Teaching Assistant

Oakwood Primary Academy, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN22 0SS

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  To be confirmed

• Closing date

  15 January 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  18 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 18152.16

Teaching Assistant job summary

At Oakwood Primary Academy, the pupils, staff and governors are looking to recruit Teaching Assistant, ideally with previous experience, who are committed to support our school. This is mainly based within the EYFS. We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have a positive approach with natural enthusiasm when working with children,
• Have an ability to enable all children, as individuals, to thrive in your care,
• Are flexible and able to support groups of pupils under the direction of the teacher but equally able to take the initiative to support individual pupils,
• Have effective oral and written communication skills, with good IT skills,
• Possess a commitment to helping children do their best.

In return, staff working at Oakwood Primary Academy benefit from:

• Collaborative CPD opportunities to assist in your role,
• A well-resourced school and classrooms,
• A working environment where everyone is determined to achieve the best outcomes for our pupils,
• A supportive central Trust team
• Aurora Advantage Scheme - a generous benefits package, including discounts to high-street shops, online GP appointments, well-being support, cycle to work scheme, and much more. 

Our school

Oakwood Primary Academy is a two-form entry primary school in Eastbourne, for pupils aged 4-11. We currently have over 300 pupils on roll, and an onsite Nursery taking children from 2 years old. We have some lovely woodlands and grounds, and our school is situated in the heart of Willingdon Trees, where most of our pupils come from the local community – a community we are proud to serve.

We are a school that has undergone huge, transformational change, having been rated as a “Good” school, in all areas, at our most recent Ofsted inspection in October 2022. We are committed in continuing our school improvement journey and to raise standards for all our pupils. Our four values of ‘Knowledge, Equality, Determination and Achievement’ underpin everything that we do, belonging to every pupil and member of staff. These help to create our vision for the school ‘Being Better Every Day’. We are looking for colleagues who can help all of our children to achieve their best.

Oakwood Primary is part of Aurora Academies Trust, an organisation that is committed to nurturing and developing talent. It is an exciting time to be joining Aurora. Our seven schools spanning nursery, primary and secondary provision are all judged to be good or better by Ofsted. The Aurora school improvement model has really taken off in recent years and is helping to ensure that pupils in our schools benefit from the best possible standard of education. Our Aurora curriculum has been developed in house and is used consistently across our schools.

Visits to see the school are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact Mrs Susan Hubbard, School Business Manager, to book a visit or to find out more about our school shubbard@auroraacademies.org.

Commitment to safeguarding

The responsibility to keep children safe belongs to all of us.

Oakwood has a very clear Safeguarding Policy that is available from the school office or under our Policies section on the school website.

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 Oakwood Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 324 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Oakwood Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oakwood-primary-academy-eastbourne (opens in new tab)

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