Teaching Assistant - Maternity Cover

Churchfield CofE Primary Academy, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2LB

2 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  11 March 2025

• Closing date

  7 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  24 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Part time: 8:45am - 3:30pm Monday - Friday (28.75 hours per week)
• Contract type: Fixed term - 5 months initially with a view to extending for a further 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,366 - £23,114 pro rata

What skills and experience we're looking for

Churchfield CE Primary Academy (part of St Chad’s Academies Trust) is recruiting a caring and empathetic teaching assistant with experience of working with primary aged children. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in being able to effectively work with children within a primary setting and demonstrate effective ways of working with pupils to raise their attainment and consistently increase their enthusiasm for learning.

We are looking for a teaching assistant who is:

• Highly motivated to work in a school environment
• Confident interacting with a wide range of personalities
• Able to work independently and confidently with children and young people of all ages
• Able to use their initiative and take on additional responsibilities as and when necessary
• A personable and caring individual who is committed to providing excellence to children in their care.

The role will initially be based in our Reception class and will involve support of individual pupils, small group work and general classroom support as well as potentially covering the class for PPA

What the school offers its staff

We offer:

• Motivated, enthusiastic children with outstanding behaviour, who are eager to contribute, learn and are highly proud of their academy communities that live out their Christian values.
• Professional and dedicated colleagues
• A thorough and robust induction programme
• A welcoming environment
• Opportunities for training and professional development
• Supportive parents and Governors
• An academy with a clear vision for the future.

Commitment to safeguarding

At Churchfield we pay full regard to ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024’. Our Safer Recruitment and selection practice includes scrutinising applicants, verifying identity, checking academic or vocational qualifications, obtaining professional and character references, checking previous employment history, and ensuring that a candidate has the health and physical capacity for the job. It also includes undertaking interviews and appropriate checks including criminal record checks (DBS checks), barred list checks, prohibition checks whether they are known to the police and/or social care, if they have been disqualified from providing childcare and any relevant overseas information.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to glloyd@churchfield.staffs.sch.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Churchfield CofE Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 134 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Churchfield CofE Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: glloyd@churchfield.staffs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01889 224520
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/churchfield-cofe-primary-academy (opens in new tab)

Churchfield provides a friendly and caring community where pupils, parents, staff and governors work together to provide an environment where every child is able to fulfil their potential.

We are committed to providing a wide range of opportunities to inspire children, whatever their interests or talents. Children, teachers, and parents are enthused by our curriculum which aims to be challenging, diverse and exciting.

Our Values and Ethos reflect the distinctly Christian nature of our Academy.

Visitors to our school often comment on the friendly, calm and happy environment. We believe that we know every child as an individual, and place great importance on the establishment of strong and positive relationships with parents and carers.

We are proud to be members of the St Chad’s Multi-Academy Trust.

As a Church of England Academy we are inspected under the SIAMS framework and we are proud of the outcome of our last inspection in December 2023.

Arranging a visit to Churchfield CofE Primary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email glloyd@churchfield.staffs.sch.uk.

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