Teaching Assistant

Northgate Primary School, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 1BP

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November 2024

• Closing date

  4 November 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £15,500.00 Annually (Actual) Pay Scale D5 (FTE £23,500)

Teaching Assistant job summary

At Northgate Nursery and Primary School our vision is for children to be proud of themselves and strive to be the best that they can; to feel understood and supported to achieve success; to be safe and happy; to learn the skills to give them confidence to face the future; to know how to behave well; to be treated equally and to feel important within their school, family and the wider community.

We are looking to appoint an excellent, enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching Assistant to join our friendly EYFS team.

This post is 28.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

Our ideal applicant will:

Have experience in Early Years

- Be an excellent practitioner, able to make learning enjoyable

Be able to meet the needs of children with a variety of Special Educational Needs under the direction of a teacher or HLTA

Be able to form positive relationships with children, staff and parents

Have high expectations of behaviour, effort and attitude and the necessary strategies to promote these qualities

Have recent experience of working in a primary school, knowledge of the National Curriculum and the standards required by the new assessment framework

Enjoy working as part of a team

In return for working at our school, which is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust, you will receive a wide range of benefits, including:

Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development

Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College

Pension scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contribution

Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice

Shopping and leisure discounts

Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme

Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Northgate Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 418 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Northgate Primary School website (opens in new tab)
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