Teaching Assistant Level 3 Foundation Stage
Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 7HLThis job expired on 4 December 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
6 January 2025
Closing date
4 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
25 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share): 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 39 weeks per year. We will consider applicants who wish to job share this role, providing suitable job share partners can be found within the recruitment process. This would involve working between two and a half days to three days per week, starting at 8.30am and working to at least 3.30pm. If you wish to discuss this further, please get in touch.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25584 - £27,711
What skills and experience we're looking for
Candidates should have:
- completed the Level 3 qualification or equivalent
- the ability to engage, inspire, motivate and build excellent relationships with children and staff
- good communication and organisational skills
- resilience, dedication and the ability to be pro-active and use your initiative
- supported SEN children in the primary sector
- experience working with, planning and teaching children in 1:1 and small group situations
- relevant training such as – SCERTS, attention autism, PECs, curiosity boxes, Team Teach (desirable but not essential)
What the school offers its staff
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Level 3 Teaching Assistant from January 2025 to join our successful, innovative and inclusive school. Watercliffe Meadow was judged as a “good” school with “outstanding features” by Ofsted in February 2020.
We are seeking to permanently appoint an experienced Level 3 Teaching Assistant to join our enthusiastic team to work in our Foundation Stage, to work with happy, motivated children and families who want to learn at Watercliffe Meadow.
Flexible working opportunities
We will consider applicants who wish to job share this role, providing suitable job share partners can be found within the recruitment process. This would involve working between two and a half days to three days per week, starting at 8.30am and working to at least 3.30pm. If you wish to discuss this further, please get in touch.
Further information about the job
We value our diverse workforce and aim to work together to make the most of our differences. We welcome applications from everyone. Watercliffe Meadow is located within the Burngreave Ward of Sheffield. We support an inclusive culture and diversity for our staff and students. We are committed to encouraging further growth from diverse groups. We currently have an under representation from BAME. As such, we particularly welcome applicants from this group.
Applications will be considered as they are received and we therefore urge candidates to submit an application as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date.
Commitment to safeguarding
WCM is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of our children. We expect our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. All shortlisted candidates will be asked to disclose any cautions or convictions prior to interview. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
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About Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 482 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School website
- Email address
- rstone@watercliffe.sheffield.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0114 232 6603
Watercliffe Meadow is an over-subscribed two form entry primary school with nursery, with 500 pupils on roll. Although we are a relatively large primary, many people refer to us as a big happy family.
Watercliffe Meadow opened in 2008, after the closure of Watermead and Busk Meadow infants and Shirecliffe Junior School. We have many long serving members of staff, with a third of them being with us from our first day of opening after having worked at the three schools that closed.
Our Headteacher is highly respected in Sheffield for his work with Learn Sheffield and the Local Authority and is supported by our Head of School, who has taught in Shirecliffe for over 28 years. They both were instrumental in the opening of Watercliffe Meadow.
We are very lucky to have a modern and well-resourced building with two MUGAs, a playing field/running track and two staff car parks. Unlike many schools, we have our own employed catering team.
We are proud to be a local authority maintained school with a supportive governing body.
Watercliffe Meadow is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all our children. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. All shortlisted candidates will be asked to disclose any cautions or convictions prior to interview. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide.
In addition, an online search will also be conducted for all shortlisted candidates prior to interview. If appointed, the successful candidate will be required to complete various vetting checks, including an enhanced DBS criminal records check, a Children’s Barred List check and a prohibition from teaching check. Please note that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you have been placed on the Children’s Barred List. Before applying, candidates are asked to read the school’s safeguarding policy, which is available at: https://www.watercliffemeadow.com/attachments/download.asp?file=278&type=pdf
We value our diverse workforce and aim to work together to make the most of our differences. We welcome applications from everyone. Watercliffe Meadow is located within the Burngreave Ward of Sheffield. We support an inclusive culture and diversity for our staff and students. We are committed to encouraging further growth from diverse groups. We currently have an under representation from BAME. As such, we particularly welcome applicants from this group.
We welcome applications from everyone. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
Arranging a visit to Watercliffe Meadow Community Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rstone@watercliffe.sheffield.sch.uk.
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