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  • Job start date

    6 January 2025

  • Closing date

    27 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    11 November 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

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Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years

Working pattern

Full time: Monday to Friday, 8.45 am to 3.15 pm with an hour lunch

Contract type

Fixed term - 2 terms - Maternity or parental leave cover

Pay scale

Grade 4, SCP 5-6

What skills and experience we're looking for

St Paul’s is a unique place that bases all it does around the school, its pupils and families. As a school, we have high expectations and aspirations for all our pupils to ensure an effective learning experience and the highest possible outcomes that will prepare and enhance our pupils for their next journey and beyond. Our Christian values, ‘Trust’, ‘Love’ and ‘Compassion’ and ‘Respect’ underpin all that we do in our school.

Our newly established vision, ‘Do everything in love,’ also recognises the importance of celebrating everyone who learns and works here and the need to work collaboratively and inclusively in the diverse cultural world that we live in.

TEMPORARY TEACHING ASSISTANT FOR 2 TERMS IN NURSERY

From January, we are seeking to appoint a temporary Teaching Assistant to join the team at Alverthorpe St Paul’s. Our school is a special place with a distinctive Christian ethos.

We are looking for someone who:

  • Has experience of working in a school setting;
  • Is committed to ensuring children make excellent academic and social progress;
  • Has a good understanding of how children learn;
  • Can relate to pupils, including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
  • Is able to communicate well with good interpersonal skills;
  • Is committed to an inclusive ethos where every person matters and is valued
  • Can work well as part of a team;
  • Is supportive of our Christian ethos;
  • Has experience in the teaching of a Systematic Phonics Programme such as Read, Write, Inc
  • Is warm, kind, caring, positive and has a sense of humour.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

*A nurturing, caring and inclusive school;

*A friendly, hard-working, professional and supportive team of staff and governors;

*Enthusiastic children who enjoy learning;

*A commitment to your professional development;

*Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme;

*An induction and well-being package;

*Networking opportunities across the wider All Saints Partnership team.


Commitment to safeguarding

Wakefield Council is wholly commited to ensuring children and young people are fully supported and safe. We are dedicated to the safeguarding of all children and young people whilst promoting their welfare and expect all staff and volunteers to share this responsibility.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hr@alverthorpestpauls.co.uk

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About Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs

School type
Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
280 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Phone number
01924 290125

Arranging a visit to Alverthorpe St Paul's CofE (VA) School 3-11yrs

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