Teaching Assistants

Ben Jonson Primary School, London, E1 4PZ

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  2 February 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: 33.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Scale 3

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Experience of working with children:

o individual children and target groups with a wide range of needs, introducing tasks and monitoring access to learning;

o with autism and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

• Evidence of building strong relationships with children, staff and parents;
• High expectations, a passion for helping every child succeed whilst promoting independence and self-motivation;
• Excellent communication skills in written and verbal English;
• Strong academic background, including GCSE Maths and English (C and above or equivalent);
• A commitment to our ethos and values and the drive to go that extra mile.

What the school offers its staff

Ben Jonson Primary School is a vibrant, three form entry school, situated in the richly diverse community of the Ocean Estate. We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic and well-motivated Teaching Assistants. Our pupils are keen to learn and are making excellent progress within the nurturing learning environment that we provide.

We offer:

• Motivated pupils with good standards of behaviour;
• Excellent resourced school in a modern building;
• Effective and embedded plans and procedures;
• Supportive staffing structure and a knowledgeable Governing Body;
• Ongoing development and training opportunities.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Ben Jonson Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 642 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Ben Jonson Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: admin@benjonson.towerhamlets.sch.uk
• Phone number: 020 7790 4110
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ben-jonson-primary-school (opens in new tab)

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