Teaching Assistant - Level 3 (EYFS)

St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 7HA

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  7 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,163.00 - £22,812.00 Annually (Actual) 32.5 hours per week - NJC Grade H, Spinal Point 14 - 17. Term time only plus 5 days.

Teaching Assistant - Level 3 (EYFS) job summary

One Excellence Multi Academy Trust is a Multi Academy Trust made up of four schools. The Trust was founded in July 2017, and is a mixed Multi Academy Trust. The vision and rationale behind the wider partnership are based on shared values and aspirations, a strong sense of community identity and values of inclusion and aspiration for all.

One Excellence Multi Academy Trust believes in supporting and investing in its staff and has a structured health and well-being programme. The programme includes physiotherapy, nurse support service and drop-in clinic, counselling, mindfulness sessions, weight management, stress awareness, GP consultations and private medical operations if required. We are also keen for staff to be able to reach their full potential and offer a range of professional development opportunities in all areas of education, nurturing and leadership. We are also keen for staff to be able to reach their full potential and offer a range of professional development opportunities in all areas of education, nurturing and leadership.

St Mark’s Church of England Primary School’s Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), compromises of a popular 65 place nursery providing mostly 30 hours provision and a two-form entry Reception class.

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and resilient EYFS practitioner. The successful candidate will have experience of working with young children within either Nursery and/or Reception. They will have experience of following the EYFS profile and framework, as well as sound safeguarding knowledge. The candidate should be a team player, who is full of creative and inclusive ideas with a positive attitude. Experience of teaching phonics would also be beneficial.

The role will involve:

• Providing specialist support in the Early Years Foundation Stage, adhering to safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Supervising groups and occasionally whole classes for a session in the nursery or outside as required.
• Providing a high standard of nurturing and early education, through quality interactions and play, for all children within the setting. As well as on a one to one basis if required.
• Being proactive, flexible and a reliable team player, offering support to colleagues when required.
• Building and maintain strong relationships with children, parents and other settings or agencies to enable all children to develop and flourish with their needs at the forefront of all we do.
• Helping the children to make progress working closely with a supportive and experienced EYFS team, as well as other external professionals. You will regularly feedback to both the class teacher, EYFS leader and your colleagues regarding children’s progress and general wellbeing.
• Teaching a daily phonics group and providing interventions to close gaps within early reading.

What you will need to succeed:

You will need to hold an APPROVED Level 3 (or higher) teaching assistant or child care qualification. The Level 3 ‘Workforce in the Early Years’ qualification is also desirable. You will have experience of working with and supporting younger children within a school or private setting. You will have experience of dealing with intimate care and other self-care needs of younger children. You will have an understanding of the EYFS curriculum. Ideally, you will have an understanding of SEN and additional needs that children may have within the setting. An experience of supporting those with sensory issues would also be desirable. Most importantly, you will have a passion for working with young children and be a positive and enthusiastic team player.

Disclosure: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to enhanced clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We want to develop a more diverse workforce and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Applicants with disabilities will be invited for interview if the essential job criteria are met. Where our roles are customer facing and you are required to speak to members of the public, the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post. As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required.

If you think this post is for you, please contact Stacey Rand, Headteacher, for an informal discussion on (01642) 580774..

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 St Mark's Church of England Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 440 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: St Mark's Church of England Primary School website (opens in new tab)
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