Teaching Assistant - maternity cover - 4 days per week

Hexthorpe Primary School, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 0HH

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  13 October 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,893.00 - £24,702.00 Annually (FTE) £13,432 - £13,887 per annum actual salary - term time contract, four days per week

Teaching Assistant - maternity cover - 4 days per week job summary

Hexthorpe Primary Academy have an exciting part-time opportunity for a Teaching Assistant to join their team on a fixed-term basis!

Our ideal candidate has:

• A drive to make a real difference to children's lives
• Passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs
• Understands the importance of providing a safe learning environment
• Is proactive and approaches challenges pragmatically to ensure the best outcome for students and the wider academy team.

In this role you will:

• Establish productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations
• Ensure pupil’s needs are catered for in lessons
• Work with the teacher to establish an appropriate learning environment
• Promote and support the inclusion of all pupils, including those with specific needs.

If you are joining us from another school, academy or trust we recognise your continuous service date with confirmation from your current employer. This can positively impact a number of entitlements, including increased annual holiday payments which represent an increase in salary. This can be discussed in more detail at interview.

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.

Commitment to safeguarding

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and staff. Every child should feel safe and should be protected from any form of child abuse. We have robust policies and procedures that support our commitment to Safeguarding, this includes our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. The in-house Safeguarding teams at each Academy work in partnership with families and safeguarding partners to ensure the safety of children is paramount. We are committed to ensuring that all staff access regular, contextual safeguarding training to meet the needs of the local community.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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.

About Hexthorpe Primary School

• School type: Academy, 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: Hexthorpe Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hexthorpe-primary-school-doncaster (opens in new tab)

Hexthorpe Primary school is a very large and expanding school situated in the village of Hexthorpe, close to Balby and Doncaster city centre.

Our aim is to provide a stimulating, safe and caring environment where we can develop children academically, socially, emotionally and creatively so that they have the necessary knowledge, skills and ability to thrive as they mature and grow. We strongly believe in providing the best education for each and every child, and we aim to develop this in partnership with parents, families and the wider community.

Hexthorpe Primary staff, governors and I look forward to meeting you as we continue on our journey to providing an excellent education for all.

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