14 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    28 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    12 November 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,404.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Job Title: Teacing Assistant

Start Date: January 2025

Closing Date: 28 November

Interview Date: 05 December

Salary £24,404 pro rata per annum

Hours: 16 Hours per week fixed term until August 2025

Responsible to: Headteacher/ Senior Leadership Team

At St Gildas compassion, high standards and expectations are at the heart of what we do. Children come to school and are valued for who they are and are developed in a loving, caring environment. We nurture every child to enjoy every new challenge in school.

Desirable skills/experience

  • Knowledge of how to incorporate visual and concrete resources into planning to support learning (use of total communication) would be of use.
  • Ability to take responsibility for creating a spiralised curriculum incorporating opportunities to revisit learning regularly.
  • Experience of Emotional Literacy or Mental Health needs within children.
  • Ability to work in a team to support and create the best experience for children to enable them to meet their full potential.
  • Be flexible to do a range of tasks and to use own initiative when required.
  • Good literacy and numeracy skills (GCSE or ‘O’ Level Grade C or above or equivalent)
  • Work within, and act upon, the advice of class teacher and SENDCo.
  • Have experience of working with children.
  • Be an excellent communicator and team player.
  • Work within our school’s rigorous safeguarding policies and procedures.
  • Remain calm, confidential and professional in all situations.

We can offer you:

  • The support needed to continue your own professional development.
  • The opportunity to work with a close-knit, enthusiastic and hard-working team of staff who are committed to providing the very best for each individual in their care.
  • The opportunity to inspire our caring and highly-motivated children through engaging learning.

The Dunstan Catholic Educational Trust (DCET) is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. All staff are expected to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced disclosure application and satisfactory references.

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.
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About St Gildas Catholic Primary School

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
219 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11

School location

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