Teaching Assistant
Teignmouth Primary School, Teignmouth, Devon, TQ14 9BBThis job expired on 20 March 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
14 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 hours per week, 8:45am to 3:15pm (including a 30 minute unpaid break) Monday – Friday, 39 weeks per annum
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until 25th July 2025
Full-time equivalent salary
- Scale 3, Point 5-7. £24,790-£25,584
What skills and experience we're looking for
Teaching Assistant within our Nursery/Reception
Required as soon as possible, fixed-term until 25th July
Part-time (30 hours per week, term time only)
Ivy Education Trust is seeking to appoint a fixed-term Teaching Assistant to join our experienced Nursery and Reception team, working within our EYFS provision.
We currently offer a nursery provision from two years of age, and operate in a Foundation Stage Unit, where the Nursery and Reception team work collaboratively to support our learners achieve their potential and more.
The successful applicant must be confident working in a childcare setting and have a real passion for working with children. You will also be required to support individuals on a 1:1 basis, assisting with classwork, behaviour management and helping pupils with their daily routine. The applicant must be qualified with at least a Level 2 in Early Years (NVQ Level 2 in Childcare or equivalent is acceptable), and have working knowledge of all areas within the Early Years curriculum.
You may also be expected to take on the role of a key-worker, as well as be involved in the day-to-day planning of activities to meet the learning needs of the children in our Early Years provision.
Teignmouth Primary School is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults. If successful, you will undergo an Enhanced Level DBS check.
The successful candidate will also:
- Be able to support pupils with special educational needs
- Be able to support pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs
- To engage in CPD where relevant, to continually improve their practice
What the school offers its staff
We are fully committed to providing the best possible outcomes for the children in our community, and our hard working and dedicated staff work together to achieve this. We are proud to achieve excellence in teaching and learning and are aspirational with children’s achievements, teaching them that the sky’s the limit in what they can achieve in life.
As well as academic success, we want our children to be happy, safe and enjoy coming to school. We want them to develop into well rounded individuals who can achieve well in the wider world and make a positive difference to it. We teach children about this through our 6 green behaviours which are linked to learning: resilience, independence, curiosity, respect, honesty and responsibility. Pupils are at the heart of everything we do and we offer excellent pastoral care for them.
We offer a broad and balanced curriculum with topics that are carefully planned to engage and excite pupils with their learning. We give pupils the opportunity to help plan some of their topic learning and topics are brought to life by trips, residentials, memorable experiences and visitors. We aim to share learning with parents where possible. Our growing success over recent years has led to very good outcomes in everything that we do.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Teignmouth Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 225 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Teignmouth Primary School website
- Email address
- luke.marchant@teignmouthschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01626772320
Arranging a visit to Teignmouth Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email luke.marchant@teignmouthschool.co.uk.
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