Teaching Assistant (including Mid-Day Supervisor)

Westcourt Primary School, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 4JG

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2024

• Closing date

  7 July 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 June 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,404.00 - £26,073.00 Annually (FTE) 35hrs per week - 39 weeks per year.

Teaching Assistant (including Mid-Day Supervisor) job summary

Fixed Term Role from 1st September to 31st August 2025.
Hours: 35 per week, 8.30 am to 3.30 pm.
Term time only + 5 inset days. (39 weeks per year).

The Role

As a Teaching Assistant, you will work with our teaching and other support staff to help identify students within vulnerable groups, specifically those with special needs. You are key to helping them become independent learners, stay focused and engaged in the tasks and lessons the teacher sets, and help explain different tasks and activities.
You will assist with a wide range of classroom and school-based activities, providing 1:1 and group support to pupils. This may include listening to children read, reading to them, or telling them stories.
Throughout the day, you will help prepare the classroom and learning spaces, create displays and exhibitions of the children's work, and prepare for different activities.
You will support pupils who need extra support to complete tasks or who have difficulty engaging with schoolwork. You will also watch for challenging behaviour and help pupils promote positive behaviour. You will also offer emotional support and help pupils in their emotional and social development and tell other staff about any issues.
This role also includes being the Mid Day Supervisor. Your duties will include managing the team's day-to-day operations, assisting in setting up and clearing away in the dining hall, and supervising the children as they eat. You will also, as needed, organise outside play and supervise the playground/field. You will also need the skills to encourage pupils to eat healthy meals and use the appropriate utensils.
About You

You will be passionate about ensuring all children are supported to do their best. You will be trustworthy, enthusiastic, full of energy, well-organised, and self-motivated.
You will also have excellent communication skills and be able to build a strong and appropriate rapport with children and parents/carers.
You need to have very good numeracy and literacy skills and be passionate about making learning irresistible for children. You should also be able to adapt where necessary to support children’s individual needs.
You will also need to be able to maintain confidentiality, have a high level of professionalism, and be committed to improving your own practice.
Ideally, you will have experience of working with children across the primary curriculum, including children with social, emotional and mental health needs
We are proud to offer:

• An ambitious school management team committed to staff professional learning.
• Dedicated, professional and determined staff.
• Highly motivated, happy children, keen to learn and develop
• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing.
• Excellent resources and vibrant teaching spaces.
  

Potential candidates are invited to contact the school to arrange a visit. This does not form part of the recruitment process.

Next Steps
If you are interested in this position and would like to have a more detailed conversation before applying for the post, please call us. We will happily help you with as many details as possible to support this process.
When you have enough information to decide to apply, please complete all sections of the application form via MyNewTerm.  CVs will not be accepted.
All applicants will be notified of the shortlisting decisions by email. References for shortlisted candidates may be requested before interviews.
If you experience any issues while using MyNewTerm, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the HR Team at hr@theprimaryfirsttrust.co.uk.

Please note that if a suitable candidate is identified, interviews for this position may be conducted earlier than the stated closing date. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to submit their applications promptly. Early submission will ensure consideration for the position and increase the likelihood of being invited for an interview. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to receiving your application.

Safer Recruitment, Inclusive and Diversity

The Primary First Trust is committed to safeguarding, Prevent and the welfare of pupils. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Clearance, health clearance, social media checks, a probationary period and satisfactory references.

The Trust strives to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where everyone can be themselves and experience a strong sense of belonging.

The Trust wholeheartedly supports the principle of equality and diversity in employment. It opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and career development of people from ethnic, cultural, and social backgrounds from as wide a range as possible, and we seek to develop a community of staff that accurately represents society as a whole. All applications for employment with the Trust will be considered against the criteria outlined in the person specification for the position advertised.
No agencies, please. We will contact you if we need support on recruitment.

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

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About Westcourt Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 358 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Westcourt Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/westcourt-primary-school-gravesend (opens in new tab)

Westcourt Primary school is a two form entry school and is situated in the east of Gravesend, offering quick links to the A2/M2. The site is extensive, giving staff good car parking facilities and a dedicated PPA room and a staff room. The building is well-maintained, offering a good working environment.

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