Teaching Assistant
Moat House Primary School, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 1EQ5 days remaining to apply
Closing date
25 June 2025 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
16 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,404 - £25,584 pa pro rata (Term time Only)
Teaching Assistant job summary
The Headteacher and Governing Body at Moat House Primary School are looking to appoint 3 Teaching Assistants to join our friendly and dedicated team from September.
You will support the class teacher and work with the children in the classroom, to help them access teaching and learning and achieve their full potential, this may include working with small groups of children under the guidance of the class teacher and you should have good literacy and numeracy skills.
You will support children with neurodivergence who need adaptive approaches to the curriculum providing assisting one to one assistance or small group support so experience of working with children with a range of SEND needs is desirable.
You will be keen to develop your own knowledge and practices further and will be happy to engage in professional development opportunities.
Who are we looking for?- An experienced Teaching Assistant (minimum of NVQ Level 2)
- Empathy and understanding when working with students with SEND needs
- A friendly team member, who is supportive and happy to work as part of a team
- Committed to support children and their families to establish positive relationships
- Positive, flexible forward thinking and willing to “go the extra mile”
- Motivated to help our children reach their full potential
For further information regarding the role, to arrange a visit please speak with Andrea Burrows, School Business Manager, at 02476 612073 aburrows@moathouse.coventry.sch.uk
All applications must be submitted online.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.
Interview Date: Thursday 3rd July 2025
Following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for an additional pre employment check with effect 1 Sept 22, please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Moat House Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 466 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Moat House Primary School website
Moat House Primary School is a 2 form entry school, situated in the North-East of Coventry. We are a vibrant, good school, set within a diverse and caring community, where children enjoy their learning. All of the staff are committed to our children to ensure they are being given opportunities to participate in a broad and balanced curriculum whilst encouraging them to achieve their full potential, supported by an active Governing body.
Our success depends not only on our efforts, but in the partnership we establish with parents and the community as a whole. Ofsted commented (September 2019) that "Pupils are proud to attend Moat House Primary and they enjoy welcoming visitors to their school." You are welcome to visit to see for yourself! .
The teaching and support staff at Moat House Primary School are a team who have high expectations of all our pupils. As children progress through our school, they learn a range of skills in English, Mathematics and Science but we also develop the “whole growth of the child” in terms of respect for others, tolerance and independence. We also believe that it is important that children learn how to become successful learners.
Our school motto is:
“Working together”
This sums up our approach and commitment to partnership between home and school.
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