Teaching Assistant (E6807) - Castleford Park Junior Academy
Castleford Park Junior Academy is part of the Castleford Academy Trust. We have a dedicated team of professionals who strive to deliver the best education for 420 7–11-year-old pupils for the Castleford community. We are committed to establishing excellent standards and have set our expectations high to support our fantastic children to achieve the most that they can.
Teaching Assistant
Full time, term time only
Teaching Assistant 8:50 – 15:05
27.5 hours
Teaching Assistant SCP 5-6, £24,790 to £25,183 (FTE)
Actual salary - £15,407 to £15,651
We have an exciting opportunity for a Teaching Assistant to join our team. This is to support teaching and learning within the classroom and work with specific pupils who require support to access the curriculum. The class that you work in will be varied, across school to support where the need is greatest.
Responsibilities:
1. Work as part of a classroom and year group team in order to ensure its smooth running and accelerate the progress of the pupil, or pupils, you are assigned to.
2. Become familiar with and utilise a range of classroom strategies and diagnostic assessments to aid learning.
3. Support pupil learning, attend to pupils’ personal needs and provide general support in managing pupils in the classroom.
4. Provide feedback to teachers after planned activities that reflect on the achievement of the children you have worked with.
5. Work in small groups, or 1-1 with specific children in order to help them progress in their learning.
6. Work with a wider inclusion team in order to support the children you work with to increasingly access mainstream curriculum.
7. Report any potential child protection issues through to the child protection officer without delay.
8. Support the Academy in ensuring the safety and welfare of all pupils.
9. Be given opportunities to build on your own skills through in house and external professional development opportunities.
10. Be listened to and your ideas will be valued by the team.
Minimum Requirements:
1. Educated to GCSE standard with a minimum of grades A*-C or Grade 4 or above in Maths and English or equivalent (i.e., NVQ level 2 or similar).
2. Able to demonstrate excellent numeracy and literacy skills and standards.
3. Able to work as part of a team and on own initiative measuring the impact of your actions and how to develop this further to support individuals or small groups of children.
4. A competent user of ICT.
5. Willing to partake in regular after school continued professional development.
6. Able to demonstrate relevant experience of working with SEND pupils in a classroom setting.
7. Able to make learning fun and engaging in a range of creative ways.
8. Able to demonstrate an understanding of how to effectively support the most disadvantaged pupils.
9. Able to demonstrate experience of working with pupils who need a modified learning environment and firm boundaries to be able to reintegrate them into the classroom.
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive Academy Trust and therefore welcome applications from all sectors, including those who do not have an education background.
Castleford Park Junior Academy is committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. For all positions at Castleford Park Junior Academy, you are required to complete a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check prior to appointment.
Closing Date: Sunday, 2nd March
Interviews: in the following week.
We welcome the opportunity for prospective candidates to discuss the opportunity with our School Business Manager, Laura Steele for more details. Application forms can be downloaded from the Castleford Academy Trust website. Completed applications should be addressed to Laura Steele School Business Manager or via e-mail to lsteele@pjacademy.net.
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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