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Teaching Assistant

Skinners' Kent Primary School, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3GS

This job expired on 23 May 2022 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  23 May 2022 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  9 May 2022

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: 33.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,517- £19,625 (SKAT Band 4 point 11-14) pro-rata will apply
• Actual salary: £14,420.14-£15,282.9

Teaching Assistant job summary

The Skinners’ Kent Academy Trust comprises a popular, non-fee paying, co-educational, all-ability primary and secondary school both housed in new state of the art learning environments. Our schools are funded by the DfE and sponsored by The Skinners’ School, a grammar school for boys together with the Skinners’ Company, one of the ‘Great Twelve’ livery companies of the City of London.

Our Trust is founded on the principles of a commitment to ensuring high standards and high aspirations, of active participation, an emotionally rich learning environment and an inclusive culture where every child is known, and every learner supported.

We are proud of our successes, but we are ambitious and there is so much more we want to achieve. Which is where you come in…

We are looking for a highly motivated Teaching Assistant who is committed to raising standards and maintaining our very high expectations. Someone to support individuals and groups of pupils to enable access to learning, contributing to the development and maintenance of a purposeful, nurturing learning environment.

The successful candidate will be involved in first aid related matters and have a basic knowledge of SEND and learning barriers. They will be a hardworking, creative, energetic and excellent practitioner who ideally have experience of supporting students in the classroom or working with young people. They will be caring and sensitive to the needs of all students, but especially those for whom they are responsible and with whom they are working. Their professionalism and dedication will enable our students and pupils to achieve more than they believe possible.

They will work as part of an outstanding team of Teaching Assistants and will be committed to ensuring Quality First Teaching and Learning.

The Inclusion team has a wide-ranging responsibility across the Academy Trust for the progress and wellbeing of key groups including those with Special Educational Needs, those with English as an Additional Language, Vulnerable students, Free School meal students and Most Able and Talented students.

This post is a permanent position, 33.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year which is term time plus INSET days.

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 Skinners' Kent Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 210 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Skinners' Kent Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: hr@skinnerskent.org.uk
• Phone number: 01892534377
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/skinners-kent-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Skinners’ Kent Primary School is a unique and diverse learning community providing the highest quality education in which all pupils can thrive and achieve their potential. The School is part of The Skinners’ Kent Academy Trust. We are proud to be part of this successful Academy Trust. This exciting partnership enables a wide variety of learning opportunities for all our children and staff.

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