Teaching Assistant

Hollingwood Primary School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2JG

2 days remaining to apply

Closing date
3 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
26 February 2025

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £10,129.00 - £10,449.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 2, Points 2 to 4 (18.5 Hours Per Week, 3 Days)

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to provide a high quality, supportive, efficient, engaging support for the school. You would be joining an exceptional and supportive team of professionals, who are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and our mission to make every day count for the children. Each of our individual roles has an impact on the future of our children and so, we put them at the heart of the decisions we make and the services we provide.

Hollingwood Primary School, is part of The Flying High Partnership which consists of two distinct parts: Flying High Trust and Flying High Futures. Flying High Trust is a Multi Academy Trust of 30 primary schools across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Nottingham City. Our Flying High family work hard to deliver the best possible opportunities to our children. Through this partnership we are proud of our achievements and are recognised as one of the highest performing Multi Academy Trusts (MAT) in the country. Flying High Futures provides professional learning internally for staff across the Trust, and externally through Department for Education national programmes. Forming part of Flying High Futures is the Flying High Teaching School Hub, Flying High English Hub, and the Flying High cohort of Inspiring Leaders teacher training.

We can offer you:

A fantastic working environment, in a team that works together for the benefit of children in our school
Wonderful children that give you a reason to smile everyday
Support to develop you within this role, to be the best you can be, and to help you develop for your next career step
An opportunity to be part of a supportive, developmental partnership
The opportunity for quality Continuous Professional Learning
A varied job where no day is the same!
The opportunity for flexible working and generous holiday entitlement.
Pensions scheme with generous employer contributions.
An organisation committed to supporting and enabling all staff

We are looking for someone who:

Delights in putting the children's wellbeing above everything else.
Is interested in education and its impact on the lives of children.
Has excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
Can work effectively with and without direction.
Enthusiasm, energy, integrity, and professionalism.
Is a team player.
Has an eye for detail.
Is willing to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in.

Your core duties will be:

Encouraging pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher.
Encouraging pupils to act independently as appropriate.
Supporting the needs of every child, with the expectation that every child can and will succeed.
Preparing the classroom environment as directed for lessons and assisting with the display of pupils’ work.
Supporting pupils in their learning in all areas of the curriculum

For further information about Flying High Partnership, visit our website or have a look at our Recruitment Information Booklet where you can hear from our CEO, Staff, and Children from across the Partnership. Visits to the school are warmly welcome - please contact the School Office on 01246 472417 or via enquiries@hollingwood.derbyshire.sch.uk to arrange this.

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advert ahead of the closing date. We welcome applications from both internal and external candidates. Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and post-holders to share this commitment. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applicants. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

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.