Teaching Assistant Level 2

Althorpe and Keadby Primary School, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, DN17 3BN

6 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  1 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  24 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 27 hours 30 minutes per week, Monday to Friday term time only.
• Contract type: Fixed term - Fixed term until 31st August 2026
• Actual salary: Grade 4 £15,373 to £16,377 per year

What skills and experience we're looking for

Overall Purpose of Job:

To assist in the planning, teaching, and assessing the differentiated curriculum and in developing, implementing, and evaluating individual EHCPs, education plans and individual behaviour plans, under the general direction of the teacher.

We are a happy, outdoorsy and adventurous school and we are looking to add to our inclusive team.

We are looking for a skilled staff member of staff to work alongside pupils who have a SEND need or EHCP. Collaborating with teachers and the school SENCo in delivering programmes of teaching and learning activities and emotional wellbeing support for children with Special Educational needs and ensuring the effective delivery of support as outlined by EHCP.

The primary focus is to undertake educational activities with individuals, within a framework agreed with and under the overall direction and supervision of a qualified teacher.

We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who have experience working with Thrive or ELSA practices.

The right member of staff will also support in the delivery of the phonics curriculum to SEND pupils. We use the Read Write Inc programme for phonics. However, full training will be given at the point of employment.

Main Responsibilities:

• Helps individual pupils or groups of pupils to access the differentiated curriculum, including assisting with the planning and evaluation of learning activities.
• Assists with general administration and supports classroom management, including creating learning materials.
• Contributes to the development, implementation and evaluation of individual education plans and individual behaviour plans that are devised by the teacher.
• Enables pupils on inclusion programmes to access the differentiated curriculum in the mainstream school or early years setting.
• Supervises pupils in planned activities when the teacher is temporarily absent, in accordance with instructions/directions.
• Supervises pupils in small group or one to one learning activities in school away from the main teaching area, following appropriate risk assessment.
• Supervises pupils at play/leisure breaks, at times of transition between lessons and activities, and on arrival at school and before departure.
• Helps promote pupil good behaviour and discipline through positive interactions with the pupils and participates fully in strategies agreed as part of any pupil’s individual behaviour plan, including physical interventions.
• Implements speech and language development activities, physical development activities and mobility activities, using mechanical hoists when necessary.
• Administers medication following clearly defined LEA/school procedures and follows basic first aid procedures as necessary.
• Assists pupils with personal self-care.

What the school offers its staff

• A dedicated, well-established and experienced staff, leadership and governance team
• The best pupils! Our pupils are well- behaved, interesting, motivated and competitive
• The opportunity to develop subject leadership and middle leadership skills. Specific time to grow and develop these skills and a commitment to effective middle leadership CPD
• A creative, innovative a family centred school
• A supportive community of parents and carers
• Fun

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 Althorpe and Keadby Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 182 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Althorpe and Keadby Primary School website
• Email address: admin.althorpekeadby@northlincs.gov.uk
• Phone number: 01724 782344
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/althorpe-and-keadby-primary-school

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