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Teaching Assistant

Highgate Primary Academy, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 9AS

This job expired on 5 June 2022 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  5 June 2022 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 September 2021

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 25 hours
• Contract type: Fixed term - Until 20th July 2022
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,887 - £19,264 pro rata

Teaching Assistant job summary

The Role

We are looking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our supportive and creative team. The successful candidate will be working with individuals and groups of children in the classroom alongside the Higher-Level Teaching Assistant and the Class Teacher or outside the main teaching area, working with intervention groups and taking the class lead covering classes where requested. The ability to be flexible and accommodating to the needs of the school is paramount

We are looking for candidates with commitment to the inclusion and success of all children, someone who works well as part of a team. The successful candidate will have good literacy and numeracy skills. Experience in supporting the inclusion of vulnerable children would be advantageous

In return we offer a positive, caring environment where all skills and relationships are nurtured. The school prides itself on the level of support given to pupils in the classroom, the successful candidate would be expected to contribute to this.

If you are motivated by contributing to a culture of constant improvement, and if you are seeking to improve outcomes for young people in a dynamic and growing Academy Trust, then we would love to hear from you.

We welcome all applicants who meet the criteria in the accompanying recruitment pack to apply for this exciting role.

Interested in applying?

If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, take a look at the Applicant Brief and Recruitment Pack below to find out more about the role, Highgate Primary Academy, Astrea Academy Trust and our recruitment process.

Commitment to safeguarding

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and staff. Every child should feel safe and should be protected from any form of child abuse. We have robust policies and procedures that support our commitment to Safeguarding, this includes our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. The in-house Safeguarding teams at each Academy work in partnership with families and safeguarding partners to ensure the safety of children is paramount. We are committed to ensuring that all staff access regular, contextual safeguarding training to meet the needs of the local community.

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About Highgate Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 351 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Highgate Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@astreaacademytrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/highgate-primary-academy (opens in new tab)

We have high hopes for our pupils, and this is expressed in our vision of Making a Difference; To ourselves; To each other; To the World We Live In.

It’s important to us that children enjoy the time they spend here; but we also want them to achieve the very best they can. Our aim is to provide a learning experience that will help all children make rapid progress, whatever their starting point. We want to provide our children with the best possible start in life and help them acquire the skills, knowledge and understanding and ambition to prepare them for life beyond the classroom.

It’s vital that we work closely with parents and carers, and mutual trust and understanding are central to our shared responsibility for the education of your child. We encourage you to take an active interest in your child’s education and in school life; your contribution is valued and important. Our school is bursting with potential, and we are eager to capitalise on this energy – working closely with our partners, our community, carers and parents.

We are delighted to now be a part of the Astrea Academy Trust. The Astrea vision enables individual academies to flourish with real autonomy, whilst also ensuring a strong ethos of support and collaboration.

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