What skills and experience we're looking for
Churchfield CE Primary Academy (part of St Chad’s Academies Trust) is recruiting a caring and empathetic teaching assistant with experience of working with primary aged children. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in being able to effectively work with children within a primary setting and demonstrate effective ways of working with pupils to raise their attainment and consistently increase their enthusiasm for learning.
We are looking for a teaching assistant who is:
• Highly motivated to work in a school environment
• Confident interacting with a wide range of personalities
• Able to work independently and confidently with children and young people of all ages
• Able to use their initiative and take on additional responsibilities as and when necessary
• A personable and caring individual who is committed to providing excellence to children in their care.
The role will initially be based in our Reception class and will involve support of individual pupils, small group work and general classroom support as well as potentially covering the class for PPA
What the school offers its staff
We offer:
• Motivated, enthusiastic children with outstanding behaviour, who are eager to contribute, learn and are highly proud of their academy communities that live out their Christian values.
• Professional and dedicated colleagues
• A thorough and robust induction programme
• A welcoming environment
• Opportunities for training and professional development
• Supportive parents and Governors
• An academy with a clear vision for the future.
Commitment to safeguarding
At Churchfield we pay full regard to ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024’. Our Safer Recruitment and selection practice includes scrutinising applicants, verifying identity, checking academic or vocational qualifications, obtaining professional and character references, checking previous employment history, and ensuring that a candidate has the health and physical capacity for the job. It also includes undertaking interviews and appropriate checks including criminal record checks (DBS checks), barred list checks, prohibition checks whether they are known to the police and/or social care, if they have been disqualified from providing childcare and any relevant overseas information.