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Teaching Assistant

Orchard Park Community Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2GR

This job expired on 17 January 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  17 January 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,790.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

We have an opportunity for a Classroom Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated team in KS2. The role will include the role of a Midday Supervisor and working with a named child with an EHCP.

We are seeking to appoint a friendly, energetic and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to work within our successful, creative school. We are a diverse and inclusive school with a strong commitment to providing quality provision to all children, regardless of need. You will need to be flexibile and work effectively as part of a team.

This is a full-time position, working 30 hours per week, (8:45 - 3:15), term time only (38 weeks). The position would be for the Spring and Summer terms initially, with the possibility of converting to a permanent position going forward.

Are you:

• Caring, reliable and motivated?
• Organised?
• A warm and friendly face to children, parents and colleagues?
• Passionate about learning, resilient and have a sense of humour?
• Experienced in supporting children within a school setting?
• Able to work as part of a team (both under teacher direction and, where appropriate, at own initiative)?

We recommend you visit our school in the first instance to get a feel for us! Also, please have a look at our website and the attached application pack.

You are warmly invited to telephone the Headteacher, who will be pleased to discuss the post in more detail.

Person Specification

Essential

• A commitment to the safeguarding of all pupils including the Prevent agenda.
• Experience of working with children with special needs in an educational setting.
• Has high expectations of self and others.
• Wants to work with children and have a positive impact on their learning.
• Is reliable, hardworking and prepared to go the ‘extra mile’ for our children.
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as being able to work independently.
• A commitment to improving practice through self-review and on-going professional development.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• An ability to form positive relationships with all members of the school community.
• An understanding and commitment to school policies.
• An ability to promote, support and facilitate inclusion
• Maintain a stimulating and safe learning environment
• Use effective behaviour management strategies in line with school policy
• Ability to work under pressure and remain positive, enthusiastic and resilient.
• Adaptability to changing circumstances and new ideas.
• Flexibility
• Excellent organisational skills.

Desirable but not essential

• Experience of running interventions for literacy and/numeracy
• Experience of supporting a pupil with an Educational Health Care Plan
• Experience of working in EYFS, KS1 and KS2
• Knowledge of the primary curriculum.
• An understanding of issues affecting educational attainment.
• An understanding of a range of strategies to support pupil inclusion in the mainstream school.
• Ability to create a personalised work space to meet the needs of the named child.
• Able to contribute to effective assessment and planning
• Ability to adopt and modify plans to meet individual needs.
• Understands the value of play and opportunities for learning across a lunch time

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.

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About Orchard Park Community Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 206 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Orchard Park Community Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/orchard-park-community-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Orchard Park Community Primary School is a small school situated on the northern boundary of the City of Cambridge in the growing Orchard Park development. We are fortunate to have a new beautifully designed school which is well equipped and surrounded by open play space. Our school was recently reaffirmed as 'Good' by Ofsted (March 2017) and is a unique and special place to work.

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