Teaching Assistant

Springhead Park Primary School, Northfleet, Kent, DA11 8BY

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  22nd April 2025 (negotiatble)

• Closing date

  28 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  5 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,137.00 - £26,856.00 Annually (FTE) £18,825 to £20, 115 actual per annum based on 32.5 hours over 39 weeks per year.

Teaching Assistant job summary

Term time only + 5 inset days. (39 weeks per year).
Hours: 32.5 per week, 8.30 am to 3.30 pm

The Role

As a Teaching Assistant, you will work with our teaching and other support staff to mentor, support and inspire our pupils with curriculum and non curriculum based learning.

Throughout the day, you will help prepare the classroom and learning spaces, create displays and exhibitions of the children's work, and prepare for different activities.

You will support pupils who need extra support to complete tasks or have difficulty engaging with schoolwork. You will also watch for challenging behaviour and help pupils promote positive behaviour while offering emotional support to help pupils in their emotional and social development, and you will inform other staff about any issues.

You will be vital part of the team in helping them become independent learners, stay focused and engaged in the tasks and lessons set by the teacher, help explain different tasks and activities, assist with a wide range of classroom and school-based activities, and provide 1:1 and group support to pupils. This may include listening to children read, reading to them, or telling them stories.

About You

Trustworthy, enthusiastic, energetic, well-organised, and self-motivated and a passionate individual dedicated to ensuring all children are supported to achieve their best.

With excellent communication skills and have the ability to build strong and appropriate relationships with children and parents/carers.

You must possess outstanding numeracy and literacy skills and have a genuine passion for making learning engaging and irresistible for children. Adaptability to support the individual needs of each child is crucial.

Maintaining confidentiality and demonstrating a high level of professionalism are also key requirements. A

Experience working with children across the primary curriculum, including those with social, emotional, and mental health needs, is desirable, however if you have experience and a commitment to continuous improvement of your own practice, we would love to hear from you.

About Us

We are proud to offer:

• Working for a Trust focused only on Primary education, committed to staff professional learning and development

• An ambitious school management team and dedicated, professional and determined staff.

• Highly motivated, happy children, keen to learn and develop

• A strong commitment to staff wellbeing across the Trust and school.

• Excellent resources and vibrant teaching spaces.

Potential candidates are invited to contact the school to arrange a visit. This does not form part of the recruitment process.

Next Steps
If you are interested in this position and would like to have a more detailed conversation before applying for the post, please call us or email us at Springhead Park Primary School. We will happily help you with as many details as possible to support this process:

Call : 01474 555155 Email: office@springhead.kent.sch.uk

When you have enough information to apply, please complete all sections of the application form via MyNewTerm.  CVs will not be accepted.

All applicants will be emailed with the shortlisting decisions. References for shortlisted candidates may be requested before interviews.
If you experience any issues while using MyNewTerm, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the HR Team at hr@theprimaryfirsttrust.co.uk.

If a suitable candidate is identified, interviews for this position may be conducted earlier than the stated closing date. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to submit their applications promptly. Early submission will ensure consideration for the position and increase the likelihood of being invited for an interview. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to receiving your application.

Safer Recruitment, Inclusive and Diversity

The Primary First Trust is committed to safeguarding, Prevent and the welfare of pupils. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Clearance, health clearance, social media checks, a probationary period and satisfactory references.

The Trust strives to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where everyone can be themselves and experience a strong sense of belonging.

The Trust wholeheartedly supports the principle of equality and diversity in employment. It opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and career development of people from ethnic, cultural, and social backgrounds from as wide a range as possible, and we seek to develop a community of staff that accurately represents society as a whole. All applications for employment with the Trust will be considered against the criteria outlined in the person specification for the position advertised.
No agencies, please. We will contact you if we need support on recruitment.

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.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

About Springhead Park Primary School

• School type: Free School, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 387 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Springhead Park Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/springhead-park-primary-school

We work in collaboration with our Trust, The Primary First Trust, which currently consists of ten primary schools in Medway, Kent and Bexley. This gives us a wide support network and allows our staff to grow professionally and our children to achieve excellence.

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