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This job expired on 25 October 2020

  • Closing date

    25 October 2020 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    8 October 2020

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

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Working pattern

Full time

Full-time equivalent salary

MPS (London Fringe) + £1,500 Harris Allowance

Additional allowances

In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package. Visit the Harris careers website for more information.

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking to appoint an inspiring and talented Teaching Assistant to join our strong and supportive team and support our academy growth.

Your opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a committed professional looking to start, or continue their career in an exciting new role. We welcome applications from Teaching Assistants at all levels of experience, including graduate TAs looking to gain classroom experience in advance of Initial Teacher Education. As part of Harris, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education in London. With regular progression opportunities and outstanding CPD for support staff, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether at Harris Primary Academy Mayflower, in one of our other 47 academies, or in our central team. Join us in our mission to cultivate an exceptional learning environment for all our students.

What we are looking for:

We look for talented individuals who want to be a part of transforming education in London, and helping create exceptional places of learning. The successful applicant will:

Be an excellent teaching assistant;
Support the class teacher to ensure children make excellent progress;
Have high expectations and an unwavering belief in the potential of every child;
Want to make a difference to the lives of local children;
Possess excellent interpersonal skills;
Be committed to working in partnership with teachers, parents and the community;
Be a committed team player who enjoys working collaboratively;
Be committed to their own professional development.
Please download the job pack for a full job description and person specification.

Being a part of the Harris Federation

We are recognised as the top performing large multi-academy trust in England for primary and secondary education. Closing the gap between young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers has always been a core mission of Harris. Holding a reputation for bringing transformative approaches to education, we hold a unrivalled track record in achieving success through rapid school improvement.

Our people are at the heart of this success. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of training programmes available at every stage of your career.

We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education.

Safeguarding Notice
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

Diversity and Equality

We are committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

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About Harris Primary Academy Mayflower

School type
Free School, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
View all Primaryjobs
School size
1028 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Phone number
0203 772 4588

Harris Primary Academy Mayflower is a thriving, diverse and friendly five form entry academy that launched in September 2014 and is funded through the free school programme. We serve the communities of Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock. Harris Primary Academy Mayflower is a successful academy judged outstanding in every category in our May 2017 Ofsted inspection.

We work very closely together and share the very best practice and leadership knowledge and capacity to make the education we offer outstanding. Our shared belief is that children thrive when they feel consistently happy and safe at school and our commitment to excellence is encapsulated in our vision statement: "Excellence, Every child, Every day."

Our Core values of : Manners, Perseverance, Responsibility, Community and Achievement, underpin everything that happens at Harris Primary Academy Mayflower. They are our foundations and we have a clear expectation that all adults as well as children and staff model and respect these values both inside and outside the academy.

Why work at Harris Primary Academy Mayflower?

An Ofsted 'Outstanding' academy: “All staff set high expectations and share a strong determination to help pupils achieve as successfully as possible. Pupils mirror this resolve and make every effort to meet these expectations.”

A new building, with state-of-the-art facilities, in which to teach and learn

A strong and supportive team of colleagues, all working towards the shared belief that children thrive when they feel consistently happy and safe at school

A commitment to excellence encapsulated in our vision statement: "Excellence, Every Child, Every Day"

Generous Harris benefits and rewards package

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