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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible in the Autumn term

  • Closing date

    15 October 2023 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    2 October 2023

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours/39 weeks

Contract type

Fixed term - Until end of academic year

Full-time equivalent salary

Grade 3 (£21,575 - £21,968 pro-rata)

Pay scale

Grade 3

What skills and experience we're looking for

Has an awareness of pupils with special educational needs

Basic understanding of child development and learning

Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities Interview

Ability to relate well to children and adults

Work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities

Can maintain trust and confidentiality where appropriate

Experience of working with young people and children, including those with Special Educational Needs

Flexible

Honest and reliable

Calm under pressure

Patient

Empathetic with young people

Team player

High personal and professional standards

What the school offers its staff

Joining Mercia LearningTrust means being part of an exceptional team of staff committed to continuous improvement, partnership and securing positive outcomes for every pupil. Our multi-academy trust isone of the strongest and most effective in the region.

You will work in an exceptional school, alongside a strong team of professionals, with great students.

We offer all staff high-quality induction and support, annual appraisal, career conversations, targeted CPD and fantastic progression opportunities.

We care about our staff and are committed to their development and improvement, work-life balance, progression and retention.

Other benefits include:

  • An exceptional annual trust conference
  • Substantial partnership opportunities to work with other staff and schools
  • Occupational health and counselling services
  • Reduced rates with Westfield Health
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Annual flu jab
  • Eye-care scheme
  • In house and online payroll

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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Additional documents

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About Nether Edge Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
457 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
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Nether Edge is a happy, thriving school providing high quality education both in the classroom and throughout a wide range of extra-curricular activities.

We are very proud of our children and believe they should perform well academically and also develop as people.

Our expectations for every Nether Edge child are high; excellence and enjoyment are at the heart of all we will seek to do.

We believe in the potential of every child, providing opportunities and enabling them to thrive in our caring environment.

Our staff team are central to our success. They drive and accelerate the outstanding provision we offer to our community and we want the very best people to join us.

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