Teaching Assistant Qualified Grade 5 (Great Oldbury Primary Academy)
Location: Great Oldbury Primary Academy, UK
Education Phase: Primary
Working Pattern: Full-Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Application Deadline: Tuesday, 18th March 2025
Interview Date: 21st March 2025
About Us
Our school is a place where we are all committed to ensuring our children experience the best education possible whilst we build positive working relationships with parents, carers, and our local community. Great Oldbury Primary Academy is a truly exciting place to learn. No one day is ever the same and there is always something new to discover. Our beautiful, new Gloucestershire Learning Alliance (GLA) Multi-Academy Trust school and nursery sits in the heart of the Great Oldbury community and opened in September 2021. Our school building is beautifully designed with an emphasis on light and space, whilst boasting a great outdoor environment including an all-weather sports pitch, forest school area, and a large school playground and field. Our ethos is underpinned by our vision, Dream, Believe and Achieve. Our school is ambitious for all. Our whole school community is actively encouraged to dream big and have the courage to turn their dreams into reality. Our children are encouraged to think for themselves, to be problem solvers, to be creative and imaginative and to embrace new challenges. Our school provides children with the knowledge they need to empower their own learning and their futures. We believe that all members of our school can aspire to achieve their very best and we grow, nurture, and support individuals to enable them to achieve this. We celebrate all achievements, big, small, academic, sporting, creative, personal, collaborative, and those in our community. Great Oldbury Little Learners provides high-quality nursery and pre-school provision for 2, 3, and 4-year-olds in a thoughtfully designed and well-resourced purpose-built area of the school building. This provides a rich play-based curriculum focused on exploration and discovery within a safe and nurturing environment. Our dedicated nursery manager oversees this exciting learning experience and works closely with the school Reception staff to ensure our pre-school children are fully prepared and supported in their transition into Reception. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young persons and must ensure that the highest priority is given following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and qualification checks. The GLA is an equal opportunities employer.
Job Description
Teaching Assistant
Contracted hours per week: 30 hours per week
Working weeks per year: 38 weeks
Contract type: Fixed term until 31/08/2025
Pay Grade: 5 (Starting Salary £18,488)
Closing Date: 18th March 2025
Interview Dates: 21st March 2025
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, experienced, and qualified Teaching Assistant to join our friendly and hardworking team who has a passion for supporting pupils to achieve their full potential and supporting SEND pupils with individualised support.
We are looking for a Teaching Assistant who will:
* Support the needs of individual children within the classroom
* Have high expectations within the classroom setting through commitment to raising the standard of learning for pupils
* Promote skills to develop confidence and independence
* Demonstrate a good knowledge and understanding of working with pupils with SEND
* Demonstrate a positive attitude towards all aspects of their work
* Have a good knowledge of the primary curriculum
* Work well as part of a team
We will offer you:
* A warm and welcoming school community;
* The opportunity to join a growing Multi Academy Trust;
* A commitment to developing your CPD including any specific SEND training needed to fulfil the role;
* Access to our reward and discount platform GLAdvantage;
* Access to our employee health and wellbeing service.
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