Teaching Assistant
Ditton Church of England Junior School, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 6AEThis job expired on 3 November 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
3 November 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
17 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Kent Range 4
Teaching Assistant job summary
Permanent Teaching Assistant
Working hours: Term-time plus staff development days (39 weeks per year)
31.25 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 3.15pm)
Salary: Kent Range 4
Do you strive to make a difference to the place you work and the pupils you support? Are you an effective, inspirational and motivated person?
Yes?
Then, would you like to work in our School?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Teaching Assistant's of exceptional ability to join our team at Ditton Church of England Junior School.
We can offer you a friendly 'family' ethos, a well resourced working environment, a staff team that is caring and committed to ensuring children's maximum achievement.
We need someone who has high expectations and a drive to improve outcomes for our learners. The applicant should be a good team player but also be self motivated and able to act upon their own initiative. The ideal applicant should have a good understanding of child development and of how children learn and be able to enthuse, engage and challenge children in their learning journey. High standards of personal numeracy and literacy are expected in order that our pupils benefit from these when being supported.
Visits to the school are strongly recommended.
Ditton Junior School is committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children's welfare. The post is subject to checks in line with this commitment including an Enhanced DBS Disclosure check.
Please download a vacancy pack below and apply via My New Term.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate apply.
Aletheia Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
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.
About Ditton Church of England Junior School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 204 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
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