Teaching Assistant
Gosford Park Primary School, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 2SFThis job expired on 8 December 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
To be confirmed
Closing date
8 December 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 November 2023
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours
Contract type
- Fixed term - Fixed Term linked to additional need Funding
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 3 Point 7 (£23,114 - £24,294) pro rata
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, experienced, enthusiastic and committed individual who will be able to work as part of a team in a flexible role. They will flourish working under their own initiative, showing patience, understanding and advocating a real sense of team.
- Support specific children and adapt materials to suit their needs.
- Working with whole class, individuals or small groups of children.
- Supporting teachers to ensure specific children are making progress.
- Engaging children in learning opportunities.
- Managing behaviour effectively.
- Having high standards and expectations of all children.
- Supervise the activities of individuals or groups of children to ensure their safety and facilitate their physical and emotional development.
- Assist with the implementation of EHCP targets for a specific named pupil;
- Establish positive working relationships with the pupil and within the school as a whole, acting as a role model and setting high expectations;
- Promote inclusion for the pupil within day-to-day school life;
- Provide one-to-one support for a named pupil, recognising and responding to their individual needs;
The role will be within our Early Years Team and will be a full-time position supporting across Nursery and Reception when you are not supporting the named child.
If you feel you could join our School family, and you feel you have the necessary skills to contribute to our continuing journey of improvement, we would love to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
The Governors, staff and children at Gosford Park Primary School are seeking to appoint an innovative, highly driven and motivated teaching assistant to join our school family.
What we can offer:
- Gosford Park Primary School is a friendly and supportive school environment.
- A forward thinking and creative place to work.
- A fantastic, diverse community of children, families and staff who all share the same values of our school, ‘One Community, Many Cultures; Growing and Learning Together’.
- A commitment to your professional development, our Senior Leadership Team create personalised professional development plans that place innovation and children’s learning at the centre of what we do.
We are seeking to appoint a SEN support practitioner, to work with a child in receipt of an EHCP. This is a fixed term position to support named children whilst they are a pupil at this school and we are in receipt of additional funding to support this child. Experience of working with children with Autism would be an advantage. Any necessary training will be provided for the successful candidate.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Gosford Park Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 446 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Gosford Park Primary School website
- Email address
- lbaldwin@gosfordpark.coventry.sch.uk
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