Teaching Assistant

Chesterton Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 1RW

77 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2024 although the school reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to this date

• Closing date

  20 July 2024 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  25 January 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: £23,308.00 - £23,893.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team!

We are looking for a creative and enthusiastic KS1/KS2 Teaching Assistants to be part of our excellent team. You must share our passion for providing children with stimulating and exciting learning opportunities, which help them to achieve their full learning potential.

Chesterton Primary School is a small one-form entry school in the north of Cambridge city. The staff, the Active Learning Trust and Governors are dedicated to the growth and development of the school. Our focus is to build aspirations, overcome barriers and celebrate diversity in our community, learning and relationships. We are a friendly and welcoming school that aim to instil our values of Ready, Respectful, Resilience and Care in all our pupils. After our most recent Ofsted visit in January 2020, we continue to be a “Good” school and look forward to welcoming a new member of staff to our team to help the school on its continuing journey.

You will need to:

• be able to deliver high-quality learning experiences for all children
• have an understanding of specific needs that could be a barrier to learning
• care for children and demonstrate a nurturing ethos
• be able to work as part of a team

We can offer:

• a caring, fun and friendly school and a place in a supportive and creative staff team committed to achieving high standards.
• opportunities for professional development and promotion within the school and across the Trust
• Forward-thinking approaches to learning, professional development and school improvement.

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a visit or for further details.

Active Learning Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Chesterton Primary School and the Active Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. We expect all staff to actively share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to the taking of satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record clearance in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture in our recruitment.

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 Chesterton Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 191 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Chesterton Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chesterton-primary-school-cambridge (opens in new tab)

Chesterton Primary School is a one form entry school in the north of the city of Cambridge. Our school is built around the values of Care, Respect and Persevere. We have a strong community to make sure everyone is included and feels valued.

The staff, the Active Learning Trust and Governors are dedicated to the growth and development of the school. Our focus is to build aspirations, overcome barriers and celebrate diversity in our community, learning and relationships. After our most recent Ofsted visit in January 2020, we continue to be a “Good” school.

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