Teaching Assistant Level 2
Totley Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S17 4FB4 days remaining to apply
Job start date
4 November 2024
Closing date
16 October 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 26.5 hours per week, 39 weeks, permanent
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 3 (£23,500 to £23,893 FTE). Actual Salary: £14,476 to £14,719 (with under five years' service)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and training
Essential:
•GCSE Grade C in English and maths
Desirable:
•Level 2 Teaching Assistant Qualification or Equivalent
Experience
Essential:
•Experience of working with young people and children, including those with special educational needs
Desirable:
•RWI trained or knowledge of phonics
Skills and knowledge
Essential:
•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
•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
Desirable:
•Experience in Early Years Setting
Personal qualities
Essential:
•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
1. RELATIONSHIPS
Totley Primary School is a warm and welcoming place. Positive relationships abound and are absolutely central to the school’s ethos.
2. CURRICULUM
The school has developed an ambitious, rich and vibrant curriculum, which builds a strong understanding of key knowledge and the development of a breadth of skills.
3. READING
Reading holds a fundamental place in our ethos. Starting from the Foundation Stage, children engage in daily phonics lessons, promoting fluent reading skills. Our school's culture fosters a genuine love for reading, evident in the enthusiasm our children show for it.
4. GREAT BEHAVIOUR
Children's behaviour and attitudes are a strength because caring relationships, coupled with a culture of mutual trust between school staff and pupils, have cultivated a harmonious, positive, and respectful school environment. There is an expectation of high standards from all and for all.
5. WIDER DEVELOPMENT
Children’s wider development and well-being are prioritised exceptionally well so that children grow into well-balanced and happy citizens, with robust moral values. They are champions of equalities, tolerance and respect and have a strong sense of belonging within both the local community and wider society.
6. OUTSTANDING SCHOOL
Regardless of their starting points or potential barriers such as SEND or socio-economic disadvantage, children get off to a great start and make strong progress throughout their time at Totley Primary. They leave fully prepared for secondary school in every way, including having achieved high academic standards.
7. CULTURE
The school provides an exceptional standard of education for its children and the community, which has grown increasingly diverse as the school has expanded. A strong culture of growth and succession planning has secured a dynamic and highly effective leadership team, which has flourished as the school has grown.
Commitment to safeguarding
Mercia Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. If you are shortlisted, your suitability to work with children will be explored, and this will include disclosing convictions. The information you disclose may be discussed with you during the interview.
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About Totley Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 423 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Totley Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@merciatrust.co.uk
Thank you for your interest in joining Totley Primary School. This is an excellent opportunity to join a great school and to play a key role in shaping the provision of education for our children.
Totley Primary 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.
Totley Primary is part of the Mercia Learning Trust along with King Ecgbert School, Mercia School, Newfield School, Nether Edge Primary and Woodlands Primary.
Our expectations for every Totley 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.
If you feel you have the skills, drive and ambition to help support our aims then please do read on.
Ben Paxman
Headteacher
School location
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