Teaching Assistant
Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 0ERThis job expired on 13 December 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
6 January 2025
Closing date
13 December 2024 at 9am
Date listed
5 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £17,563.00 - £18,127.00 Annually (Actual) Actual starting salary based on FTE salary of £25,183
Teaching Assistant job summary
Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy is looking for an experienced SEND Teaching Assistant, for a fixed term period from 6 January until 22 July 2025, working part time, 30 hours per week.
Responsible for supporting children within our autism base to access learning, you will be able to form positive and supportive relationships with children, parents and work well as part of a team. Our ideal candidate will have experience with speech and language / children with English as an additional language and attention autism interventions.
Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy is a community school for children in the 4-11 age range. We are immensely proud of our happy and nurturing ethos, where each child is valued and supported as an individual. Our children are at the heart of everything that we do and they have a strong voice in the decisions that we make. Our curriculum is designed to inspire and motivate children to acquire the knowledge and skills that will successfully prepare them for their future.
Our new colleague will also benefit from being part of Ormiston Academies Trust, one of the oldest and largest school trusts in the country. OAT’s vision is for all young people to have access to the highest academic, social and practical skills required to achieve their full potential. OAT support all staff so that they can enhance and develop their professional skills whatever their role within the trust.
Ormiston Academies Trust is an ethical sponsor, committed to improving the life chances of young people. We share their vision for all young people to have the highest academic, social and practical skills to allow them to lead a fulfilling life.
We are looking for a teaching assistant who:
- Has experience of working in a primary setting
- Can work proactively and use initiative, able to respond to the children’s individual needs
- Has good behaviour management skills
- Is calm and patient
- Believes that every child can succeed
If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!
The closing date for applications is Friday 13 December, however we may interview and appoint earlier and therefore suggest candidates submit their application as soon as possible.
Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.
All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: 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 Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 308 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
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A primary school for children from Reception to Year 6.
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