23 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    24 February 2025

  • Closing date

    7 February 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    14 January 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

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Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time: Monday to Friday 08:00 or 08:30 to 15:15 (with the option to work to 17:30 on a Friday)

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£23,500

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will have the following:

  • A clear passion for working with children and helping them succeed.
  • An understanding of how to support pupils individually or in groups by planning effective sessions.
  • Experience of working with children.
  • Have high expectations for standards of achievement and behaviour.
  • Be able to work collaboratively as well as independently, and be a strong and supportive team player.
  • Promote our Christian ethos, vision and values.
  • Be a strong and supportive team player.

What the school offers its staff

WHAT YOU WILL GAIN FROM WORKING WITH US

We are proud of our team and what we can offer staff who wish to join us. We recognise that joining a new school is as much about what we can provide as it is about what the successful applicant can give to us. Therefore, we offer the following through our school and The Keys Academy Trust:

  • A dedicated team who go above and beyond for each other.
  • Commitment to and support for your professional development in a range of areas.
  • A vibrant, fun and welcoming staff and environment.
  • Kind, supportive and very well-behaved pupils.
  • Pastoral support for pupils, as well as wellbeing support for staff.

WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT?

Working in a high-performing school like ours means that there is such clarity on vision, consistency in practice and confidence in processes that the school and its teams run smoothly, efficiently and with precision. We have honed our provision over the years and this allows us to innovate and be bold with our decisions, which we take with the pupils’ best interests at heart.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Keys Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced criminal records check.

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

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About Sonning Church of England Primary School

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
210 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Phone number
0118 9693399

Idyllically set within the beautiful and historic village of Sonning, our school aims to offer a unique
educational journey within a caring Christian environment. Our school is a one form entry school with
seven classes and was built on its current site in 1965.

Arranging a visit to Sonning Church of England Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email operations@sonning.wokingham.sch.uk.

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