What skills and experience we're looking for
Blenheim Primary School are looking for a Teaching Assistant to work in our Outstanding school, where we are “Aiming high in the heart of the city”. We want all pupils to achieve their maximum potential by having high expectations and excellent standards. We provide a calm, positive atmosphere where children can feel safe, healthy, happy, confident and motivated. We celebrate and respect our cultural diversity and provide a stimulating and relevant curriculum, recognising achievement and celebrating success in all areas of school life.
The successful candidates will be caring, extremely motivated and enthusiastic, with the energy required to join our hardworking, high achieving team. They will:
• love working with children
• understand how children learn
• enjoy working as part of a team
• have good literacy, numeracy and communication skills
• be flexible and have the ability to use their initiative
• have high expectations of achievement and behaviour.
What the school offers its staff
The role involves working under the direction of the class teacher to support learning and development. There may be more than one position available, please indicate your preferred age range in your application. The vacancy is for a full time (30 hours per week), term time position, with an additional 2.5 hours per week of lunchtime assistant cover.
If you would like to visit the school prior to applying, appointments will be on Wednesday 20th November at 9:00am or Thursday 21st November at 4:00pm. Please call the school office on 0113 2930808 to book onto one of these sessions.
The closing date for completed applications is 9:00am on Monday 25th November 2024.
Interviews are to be held Friday 6th December 2024.
Blenheim Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expected all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to and enhanced DBS check.
To apply for this role, please email hr@blenheimprimaryschool.com to receive the job description and an application form.
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.