Teaching Assistant

Woodcot Primary School, Gosport, Hampshire, PO13 0SG

2 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  24 February 2025

• Closing date

  24 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  15 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,027.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Woodcot Primary School is a happy, friendly and successful primary school where pupils, parents, staff and governors work together to make our school a great place. Our vision statement ‘Together we Learn and Grow’ is at the heart of all that we do.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Teaching Assistant, to join our committed and supportive team. The successful candidate will be motivated, reflective, professional and committed to high standards ensuring that the children of Woodcot are happy and achieve their best. Relevant experience, in a teaching/learning/child support environment, is desirable but not essential. What is imperative is that you have high expectations, a sense of humour, a love of challenge and a determination to make a difference to the lives of our fantastic children. You will also need to be caring, understanding and committed, but above all, you will be sincere with a genuine desire to help young people - the successful candidates will play a crucial role in supporting our pupils’ learning.

The post is part time, 27.5hrs per week, term-time only.

The successful candidate will:

• be talented and dynamic with excellent behaviour management skills
• be able to adapt learning to meet the needs of the children
• support children to achieve their best potential
• believe that children's learning has no limits
• be highly motivated and enthusiastic
• be a reflective learner who is always open to new initiatives
• be able to take a ‘holistic’ approach in supporting children
• be open, approachable and a team player
• have GCSE grade C or equivalent in English and Mathematics

We can offer:

• enthusiastic children who are motivated to learn
• a friendly environment, with very supportive colleagues, parents and governors
• excellent continued professional development both within and beyond the school

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed but are not essential for applying. Please ring the school office to arrange a visit on 01329 234381.

The school reserves the right to interview before the advert has closed.

Woodcot Primary School and University of Portsmouth Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Criminal Records Bureau checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Please visit our school website – www.woodcotschool.co.uk

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 Woodcot Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 174 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Woodcot Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodcot-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Primary school with attached pre-school.

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