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Classroom Assistant
Reference: MAR20253255
Expiry date: 09:00, Fri, 28th Mar 2025
Location: Great Yarmouth Primary Academy
Benefits: The Inspiration Trust offers all staff a range of benefits via our ‘my lifestyle' portal. All eligible staff will have access to a range of benefits from salary sacrifice schemes and employee discounts.
Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale C: £8,234 to £8,364 pro-rata per annum (Actual) (£24,027 - £24,404 full time/full year equivalent)
Part Time: 14.5 hours per week / 2 days (Thursday and Friday)
Start Date: July 2025
Great Yarmouth Primary Academy is looking for an enthusiastic, and inspiring Classroom Assistant supporting across the school to join our team. You will be an inspirational practitioner who is passionate about raising achievement through motivating and inspiring students, who will also contribute to the vision and values of the school.
The role involves supporting SEND children in the classroom and small group interventions to support our children to make accelerated progress, although you may be asked to support across other key stages where necessary. You will also be required to teach RWI phonics intervention to a small group. You should be able to work effectively as part of a team, following the direction of the teachers as well as working under your own initiative.
The main responsibility of this role will be:
* To work under the instruction/guidance of teaching/senior staff.
* To work within the overall ethos of the Academy.
* To undertake care and learning programmes and activities to support individuals or groups of pupils, including more specialised support for those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) or EAL (English as an Additional Language).
* To enable access to learning for pupils and assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.
The ideal candidate will have:
* Experience of working with primary children
* Experience supporting children with high needs SEND and behaviour needs
* Experience of leading interventions to support learning
* Ability to use a range of relevant technology
* Experience of teaching RWI phonics scheme would be desirable.
For information on what it is like to live and work in Great Yarmouth, click here. Great Yarmouth Primary Academy was last inspected by Ofsted in June 2021, with the report rating the school as Good. The report praises the academy, stating that "pupils at Great Yarmouth Primary Academy are polite, respectful and proud to come to school" and that "pupils spoken to feel safe in school."
When you join Inspiration Trust's thriving network of talented teachers, leaders and support staff, you join an organisation that supports you to be the best you can be. The Trust offers a varied professional development programme for employees.
The Trust also offers:
* Generous holiday entitlement
* Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
* Health Plan and Employee Assistance Programme giving access to a range of services including claim back costs for Eye Care and prescriptions and access to 24/7 virtual GP Service and mental health support (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).
* Retail Benefits offering discounts with many shops and suppliers
* Corporate membership of the Norwich Theatre Royal
* Salary sacrifice schemes, including home technology, smartphones and healthcare plans, including Dental insurance and Gym membership discounts (Terms and conditions and restrictions apply).
* Free Parking (on most sites)
*Some benefits are only available following successfully passing probation.
If you would like to know more about this exciting opportunity, then please contact Sharon Baker, PA to Principal (sharonbaker@inspirationtrust.org).
Closing date for applications: 9am on Friday 28th March 2025
Interview date: Week commencing 31st March 2025
Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks. We are an equal opportunities employer.
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