Teaching Assistant (Main School and Autism SRB)

Drake Primary School, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1JW

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  20 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  13 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: 30 hrs per week, Term time + 1 week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: D= £24,790-25,183. E=£25,584-27,269

What skills and experience we're looking for

Drake Primary School has a unique opportunity for an excellent practitioner to work across our Main School and within our Autism Specialist Resource Base (SRB) as a Teaching Assistant.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed practitioner to develop and share their skills in working both within the main school classrooms and with children who have a place in our autism specialist provision.

You will be joining an innovative, trail-blazing team and will facilitate the success of our pupils both within the specialist and mainstream classrooms across school.

You will support the implementation of specialist approaches within our wider school setting, modelling high standards of inclusive practice.

We believe that strong, secure relationships are the key to pupil success, with an attitude of ‘unconditional positive regard’ for all of our pupils. We are looking for a resilient and nurturing professional to implement our curriculum and to work collaboratively with our SRB and main school team to deliver provision to meet the needs of all pupils.

The main responsibilities are;

• Supporting all pupils across the school, both in their main school and SRB classrooms
• Engaging pupils in their learning by providing modelling, scaffolding and adaptive teaching strategies to ensure pupils make progress across the curriculum
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the school, modelling high standards of practice within the classrooms and supporting class teams to effectively implement the provision of SRB pupils
• Enabling pupils to grow in their independence and autonomy, understanding how to adapt your support to facilitate inclusion into the wider school
• Supporting pupils during less structured times of the school day e.g. playtimes, to model positive communication skills and to support with the mediation of any peer conflict
• When appropriate and relevant, responding to incidents of pupil dysregulation, ensuring zones profile plans are followed where relevant
• Delivering and assisting the delivery of effective interventions e.g. Zones of Regulation, Attention Autism, Colourful Semantics

Working collaboratively with parents to build trusting home/school relationships, including writing information about the day of pupils within their communication books

What the school offers its staff

• A passionate, driven and successful school where you will feel well supported in your role by the leadership team, pastoral team and the wider warm and friendly staff team
• The opportunity to work with the most wonderful students and families
• A caring ethos with enthusiastic and skilled staff who are highly aspirational and committed to pupil welfare, progress and life-chances
• Wellbeing support using a range of tools, including the online platform WellBe
• Excellent continuous professional development and career enhancement opportunities.
• Well-resourced facilities for ICT and Music with 4 musicians in residence
• On-site childcare (from 12 weeks old to 4 years)
• On-site parking, including electric charging points

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 office@drake.norfolk.sch.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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About Drake Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 417 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Drake Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: office@drake.norfolk.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01842 762055
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/drake-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Arranging a visit to Drake Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@drake.norfolk.sch.uk.

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