Teaching Assistant
Tockwith Church of England Primary Academy, York, North Yorkshire, YO26 7RP11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
October 2024 (flexible to accommodate notice period)
Closing date
22 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
9 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,790.00 - £25,584.00 Annually (FTE)
Teaching Assistant job summary
Tockwith Church of England Primary Academy
Teaching Assistant
30 hours per week, to be worked during the school’s term time
Working hours are 8:50 am - 3:20 pm Monday - Friday and includes 30 minute lunch duty each day.
Full Time Equivalent Annual Salary: £24,790 - £25,584
Actual salary £17,394-£17,951
About the Trust
Ebor Academy Trust is a family of schools located across North and East Yorkshire, York and the Humber region. We think of ourselves as being one school across many sites, working collaboratively to deliver high quality, rich and engaging education in our diverse communities. Our aims are to enable all our learners to flourish and to open doors for their very best futures.
We genuinely seek to live by our values of Excellence, Belonging, Opportunity and Respect; these underpin how we work and how we relate to each other. We have high ambitions for our learners and staff and aim to deliver this through a culture of continuous development, support, kindness and understanding. We are a friendly trust that puts people first.
About the role
Tockwith Church of England Primary Academy are looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant to work within our dedicated team. The working hours for this position are 30 hours per week including 30 minute lunch duty each day, these hours will be worked during the school term time.
As a Teaching Assistant you will play a key role in the child’s day, you will be passionate about teaching and learning and believe in developing the true potential of all our children. You will have a calm and positive disposition, the ability to break down activities into small step by step teaching and will nurture, inspire, challenge and motivate pupils. Implementing clear boundaries and routines. You will use behaviour management in all areas around school.
As a Church of England school, we are looking for an excellent practitioner who supports our Core Christian Values of perseverance, creativity and friendship. We have close links to our local church and enjoy celebrations throughout the school year.
Our vision is for everyone in the school to live life in all its fullness.- John 10:10. As a school we work together to make an exciting and positive environment in which our children flourish, we are continually developing to ensure we continue to be effective, successful and ambitious in developing our pupils holistically.
The job requirements
We are looking for someone who has experience of working with children, in a supportive capacity and has good verbal communication, strong time management, organisational skills and the ability to work well as part of a team as these are all essential to this role.
You will have the ability to build a good rapport with parents and carers and the wider school community.
Ideally you will be an experienced Teaching Assistant with knowledge and understanding with regards to child development and the curriculum and how to enhance a child’s experiences and build upon their learning.
We can offer you
Tockwith Church of England Primary Academy invests in CPD for all staff. CPD provides opportunities to support growth within school and for its staff, with a range of courses and links with other schools offered throughout the year. Professional development opportunities are frequently discussed and supported ensuring staff can fulfil their potential. In addition to CPD we also actively engage in a ‘better place to work.’
An opportunity to work with an experienced and committed team in a caring Church of England Primary school that is at the heart of its village community. You will be part of a Trust which is diverse and puts the community at the heart of its agenda.
Happy, well behaved, enthusiastic children who are thriving and have a thirst for learning.
Working with us
All new starters with the Trust receive a thorough induction programme, followed by a programme of training which is targeted to the role. But it doesn’t stop there, all staff receive development on an ongoing basis and we actively encourage career development through a range of continuous professional development and longer programmes of learning, including apprenticeships.
We offer generous terms and conditions of employment. All our staff have access to a comprehensive Wellbeing Programme to help you and your family stay healthy. This includes access to free private GP and nurse appointments, exercise advice and classes, plus a variety of specialist clinics as well as counselling services. We also offer significant discounts on many high street shops, online retailers and travel agents, not to mention free car parking at all our schools, an enviable pension scheme, sick pay and family friendly policies.
The Trust is striving to be an inclusive and diverse organisation, where everyone feels able to be themselves and experiences a strong sense of belonging. The Trust wholeheartedly supports the principle of equality and diversity in employment and opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds and seek to develop a community of staff that accurately represents society as a whole. All applications for employment with the Trust will be considered against the criteria outlined in the person specification for the position advertised.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to, amongst other things, an enhanced DBS check. This also means that all applicants need to complete the online form in full as we are not able to accept CVs. Please see the Trust’s Recruitment Policy for further information.
Closing date: Sunday 22nd September 2024 at 12.00noon
Interview date: Tuesday 1st October 2024
For enquiries please contact: Hannah Spurr (h.spurr@ebor.academy)
Visits to our school are welcome and encouraged, please contact us to arrange this.
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Tockwith Church of England Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 226 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
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