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  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    12 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    4 February 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£23,657.00 Annually (FTE) Grade C Point 2 - 6 hours (1 day) per week Actual salary: £3197 Fixed Term until August 2025 with the view to extend

Teaching Assistant Level 1 job summary

We are seeking to appoint a Level 1 Teaching Assistant to support our incredible Reception team. We are looking for a reliable, passionate and friendly individual who can support our youngest children with their learning, to challenge themselves and explore our fantastic EYFS provision. Experience in a Reception class is desirable but not essential. We are a growing school with an ethos of fun, creativity and achievement. We strongly believe in our school values, a calm atmosphere and a fun working environment. If you are interested in joining the Buckton Fields Team, we would love to hear from you. The successful candidate will work in partnership with the Principal, staff and community of Buckton Fields to provide outstanding learning experiences as part of our team. The role will be classroom based. Training will be provided for the successful candidate and a commitment to CPD.

The successful applicant should be:

Enthusiastic about Primary education

Passionate about developing the whole child

Flexible, motivated and energetic

Keen to work as part of a team

Eager to participate in professional development opportunities and keen to learn

Dedicated to meeting the personal needs of a child

Committed to upholding all safeguarding policies

Willing to train in first aid

We can offer:

A friendly, positive and dynamic staff team

Professional development opportunities and regular training from our senior leaders

Positive and hardworking children

A school with a passion for delivering the highest educational standard

An exciting, engaging curriculum enjoyed by both the children and adults who deliver it

Buckton Fields Primary School opened in 2021. Our staff well-being is extremely important to us and we offer a well-being package for our staff team. Every member of staff will have access to a team of in-house wellbeing experts offering a range of services including counselling, nurses and physiotherapists as well as a 24 hour, 365 days a year GP helpline.

As a new primary school, Buckton Fields provides state of the art facilities and the opportunity to be part of a very exciting journey from the outset. As part of the Preston Hedge’s Trust, the school is founded on the key principles of ‘Fun, Creativity & Achievement.’ With these as the foundations of our school, the vision for Buckton Fields is based around sustainability through an eco-curriculum, utilising the local amenities in the community. Buckton Fields Primary School is a unique place to learn, full of creative and engaging learning opportunities that encourage pupils to become inquisitive, confident, life-long learners, whilst making a positive difference to our local environment.

Please visit: https://bucktonschool.org.uk/ for more information.

We encourage you to come and visit our school and meet our fun and friendly team. Please call the school office on 01604 931030 to book a tour.

Preston Hedges Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children. All appointments are subject to successful Disclosure and Barring clearance and any other necessary safeguarding checks, satisfactory references and medical clearance. Please be advised that as per KCSIE 2024 all shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks.

Our Trust Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be viewed using the following link:

https://prestonhedgestrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Safeguarding-Child-Protection-Policy-2024.pdf

Please also be advised we will take up references prior to interview and that one referee must be your last employer. The school provides equal opportunities to all. We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity.

We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.

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.

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About Buckton Fields Primary School

School type
Free School, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
168 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11

School location

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