Teaching Assistant Level 3
St James Catholic Primary School, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 3DQ19 days remaining to apply
Job start date
24 February 2025
Closing date
3 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Term time only. Monday to Friday. 8:30am to 4:30pm two days a week. 8:30am to 3:30pm Three days per week. 1 hour lunch.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 7 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,269 and £29,572
What skills and experience we're looking for
Support for Pupils
- Use specialist (curricular/learning) skills/training/experience to support pupils
- Establish productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations
- Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils within the classroom
- Support pupils consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs
- Encourage pupils to interact and work co-operatively with others and engage all pupils in activities
- Promote independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement
- Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement
Support for the Teacher
- Work with the teacher to establish an appropriate learning environment
- Work with the teacher in lesson planning, evaluating and adjusting lessons/work plans as appropriate
- Monitor and evaluate pupils’ responses to learning activities through observation and planned recording of achievement against pre-determined learning objectives
- Provide objective and accurate feedback and reports as required, to the teacher on pupil achievement, progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of appropriate evidence
- Be responsible for keeping and updating records as agreed with the teacher, contributing to reviews of systems/records as requested
- Undertake marking of pupils’ work and accurately record achievement/progress
- Promote positive values, attitudes and good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour
- Liaise sensitively and effectively with parents/carers as agreed with the teacher within your role/responsibility and participate in feedback sessions/meetings with parents with, or as directed
- Administer and assess routine assessments and invigilate tests
- Provide general administrative support
Support for the Curriculum
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
- Be aware of and support difference and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop
- Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school
- Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other agencies/professionals, in liaison with the teacher, to support achievement and progress of pupils
- Attend and participate in regular meetings
- Participate in training and other learning activities as required
- Recognise own strengths and areas of expertise and use these to advise and support others
- Provide appropriate guidance and supervision and assist in the training and development of staff as appropriate
- Undertake planned supervision of pupils’ out of school hours learning activities
- Supervise pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
- A warm community with a strong Catholic Ethos
- A happy and supportive working environment
- Lively but well behaved children who enjoy learning
- A friendly and dedicated staff team.
- Good relationships with parents and the parish family
- A supportive governing body
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to admin@st-james-hyde.tameside.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St James Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 203 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- admin@st-james-hyde.tameside.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01613683455
School Context
St. James’ Catholic Primary School, Hattersley, is a smaller than average Voluntary Aided school under the trusteeship of the Diocese of Shrewsbury and is situated in Tameside LA. We are adjacent to the M67 motorway, the nearest town being Hyde. The school opened in the 1960’s on Hattersley, a large Manchester overspill estate which was established to re-house tenants from East Manchester. St James’ is one of four local primary schools serving Hattersley which has approximately 8,000 residents. The socio-economic circumstances of the area are below average, with 49% of our children eligible for FSM.
Our children are friendly, keen to learn and the proportion of children with learning difficulties and/or disabilities is below average.
The school is a large two storey building set in extensive grounds with magnificent views over the surrounding countryside. There are at present 189 children in the school and 17 in our part-time Nursery. The school is single form entry, and all our children are taught in single year groups of approximately 25 children with no mixed classes. The school, and indeed the whole surrounding area, is in a state of change due to the regeneration of Hattersley. Large areas have been demolished to make way for brand new housing (rented and owner/occupier) which has led to exciting times and a continued boost in numbers. The school also attracts pupils from beyond the estate as parents choose to have their child educated in a Catholic Primary School.
Our most recent Ofsted report (June 2021) acknowledges that “St James’ is a happy, caring and supportive place to be” and “Staff enjoy working at the school”.
St James’ Catholic Primary has an excellent reputation within our community. The school is seen to be successful by the community it serves, and it is a popular choice with parents. Our numbers have been rising rapidly each year. We have extremely strong links with our parish and the wider local community which enriches pupils’ moral and social education. Our relationship with our parents is excellent.
The School Mission Statement aims to provide a caring environment where all pupils and staff are recognised as children of God. Gospel values are taught so that every individual has the opportunity to grow in faith and reach their full potential. Pupils are encouraged to become responsible, happy and confident members of society. School aims to share with parents and parish the responsibility for developing the “whole child” – socially, emotionally, intellectually, spiritually and sacramentally. We serve the parish of St. James the Great, and our church is situated next to the school which enhances relationships between school and parish.
We have strong links with the six other primary schools in our local cluster and the four other Catholic Schools in our Catholic School’s partnership. We work closely with them for shared inset and school development.
Arranging a visit to St James Catholic Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@st-james-hyde.tameside.sch.uk.
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