Primary Teaching Assistant

Job Location	Bramhope
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	£65.00 - £85.00 per day
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Permanent, full-time

Job Description

A small Primary school in North Leeds are looking to appoint enthusiastic and motivated Teaching Assistants to join a dedicated care and support team. The school is a 1 form entry primary school with a very supportive Head Teacher who has been at the school for a number of years.This is an exciting time to join the school as they have made great progress over the last couple of years and have achieved an Ofsted inspection grading ‘GOOD’ status.The school are seeking four Teaching Assistants and Lerning Support Assistants who can make a difference, building high quality relationships with children, parents, staff and other stakeholders. As the majority of students will have been out of structured education for almost 6 months by the time schools return in September, students will require additional support staff to help both emotionally and educationally. Many students may struggle with their reading, writing, communication and may find it difficult to intergrate with their peers, have anxiety about returning to school and could have faced a number of challenges in their personal life due to COVID-19.As a Teaching Assistant, responsibilities will include:

Working closely with class teachers and other key professionals to plan, deliver and evaluate intervention programmes for pupils across school

Fostering positive relationships with children, families and staff

Remaining calm and responding sensitively to individual needs

Preparing class resources

Working pro-actively to meet pupils individual needs

Support the well-being of pupils

Promote the inclusion and acceptance of children with special needs within the classroom ensuring access to lessons and their content through appropriate clarification, explanation and resources

In addition to supporting pupils through targeted intervention, you may also be called upon to support individual pupils within class, supporting transition or providing assistance to access learning activities. You will work under the instruction of class teachers and be flexible to work across school in a year group that best suits you and the pupils.To apply and be considered for this position please contact Hannah Smith in the Leeds Wakefield Primary Branch, follow the link below or register on the Teaching Personnel website with an up to date CV.All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see faqs for details.All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.For details of our privacy policy, please see privacy-notice

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