4 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    25 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    19 November 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)

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Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Part time: 28.5 hours per week, 16 hours as a TA and 12.5 as a MS. Monday to Friday, Term-time only plus 2 days

Contract type

Permanent

Actual salary

£18,518.15 - £19,408.33

What skills and experience we're looking for

Outwood Primary Academy Darfield is seeking a Teaching Assistant and Higher Level Teaching Assistant to join their academy.

The successful candidate will work as a Teaching Assistant during the morning periods, by supporting the teaching and learning of Maths and English, under the direction of teaching staff. Then during the afternoon you will work as a Higher Level Teaching Assistant, covering PPA of class teachers. This is a rewarding role where you will work collaboratively with teaching staff to assist teachers in the whole planning cycle and management of the class.

The working pattern for this position is 16 hours Teaching Assistant and 12.5 hours Higher Level Teaching Assistant working term time only plus 2 days.

What the school offers its staff

We support colleagues by funding an extensive range of accredited training courses and apprenticeship opportunities up to Masters level. We also offer:

  • Your starting salary plus annual inflation linked increases. The starting salary will be dependent on experience

  • We follow the principles of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document

  • You will be automatically enrolled into the generous Teachers’ Pension Scheme

  • Pay progression happens automatically on the anniversary of the target period appropriate to your role

  • Flexible family friendly policies from day one

  • Enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period

  • We have our own Workload Charter and are committed to ensuring that Teachers’ workloads are manageable

  • All teachers receive an allotted minimum of two hours CPD each week

  • Access to centralised resources to support with lesson planning and reducing workload

  • Comprehensive induction and training process

  • Automatic enrolment into our Employee Assistance Programme which gives you and your family members free access to:

    • Specialist information on a wide range of work-life issues

    • Emotional support and counselling for a wide range of personal and work issues

    • Legal guidance

    • Financial guidance and debt counselling

    • Child and dependent care support and advice

    • Support for managers

  • We are also a wellbeing employer with a dedicated mental wellbeing strategy and menopause policy along with menopause champions based in our academies

  • Free flu vaccinations

  • Free onsite parking

  • Employee discounts such as competitively priced Synergy Car Leasing

  • Access to various discount sites

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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About Outwood Primary Academy Darfield

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
210 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11

Arranging a visit to Outwood Primary Academy Darfield

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email c.surtees@outwood.com.

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