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Teaching Assistant - Early Years

St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 4AR

This job expired on 30 September 2024 – see similar jobs

Start date details
04/11/24 or earlier, subject to satisfactory references and DBS clearance
Closing date
30 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
13 September 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1
Working pattern: Part time: 27.5 hours per week - 08:40 - 15:10 with one hour for lunch
Contract type: Fixed term - Until 31/08/2025
Full-time equivalent salary: £23893

What skills and experience we're looking for

To assist in the support and inclusion of children both in class and in small groups/one-to-one outside of the classroom. To ensure the safety, welfare and good conduct of pupils during breaktimes in accordance with the practices and procedures of the school and local authority. The applicant will have a passion for supporting the development of the youngest children in the school and would ideally have recent experience of working in an Early Years Setting.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Supporting pupils’ learning, either in groups or 1:1 work including through play activities, depending on the learning support needs of the pupil/s.
Supporting pupils’ self-esteem, inclusion, and behavioural development.
Providing physical and/or personal care to pupils where required.
Supporting teachers, e.g., by contributing to work plans for individual pupils, reviewing progress and providing regular feedback.
Supporting the curriculum, by delivering literacy and mathematics alongside other subjects.
Supporting the school, e.g., setting up of classrooms, outdoor provision, appropriate use of resources, helping to ensure the hygiene of the teaching environment, dealing with accidents.
Ensuring first aid is administered and paperwork completed where necessary and in line with school first aid policy.
To be aware at all times of the need to safeguard children and follow school policies accordingly. (Mandatory)

What the school offers its staff

At St Mary’s we have ‘Faith in Everyone to Shine Brightly’.

St Mary's CE Primary School is a modern, thriving, large village school in Purton, a village in North Wiltshire, on the outskirts of Swindon. We have a vacancy for an enthusiastic, inspiring and caring teaching assistant.

Do you Shine Brightly? If you do, we’d love you to join our glowing team!

We can offer you:

Term-time only working

Enrolment into the local government pension scheme

Wiltshire Rewards discount scheme

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and have a culture of vigilance in all aspects of safeguarding and child protection.

In accordance with Section 236 of Keeping Children Safe in Education, September 2024, this role meets the definition of Regulated Activity and an enhanced DBS check with children’s barred list information will be undertaken prior to commencement of employment.

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and not subject to disclosure to employers.

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