Teaching Assistant Level 3
Alexandra Park Junior School, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL8 2BE9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
4th November 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter
Closing date
14 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
3 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,421.00 - £28,770.00 Annually (FTE) Pro rata of points 12-17 of the Support Staff Pay spine currently Salary £26,421 to £28,770 (Actual Salary £23,081 - £25,133)
Teaching Assistant Level 3 job summary
Teaching Assistant Level 3
Full time 36.66 hours per week,08.00am - 15.50pm (Hours need to include breakfast club).
Term time only, 39 weeks. Fixed Term until 31st July 2025 (potential to extend depending on need within the school).
To commence 4th November 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Salary – Pro rata of points 12-17 of the Support Staff Pay spine currently Salary £26,421 to £28,770 (Actual Salary £23,081 - £25,133)
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and committed Teaching Assistant, to join our welcoming and dedicated school team.
The successful candidate will have experience relating to the role of TA within Key Stage 2. The role will involve supporting children during their learning while also preparing, planning and delivering of targeted interventions.
Key Responsibilities
To support the teacher in delivering a rich and varied curriculum in line with the attached job description. To assist and support pupils, including those with special educational needs, to access learning activities, through your knowledge of the curriculum and knowledge of how pupils learn.
We are looking for someone who:
Has previous experience of working within the relevant Key Stage
Has experience of working with children with English as an additional language.
Has experience of working with children with a range of complex learning needs
Is creative and positive
Is able to plan, prepare and deliver small group interventions
Is able to motivate and encourage children
Has excellent interpersonal skills
Has excellent team-working skills
Alexandra Park Junior School
Alexandra Park Junior School serves around 360, Key Stage 2 pupils in the Glodwick area of Oldham. It also provides a Key Stage 2 education for pupils from 7 years of age. Alexandra Park Junior School become an academy and joined The Pinnacle Learning Trust from 1st April 2024. This has been very positively received by staff and the school’s local community. We are proud of the Alexandra Park ethos; celebrating diversity and inclusion in addition to having high expectations and excellent pastoral provision.
Alexandra Pak Junior School is welcoming and friendly and our central focus is a commitment to ensuring that all our pupils achieve their full potential and become lifelong learners. Our children are happy, enthusiastic and want to learn. We celebrate diversity and teach children to recognise and respect people’s differences as well as similarities. We have a strong training and CPD programme, opportunities to develop your skills and a solid, supportive team of staff and Governors who have fostered a caring and welcoming atmosphere at the school. We are seeking to appoint a hard-working, conscientious and self-motivated individual to join our school team.
The Pinnacle Learning Trust
At the Pinnacle Learning Trust we celebrate students’ uniqueness and support our young people to flourish and become responsible, successful citizens who contribute positively to their communities. Our Trust invests in each member of staff, offering them professional development opportunities, including designation as Evidence Leads in Education for the Research School; delivery of school-to-school support; CPD facilitation and support for trainee teachers. Staff have access to opportunities to develop their teaching practice, such as training on metacognition, virtual classroom coaching and retrieval practice. As a Trust, we celebrate diversity by encouraging an understanding of our communities, faiths and cultures.
Closing Date: 9am Monday 14th October 2024
Interview Date: Monday 21st October 2024
To apply please visit our website https://www.pinnaclelearningtrust.org.uk/Vacancies/
If you have any questions please email these to Hayley.varley@alexandrapark.oldham.sch.uk before the closing date.
Additional Reasons to Join Us:
Automatic enrolment into a Pension Scheme
Cycle to work schemes available
Various health and wellbeing benefits (including on site gym membership at Oldham Sixth Form College and The Hathershaw College)
Free on-site parking
Excellent opportunities for CPD and career development
The Pinnacle Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, governors and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo pre-employment checks. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The Pinnacle Learning Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups and ethnic minorities.
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Alexandra Park Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- Up to 360 pupils
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
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