Teaching Assistant
Great Addington CofE Primary School, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN14 4BSThis job expired on 14 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
14 April 2024 at 3pm
Date listed
27 March 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, term time: 32.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,737
Actual salary
- £16,755.49
Pay scale
- D3
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are proud to be offering the rare opportunity for a Teaching Assistant to join our community and provide learning and pastoral care to our children. This is a brand-new role, that will further the support, care and guidance provided to those within our care. The successful candidate will share in our vision and bring enthusiasm, passion, dedication and flexibility to the role, recognising their valued contribution to the whole school community.
We are seeking someone who:
- Is committed to supporting, motivating, and challenging the learning of children of all abilities within the classroom
- Can work creatively with the teacher to establish an appropriate learning environment, meeting the needs of the pupils and curriculum
- Has the ability to work effectively, flexibly, and independently
- Shows initiative and creativity in different learning situations
- Is passionate about children’s learning and well-being
- Is keen to support the ethos of a Church school.
- Understands the importance of Child Protection and is committed to the safeguarding of children’s welfare- both at home and in school.
What the school offers its staff
In return, we can offer you:
- A tight-knit, welcoming and caring school, that encourages everyone to give their best at all times, that aims to contribute all they can to our life as a school community.‘Leaders are mindful of staff well-being. Staff say that they feel well supported by leaders and are proud to work for the school. Support from the Trust helps to reduce staff’s workload’ (Ofsted 2023).
- A collaborative and supportive school community that is underpinned by the Christian ethos, driven by a shared passion of children’s welfare and education.
- A rewarding and exciting working environment, that inspires and challenges within a supportive and welcoming atmosphere.
- Access to a vast array of employee benefits and recognition systems, via our brand-new partnership with Vivup.
- Employment within one of the largest Multi-Academy Trusts in Northamptonshire, with wider development and career opportunities.
Further details about the role
Great Addington CE Primary is a proud member of the Peterborough Diocese Education Trust and has been since 2014. We are a family of 33 schools across the Peterborough Diocese, and these strong links make special contribution to our children’s spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and learning. PDET is responsible for employing all staff and managing finances and other central services for the academies within the Trust.
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.
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About Great Addington CofE Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 87 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@pdet.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01536 330642
Great Addington C of E Primary is a vibrant and popular school, with committed staff, governors and children. We have an enviable reputation as being the ‘small school’ that gives its children ‘so much.’ We aim to build upon the school's strengths and become an outstanding centre for learning within the community. Our vision for achieving this is through high quality teaching and learning with a commitment to valuing potential in all members of the GA community.
Striving to unlock the talents of all our pupils, we continually challenge them to achieve their best and develop the skills for a lifelong love of learning. It is only through challenge that students truly discover what they are capable of. No matter where we start in life, we recognise that all have the potential to achieve and at Great Addington Primary, we strive to ensure that they do.
At Great Addington, we have recently undergone extensive site works, now offering a modern working environment for staff and children alike, that retains its special magic. Following a successful Ofsted inspection in March 2023, parents and carers could not speak more highly of our school, with one parent, typical of many, commenting ‘The staff and school are wonderful, and everyone contributes to the community feel of this school.’ Staff ensure that they check of pupil’s well-being every morning and pupils enjoy school and the know that staff care for them.
Arranging a visit to Great Addington CofE Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@pdet.org.uk.
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