Teaching & Learning support Assistant

Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School, London, SE18 5PW

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as Possible

• Closing date

  27 March 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  13 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,946.00 - £19,693.00 Annually (Actual) Scale 2 point 3

Teaching & Learning support Assistant job summary

Class Based Support staff - Term Time Only (39 weeks per year), 25 hours a week (8.50am-3.20pm Monday-Friday).

We are looking to appoint outstanding experienced candidates to join our primary phase team. This is a superb opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic person to work with children and to support in the classroom. This role might include working with a child with significant needs. All applicants should ideally have some class-based experience.

Those applying should have previous experience of working with primary-aged children. This experience may have been gained within a mainstream education, in a specialist provision or maybe outside of education. We offer successful applicants the opportunity to work as part of a friendly and multi-disciplinary team.

There may also be an opportunity to work as a midday meal supervisor for one hour per day, with an additional salary.

We welcome applications from candidates who:

• Have NVQ Level 2 qualification (essential)
• Have experience of working with children who have SEND (desirable)
• Have knowledge of ASD (desirable)
• Are able to prepare and teach effective interventions taking into account the individual needs of learner
• Have a professional manner
• Are enthusiastic and have a friendly approach
• Have good literacy and numeracy skills

We can offer:

• a supportive leadership team and vibrant professional community
• a positive school culture which believes in distributed/ collaborative leadership
• a commitment to continuing professional development
• energetic and enthusiastic high attaining pupils
• a supportive, Christian ethos across our school communities
• offer to be midday meal supervisors as an additional role (1 hour per day)

Applications will be considered on receipt and shortlisted candidates will be invited to come in for lesson observation and interview in the week commencing 31st March 2025.

Please note there is limited staff parking at the school - please consider this before submitting your application.

As this role will involve contact with children we will take up at least two references before interview asking about your suitability to work with children. Any job offer will be conditional on you having a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Criminal Records Check and Barred List Check, having the legal right to work in the UK and having satisfactory overseas criminal records checks if deemed necessary.

Koinonia federation is committed to positively tackling discrimination in all its forms and works to ensure that all sections of the community have fair and equal access to and experience within employment. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, in particular those that are currently underrepresented in our workforce; we are respectful of all individuals’ race, age, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, caring responsibilities, disabilities and cultural background.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

About Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 3 to 18
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 1714 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Saint Mary Magdalene Church of England All Through School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/saint-mary-magdalene-church-of-england-all-through-school

St Mary Magdalene C of E School is a co-educational, all-through school based in Greenwich, south-east London. The school has both primary and secondary phases. The secondary phase has approximately 560 students aged 11-18 and 80 staff.

St Mary Magdalene C of E School is part of the wider Koinonia Federation – a federation of two schools located over four sites that work together as one team. Facilities include a sports hall, library, science labs, drama and dance studio. Religious Studies, the school's specialism, is a central element of the curriculum. Extra-curricular activities include sports, food technology, STEM club and Bible Club, which all students can attend.

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