- School type
- Free School, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- Up to 446 pupils
- Age range
- 2 to 11
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- School website
- Avanti Brook Primary School website (opens in new tab)
Teaching Assistant - Special Resource Provision
More than one location, Avanti Schools Trust11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
30 August 2024
Closing date
15 July 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 37.5 hours per week, 37 weeks.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Salary: £22,665 - £22,841 per annum (Approximately £18,126 - £18,266 pro rata per annum (0.79972 FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
About us and the role
Support teaching and learning activities in the SRP and mainstream classroom under the guidance of the Lead teacher.
Assist in organizing and managing pupils, and help maintain an orderly and supportive learning environment.
Promote the inclusion and welfare of all pupils, ensuring equal access to learning opportunities and safeguarding their welfare.
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we'd encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
What will you do?
- Support pupils by delivering learning programs, encouraging engagement, and assisting with personal needs
- Assist the Lead teacher by preparing and maintaining classroom resources, providing clerical support
- Supervise pupils during out-of-lesson times, accompany them on school trips, and participate in relevant meetings and training opportunities.
- Support the development of basic Literacy, Numeracy, and ICT skills, and undertake additional duties as required by the principal.
What are we looking for?
- Experience of working with EYFS/KS1 students within a learning environment.
- Experience of working with students with Autism and/or Speech, Language and Communication Issues.
- An understanding of classroom roles and responsibilities
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people
Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.
What the school offers its staff
Avanti Brook is a brand new primary school in Bishops Stortford North. The school will grow to become a 2 form entry primary school with a 26 place preschool. Avanti Brook Primary School will provide parents and pupils with the highest standards of education and pastoral care.
The site for Avanti Brook is a brand new building and the facilities is bespoke, contemporary and first-class, which will make for a unique learning experience.
This is a unique opportunity to work in a school that is driven by three key elements for both students and staff:
- Educational excellence
- Character formation
- Spiritual insight
Why should you apply?
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
You will be working in a fantastic environment with:
- Great opportunities for professional development through the Avanti Institute and our family of schools
- LGPS pension scheme subject to eligibility criteria
- O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
- Flexible working opportunities
- Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
- Access to multiple well-being programmes (Weekend Retreats, Yoga Classes and Apps)
- Cycle-to-work and Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes
Further details about the role
Further information
Pre-employment checks
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.
Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
Commitment to safeguarding
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Applying for the job
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About Avanti Schools Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- Careers@avanti.org.uk
Avanti Schools support each person’s life journey along three parallel paths: Educational excellence; Character formation; and Spiritual insight.
Avanti’s unique ethos places a key emphasis on each individual’s wellbeing and good mental health. Children with higher levels of emotional, behavioural, social, and school wellbeing, on average, have higher levels of academic achievement and are more engaged in the school community. All our schools share a dedicated approach to wellbeing, from providing yoga and mindfulness sessions, sports and exercise, charity work, and working with parents and carers as co-educators.
School Details
Avanti Brook Primary School
Arranging a visit to Avanti Schools Trust
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