Teaching Assistant - Part-time

Job Description

Pay: KR3 FTE £18,425 Start Date: 4th January 2022We are looking to appoint ateaching assistant to join our team at Wateringbury CE Primary School. This isa term time only role for 15 hours a week: preferably, we are looking forsomeone for five afternoons(12:30 - 15:30) but this could be flexible.Originally the role will be in KS1 but there will be opportunities to workacross the school. The role is certainly varied andwill include: supporting teaching and learningin the classroomrunning intervention groupsinyour class and across the schoolsome 1:1 workbreak and lunch dutiesall within the environment of asmall, friendly primary school.We are looking for someone who hasa genuine interest and sensitivity to childrens individual needs; you willhave a positiveimpact on the classes you work with and the school as a whole.All candidates will have a high standard of spoken and written English andmathematics. They will be good and effective communicators with children andadults, friendly and approachable and able towork on their own initiative.We can offer you: a strong team of teachingassistants to work with that are lead by an experienced SENCo.CPD for your rolethe opportunity to develop yourown area of expertise to lead interventions across the schoolthe chanceto take an activepart in developing the schools nurture culture through a project with NurtureUK.Covid friendly tourscan be arranged, please call the office or email to find a mutually convenienttime. Wateringbury CE Primary School iscommitted to safeguardingand promoting the welfare of children and youngpeople and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The postis subject to an enhanced disclosure application to the Disclosure &Barring Service and check against the ISA barred list for children.Closing Date: 12/12/2021 at 23:00Interviews: 15th or 16th DecemberInformation about the schoolWateringbury Church of EnglandPrimary School (Voluntary Aided) is situated in the MedwayValley between Tonbridge and Maidstone. On the edge of the village it overlooksfieldsand the river valley on one side. It is banked on the other by a modernresidential development. For many of the children, school is a short walk orcycle ride from their homes. The children of the school meet each other beyondthe school day in the sportsclubs, uniformed groups, at church and in andaround the village. From our site adjoining the riverand railway, our school has been serving the children of the village communityand surrounding villages for more than 40 years. It is a vibrant and friendlyschoolwhich is well supported by the local community. Everything we do at Wateringburyis underpinned by our Christian values of Love, Peace, Wisdom, Forgiveness,Compassion and Justice. We enjoy strong links with St Johnthe Baptist Churchin Wateringbury and encouragechildren to take part in important communityevents such as Remembrance and St Georges Day as well as fundraising activities forlocal and international projects. Our developing curriculum is enhanced by arange of specialist-led clubs including judo, gymnastics,strings and drama aswell as inspirational trips around the county to bring childrens learning tolife. In the summer we expanded our Year5 and Year 6 classrooms to give the children more space to learn and room togrow. We have also invested in the refurbishmentof our library, which sits atthe heart of our school, and created a safe space (Rainbow Room). We arefortunate to have wonderful school grounds surrounded by trees. There arededicated playgrounds for KS1 and KS2, a large sports field, pond, wildlifearea, containergardens and a large wooden gazebo for further outdoor learning.We are committed to safeguardingand promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this postis subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975(Amendment)(England and Wales) Order2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Applicationto the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). KTJ1