Teaching Assistant / Learning Support in Kidbrooke Park Learning Centre
Kidbrooke Park Primary School, London, SE3 8JGThis job expired on 21 March 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
To be confirmed
Closing date
21 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
25 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
- £22,444.00 Annually (Actual)
Teaching Assistant / Learning Support in Kidbrooke Park Learning Centre job summary
Do you have a passion for working with children?
Kidbrooke Park Learning Centre (KPLC), based within Kidbrooke Park Primary School, is a specialist provision for primary-aged children within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. As a short-term intervention service, KPLC supports children at risk of permanent exclusion, fostering positive educational and social outcomes. Our nurturing environment empowers pupils to develop independence and self-regulation, helping them confidently manage their emotions and behaviour while fostering a foundation for lifelong learning.
TEACHING ASSISTANT
32.5 hours per week 39 weeks per year – term time plus 5 inset days.
APT & C Scale 2 – Spine point 3/4 - £ 22444 actual salary
Do you have a passion for working with children?
Kidbrooke Park Learning Centre (KPLC), based within Kidbrooke Park Primary School, is a specialist provision for primary-aged children within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. As a short-term intervention service, KPLC supports children at risk of permanent exclusion, fostering positive educational and social outcomes. Our nurturing environment empowers pupils to develop independence and self-regulation, helping them confidently manage their emotions and behaviour while fostering a foundation for lifelong learning.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Teaching Assistant with high expectations for learning to join our specialist provision. You will work closely with pupils with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs and Special Educational Needs (SEN). Your role will involve supporting pupils in small groups, one-to-one settings, and within the classroom environment, as well as supervising playtimes and lunchbreaks.
A degree of flexibility will be required to meet the needs of the children and the school.
Experience working with children, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, resilience, flexibility and a strong commitment to teamwork are essential.
Experience working with children with SEMH and SEN would be a strong advantage.
As a member of our team you will:
Be part of a learning community committed to achieving the best for our children.
Learn about our creative and innovative approaches to teaching and learning
Be part of a forward thinking, dynamic team of professionals who see children at the heart of the learning process
Have high expectations, understand the importance of, and promote the principles of inclusion; enabling every child to overcome barriers to learning and reach their potential.
Kidbrooke Park School is a 2 form entry school judged as Good by OFSTED.
We are part of The Compass Partnership of Schools, an innovative and forward-thinking Trust based in Essex and Greenwich. This unique partnership provides immense opportunities to develop the quality of provision and outcomes for children across our schools.
The Compass Partnership of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils. As the duties of this post involve regular contact with children, any offer to the successful candidates will be conditional upon an Enhanced Disclosure being obtained via the Disclosure and Barring Service. This post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).
Our successful candidate will also be health checked and references will be requested before appointment, the post is permanent and is subject to a satisfactory probation period.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
For further information about our school please visit our website www.kidbrookepark.compassps.uk
Applications close 10.00 am Friday 21st March 2025
Date of short listing: Monday 24th March 2025
Date of interview: Thursday 27th March 2025
Visits to the school are welcome. Please call our school office on 0208 8568315 to arrange a convenient time and date.
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.
About Kidbrooke Park Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 419 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kidbrooke Park Primary School website
School location
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