• The ability to support children with specific learning and behavioural difficulties

If you believe that this is an environment where you can thrive, develop and substantially contribute to an exciting future for our pupils, then you are encouraged to explore further by contactingrecruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org  for a more detailed discussion, if required.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference requests.

Applicants are advised to apply as early as possible as we reserve the right to close the advert and interview at any time.

To learn more about our school, please visit www.birchhillprimaryschool.co.uk

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.

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.

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About Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 403 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/birch-hill-primary-school-and-nursery

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