Teaching Assistant (Foundation Stage 2) - Katesgrove Primary School

Katesgrove Primary School, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 2NL

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  12 January 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: Start date: January 2025 - Fixed term until August 2025 - 32.5 Hours a week - 8.30am to 3.30pm - Term time only
• Contract type: Fixed term - August 2025
• Actual salary: £17,608 to £18,168 Per year

What skills and experience we're looking for

Start date: January 2025 - Fixed term until August 2025 - 32.5 Hours a week -8.30am to 3.30pm - Term time only

Our friendly expanding school is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and self-motivated Teaching Assistant in Foundation Stage 2. We have a lovely, hardworking team of staff and delightful pupils who deserve the best people working with them.

Katesgrove and Southcote are both Schools Direct Training Schools and are very supportive of staff wishing to develop future Teaching careers through this programme

The successful candidate will:

• Have a sound working knowledge of supporting young children’s learning

• Demonstrate good interpersonal skills with team members and parents
• Have previous experience of working with young children
• Have a good standard of spoken and written English
• Undertake accredited training

The Kennet Federation aspires to be an actively anti-racist organisation. We recognise our aspiration as ongoing, involving collective commitment and accountability. We welcome employees who are committed to and will actively contribute to our efforts to celebrate our cultural diversity and be resolute in advancing inclusion and equity. We encourage candidates who share our ambition to apply, and we welcome applications from those with protected characteristics

Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged.

What the school offers its staff

Application packs can be downloaded from the school website - www.katesgroveprimaryschool.co.uk.

Applications considered on receipt and successful applicants will be invited for interview.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The appointment will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check, appropriate references and health clearance.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Katesgrove Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 692 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Katesgrove Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: federationhr@katesgrove.reading.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/katesgrove-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Arranging a visit to Katesgrove Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email federationhr@katesgrove.reading.sch.uk.

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