Teaching Assistant & Midday Supervisor

Cheam Common Infants' Academy, Worcester Park, Surrey, KT4 8SS

20 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2024

• Closing date

  15 August 2024 at 8am

• Date listed

  19 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Part time: TA - 15 hours per week, term time & 3 additional days Monday to Friday mornings Midday Supervisor - 2.5 hours per week, term time only Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Fixed term - 12 months from September 2024 until August 2025
• Pay scale: 1C3 or 3/4 depending on candidates qualification

What skills and experience we're looking for

LEO Academy Trust is seeking to appoint a highly skilled and motivated Teaching Assistant & Midday Supervisor to support classes, small groups and pupils on a 1:1 basis. Applicants will be supporting teaching and learning in school. The duties will include assisting with classes, small groups and 1:1 with SEND pupils.

You will provide curricular and pastoral support in our thriving and friendly school. The role is exciting and varied; ideal opportunities for anyone wishing to explore a career in working with children. The successful candidate will enjoy a varied daily routine as part of a close team. There will be an emphasis on helping in the classrooms across the year groups but the list below will offer an idea of what else is to be expected, although it is not exhaustive.

• Support groups of children with their learning under the guidance of a teacher
• Support individual children e.g. special needs, children needing additional support
• Provide supervisory support during break time.
• Accompany classes on day and residential trips.
• Provide reprographic support and mount work ready to display.

The successful candidate will be able to support individual pupils in a caring, patient and compassionate way, ensuring their pastoral and academic needs are met. You will work excellently as part of a team, have good communication skills, be enthusiastic, fair and kind. It is essential that you are able to follow school procedures. You will need to have experience of working with children with additional needs and be suitably qualified (please see the details in the person specification).

What the school offers its staff

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of established teams and to bring high standards of teaching and learning to our Trust.

Commitment to safeguarding

All employees of the Trust are deemed to be in regulated activity with children and as such, all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and for this role, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed amongst other checks as appropriate.

Applying for the job

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About Cheam Common Infants' Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 413 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Cheam Common Infants' Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@leoacademytrust.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cheam-common-infants-academy (opens in new tab)

Cheam Common Infants' Academy is one of 7 schools that make up LEO Academy Trust.
Located in Worcester Park, Cheam Common Infants' will have four forms in Reception and KS1 in September 2020, alongside the thriving nursery offering 15 and 30 hours in the provision.

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