Teaching Assistant
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Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
19 October 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
21 September 2023
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 25 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Contract type
- Fixed term - until 31st August 2024
Full-time equivalent salary
- NJC 3 FTE £22,737 per annum, £13,494.38 pro rata
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and Professional Development
Essential
- NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualifications or experience.
- GCSE Grade A – C English and Maths
Desirable
- First aid training/training as appropriate.
Knowledge, Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people.
- Motivation to work with children and young people.
- Good numeracy/literacy skills.
Desirable
- Training in the relevant learning strategies e.g. literacy.
- Effective use of ICT to support learning.
- Use of other equipment technology – video, photocopier.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with or caring for children of relevant age.
- Completion of DfES Teacher Assistant Induction Programme
- Training in the relevant learning strategies e.g. literacy
- Effective use of ICT to support learning
- Use of other equipment technology – video, photocopier
- General understanding of national/foundation stage curriculum and other basic learning programmes/strategies
Desirable
- Understanding of relevant polices/codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation
INTERPERSONAL/ COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Essential
- Caring/training/communication/persuasive/motivating/counselling skills.
- Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities
- Ability to relate well to children and adults
- Work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these
What the school offers its staff
- NJC 3 FTE £22,737 per annum, £13,494.38 pro rata
- Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
- Regional networks of Trust colleagues and access to key leaders in Education
- Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including dedicated Employee Assistance Programme
- Awards and Recognition Scheme
- Flexible working patterns
- Benefits Platform
- discounts on car leasing
- holiday discounts
- cinema tickets
- restaurant booking discounts
- Cycle to Work Scheme
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.
About Newnham Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 91 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Newnham Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- NEP-Enquiries@NewnhamAcademy.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01327 705053
Arranging a visit to Newnham Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email NEP-Enquiries@NewnhamAcademy.co.uk.
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