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Teaching Assistant - Level 2

Lower Meadow Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S8 8EE

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• Job start date

  1 September 2022

• Closing date

  10 July 2022 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 June 2022

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,650 pro rata (Grade 3)

Teaching Assistant - Level 2 job summary

The Role Lower Meadow Primary is a forward thinking and rapidly developing school, and we are seeking to appoint an ambitious and enthusiastic Level 3 Teaching Assistant, who will complement the professional work of Teachers and colleagues within the school. The post-holder will have experience of working with children across a wide range of abilities to ensure good progress in all areas. They will also have experience of working with those with social interaction and communication difficulties. The successful candidate may also supervise whole classes during the short-term absence of Teachers, when the primary focus will be to maintain good order and to keep pupils on task. As one of our Teaching assistants, you will be: • Establishing productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations • Supporting children consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs • Recording progress and achievement systematically, and providing evidence of range and level of progress and attainment • Liaising with teachers to plan activities to support pupils’ learning, and providing constructive feedback on their progress. • Modelling and promoting positive values, attitudes and behaviour We are looking for individuals who have: • NVQ 3 for teaching assistants or equivalent qualifications or experience • Recent experience of KS1/2 in schools essential • Very good literacy/numeracy skills • SEN experience essential

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks. 

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About Lower Meadow Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 297 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lower Meadow Primary School website
• Email address: recruitment@astreaacademytrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lower-meadow-primary-school

Lower Meadow Primary Academy is a 3-11 Academy; we sit in South Sheffield on the border with Derbyshire and chose to join Astrea Academy Trust in July 2016. We have a strong team that drive school improvement and strive for the best outcomes for all children.

The Academy is seeking to attract a talented, knowledgeable, and committed team member who can demonstrate high aspirations for all our children along with the enthusiasm and resilience to support all aspects of a child’s education. The successful candidate will have the
opportunity to work in a supportive, professional learning community that seeks excellence and play a key part in the next step of our journey towards Outstanding.

Lower Meadow Primary Academy has been on a journey of improvement over the last six years and we were pleased to be recognised as a “Good” school by Ofsted in 2019. Our emphasis is on consistently high quality teaching and learning throughout school and across all areas of the
curriculum to raise children’s outcomes and allow them to move onto secondary school fully prepared. We believe strongly in building our children’s aspirations and helping them to become good learners so they can build on their successes each year and achieve their full potential. We use the Astrea Values to help build children’s life skills and prepare them fully for secondary school. Our children behave well and enjoy coming to school. All staff are committed to providing the very best for all children. Teamwork is a strong part of our ethos, with a supportive and nurturing staff and a culture of continual improvement in all that we do.

Those we recruit can demonstrate that they share our values, have the child at the centre of everything they do, are highly motivated to work with colleagues to continuously develop their skills, pursue professional excellence and are committed to providing the highest standards consistently. If you feel that you can support our ethos, we would be delighted to receive your application.

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