Teaching Assistant

Watling Primary School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK8 1GB

63 days remaining to apply

Start date details
Negotiable
Closing date
28 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
17 December 2024

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £25,183.00 - £27,711.00 Annually (FTE) £21,203 - £23,332 actual salary

Teaching Assistant job summary

VACANCY – TEACHING ASSISTANT

As a new school, our team is constantly growing and we are looking for more wonderful Teaching Assistants to join us on our journey.

We are interested in candidates who have experience in Nursery, Reception, Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2. Please make it clear in your supporting statement where your area of expertise lies.

This post would be most suitable for someone with experience of working with children with SEND as it will probably involve some 1 to 1 support for specific children.

We opened the doors to our amazing school in September 2023, with our continued growth seeing the opening of our Nursery this academic year. At full capacity, we will be a 3-form entry school, with places for a total of 630 pupils from Reception to Year 6 and 39 children in the Nursery.

The attached Recruitment Pack gives you more information about who we are and what we do. Please take the time to read through it before you apply.

Job title: Teaching Assistant

Start date: Negotiable

Contract type: Full time, permanent

Hours: 36 hours (term-time plus 5 INSET days)

Monday to Wednesday 8:30 – 4:00pm

Thursday and Friday 8:30 – 4:30pm

(half an hour for lunch each day)

Salary: £25,183 - £27,711 FTE (£21,203 - £23,332 actual salary)

Application deadline: Friday 28th February 2025 at 9:00am

Interview date: We will be interviewing candidates on a rolling programme and will contact people individually to arrange an interview time.

Visits to the school are welcomed. Please contact Jennifer Underhill (Admin Assistant) by emailing underhillj@thedenbighalliance.org.uk to arrange a time and date.

Applications for this role can be made on the MyNewTerm website by searching for Watling Primary School:

https://mynewterm.com

The Denbigh Alliance is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and online search is required for all successful applicants.

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.