Teaching Assistant

South Brent Primary School, South Brent, Devon, TQ10 9JN

7 days remaining to apply

Closing date
12 February 2025 at 10am
Date listed
20 January 2025

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Key stage 2
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £24,790 - £25,584

Teaching Assistant job summary

Salary: NJC Grade C - £24,790 - £25,584 FTE (This will be paid pro-rata to reflect hours and weeks worked)

Working Pattern: This is a part time, permanent position working 21.25 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

South Brent Primary School is a very special place to work, in a beautiful rural location. South Brent village is situated on the edge of Dartmoor National Park and surrounded by farmland. The school benefits from extensive grounds providing a range of outdoor education areas.

Our dedicated team of staff and governors work together to create a school where there is a real sense of community and where staff and learners can flourish. Our school aims to provide a stimulating and fun learning environment where pupils are encouraged, supported, motivated and challenged to undertake their personal journey of discovery.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, committed and motivated individual to join our school’s Learning Support Team. This is a permanent position working 21.5 hours per week, 39 week a year - term time only (Monday, Tuesday & Friday: 8:45am – 1:15pm (4.25 hours). Tuesday & Wednesday: 11am – 3:15pm (4.25 hours)).

This position will require the successful applicant to work throughout the school to support learning. This will include liaising closely with class teachers to support pupils development, support learning through a range of individual and group based interventions and provide supervision at lunchtime. A knowledge of the maths and English primary curriculum would be a distinct advantage but not essential as training can be given.

We can promise you a wonderful, highly supportive staff team. We have strong links through our Multi Academy Trust, Ventrus Ltd, and we enjoy being able to share expertise as well as offer school to school professional development.

To apply for this role please submit your application online; your supporting statement should outline your suitability for the post. To download an information pack or to apply for this position, please visit the Vacancies page on our Ventrus website, which can be accessed by clicking here.

The closing date for applications is 10am on Wednesday 12th February 2025, interviews will be held on Wednesday 26th February 2025.

All shortlisted applicants will be subject to an online search.

Ventrus Multi Academy Trust require all applicants to be eligible to work in the UK with no restrictions, as we are unable to offer sponsorship/work visas. You will be required to provide proof of Right to Work at interview stage.

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.