Teaching Assistant

More than one location, Cornerstone Academy Trust

27 days remaining to apply

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
31 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 November 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: Full time: The salary will normally, commence at a full time equivalent of £23,000 (based on 37 hour week and all year working), with the ability to progress through the pay scale. Proven relevant experience may warrant a starting salary higher up the pay scale. This will be pro rata adjusted for your hours per week and weeks worked per year.
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £23,000

What skills and experience we're looking for

Relevant experience of working with children and qualifications are required. You will need to have a willingness to attend CPD and familiarise yourself with the latest developments in the EYFS curriculum that the Trust is implementing.

What the school offers its staff

https://tcat.education/staff-benefits

Further details about the role

We are seeking for a range of Teaching Assistants to join our highly regarded teaching assistant staff within our Trust. We are looking for someone with relevant experience of working with children, who is enthusiastic about supporting and educating primary aged children. You will need to have a passion and commitment to wanting our young children to develop a life-long love of learning by being a positive, nurturing, and supportive role model.

You will benefit from a generous pension scheme, a health scheme, a cycle to work scheme and subsidised meals in our staff café with food cooked and served by our own chefs. Successful candidates will be provided with state-of-the-art IT equipment to help them fulfil their duties and we support all staff with an investment in their professional development through training and a good performance management process, where a bonus is payable to those who achieve highly.

You will work alongside the class teachers to support children in all areas of the curriculum and to also assist in the preparation of the learning environment, liaising with staff, maintaining pupil records, and carrying out a range of administrative tasks to support the teacher. You will also be involved in supporting children at break and lunch times in setting up our play provision or helping with the family dining arrangements in the school hall.

As a teaching assistant you will have the exciting role of supporting children in learning to read, leading PE and Games sessions, going on school trips and residentials and taking responsibility for the mentoring and tutoring of individual children. We provide a full programme of extra-curricular activities, outdoor learning programmes, sporting squads and teams, dedicated art and science rooms, a library service and 1:1 digital devices for every pupil.

You will also be involved in leading playtime activities with children and supporting within the family dining service where older children serve young children each lunch time.

This is a permanent, term-time position (40 weeks) with working hours from 8:30am to 3:30pm.

The salary will normally, commence at a full time equivalent of £23,000 (based on 37 hour week and all year working), with the ability to progress through the pay scale. Proven relevant experience may warrant a starting salary higher up the pay scale. This will be pro rata adjusted for your hours per week and weeks worked per year.

We look forward to receiving your application and hopefully meeting you as part of the recruitment process.

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.