Teaching Assistant - Nursery
Kingfisher Primary Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN2 4PY7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
21 November 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,183.00 - £25,992.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary - £20,647 - £21,310 per annum
Teaching Assistant - Nursery job summary
Kingfisher Primary requires an experienced Teaching Assistant to work within our Early Years Provision.
Do you want to join a school looking to appoint an ambitious and inspirational teaching assistant?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled, enthusiastic EYFS Teaching Assistant to join our team working with children aged 3-4 years. You will be responsible for the academic and emotional development and attainment of some of our youngest enthusiastic children.
We are looking for a highly motivated, passionate person, who has experience of working in early years. The successful candidate will be prepared to work hard and respond positively to the challenges of day-to-day school life and committed to supporting children to achieve their best through an engaging, creative curriculum.
We are offering you:
- The opportunity to work in a well-resourced early years setting
- Huge scope for advancement and fantastic opportunities for career progression
- Extensive professional development to enhance your knowledge and skills about the role.
Teaching Assistants are members of a team of practitioners responsible for the education and care of the children in the school who will implement learning for individuals/groups and supervise physical/general care of children, including those with SEN.
We are looking for:
- Someone with the ability to use a variety of strategies to engage and support children in their learning
- Able to provide stimulating and engaging experiences for our children and support them in becoming lifelong learners
- A collaborative professional with the ability to contribute to provision planning
- An excellent role model to children, colleagues and parents, exemplifying our core principle of kindness
- A positive, open-minded professional actively supportive of the ethos, vision and values of the school
- A candidate who is, or wants to become, an integral part of the EYFS Team
- Someone who is forward thinking and adaptable.
As a part of GLF Schools, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression discussions, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in one of our 42 academies or in our central team.
- A growing Multi Academy Trust with over 2,000 colleagues and over 17,000 pupils
- Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity and Kindness
- 42 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England
- We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identity
- Committed to ensuring all children and young people receive the best possible education .
We can offer
Astrea Academy Trust has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish.
- Access to our highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme and Employee Assistant Scheme
- Generous holiday allowance
- Work life and family friendly policies
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Excellent CPD opportunities
- A warm and professional learning environment
- Children who are friendly and polite
- A growth mind-set ethos
- Supportive parents.
We welcome visits to the school to experience the atmosphere, ethos and approach and to have an opportunity to meet the children and staff who make Kingfisher a great place to be.
If you are joining us from another school, academy or trust we recognise your continuous service date with confirmation from your current employer. This can positively impact several entitlements, including increased annual holiday payments which represent an increase in salary. This can be discussed in more detail at interview.
Closing: Thursday 21st November 2024
Shortlisting: Friday 22nd December 2024
Interviews: Wednesday 27th November 2024
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and staff. Every child should feel safe and should be protected from any form of child abuse. We have robust policies and procedures that support our commitment to Safeguarding, this includes our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. The in-house Safeguarding teams at each Academy work in partnership with families and safeguarding partners to ensure the safety of children is paramount. We are committed to ensuring that all staff access regular, contextual safeguarding training to meet the needs of the local community.
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 Kingfisher Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 443 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Kingfisher Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
Kingfisher is a fantastic academy that places great importance on the success of its pupils. Children are assessed regularly and effective support ensures children make progress. An innovative curriculum has been designed to ensure that children take part in exciting lessons and that they play an active part in their own learning. A number of extra curricular clubs ensure that children have access to a range of enriching activities.
As an academy we love working with parents and have an increasing army of volunteer helpers who support us during the school day. We value the opinions of children in school and they have their own council. The council has regular meetings and discuss a wide range of issues.
Kingfisher is a two form entry academy (420 places) with a 52 place nursery.
The only true way to find out about this academy is to walk through the door and experience the positive atmosphere. We look forward to welcoming you into our academy community!
We hope that you enjoy your visit to our website, and that you find any information you are looking for. Please feel free to contact the academy direct and speak to Mrs Flint with any queries you may have and she will be able to direct you to the most suitable person to deal with your question
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