Teaching Assistant - Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom - Buckinghamshire Council

Buckinghamshire Council Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

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Description

Teaching Assistant - Green Ridge Primary Academy

Location: Aylesbury

Term time only

Salary Type: Bucks pay

Salary details: Bucks Pay Range 1b, Scale point 8 – 10 £23,760 - £24, 223 (pro rata for part-time or term-time only) Actual salary between £20,005 - £20,486

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time plus INSET days) 8.30am-4.30pm (Monday-Thursday) and 8.30am-4.00pm (Friday) including 30 minutes unpaid lunchbreak each day

Interviews to be held: Week commencing 20th May 2024

About us

Green Ridge Academy is a new primary school built on Berryfields. From September 2024, the academy will be three-form entry from Nursery through to Year Two, taking children from aged 2-11, and two-form entry in Key Stage 2 as we continue our preparations to become fully three-form. Whilst the school currently has the capacity for over 500 children, this is an exciting time at Green Ridge, as we continue to grow our site is being expanded with the additional capacity so that by September 2024, our building will be able to accommodate over near 700. Exciting

The academy is now looking to appoint additional staff to meet the needs of the children within the academy in its brand-new building. You will be part of the team which has the unique opportunity to build and grow the school from its infancy. There is no doubt about it, setting up the academy from scratch will take vision, dedication and hard work, but being part of that exciting and rare journey will be very rewarding to see the academy take shape over the next few years. To see more information about the school, including design plans of the school, please visit our website

About the role

As a member of the academy's support staff team you will be responsible for supporting the development of all children, including those with SEN/D and for whom English is an additional language, supporting their knowledge, understanding and skills across all areas of learning. This may be supporting children on a one-to-one basis, supporting small groups or delivering interventions and additional support to children as needed.

This will be a flexible role which could be working with all children across the academy, from Early Years to Key Stage 2. The role also includes supervising children during break and lunchtimes, both on the playground and in the dining room as well as providing short-term cover for staff absences.

About you

We welcome applications from candidates with experience from educational or other relevant childcare backgrounds. We also welcome applications for graduates who are looking to gain experience before enrolling onto a teacher-training programme.

The successful candidate will have:

• The motivation and passion to achieve the very best for the children with additional needs in our care and be relentless in the pursuit of excellence

• A good understanding of the Early Years Foundation Stage and/or a good understanding of the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 curriculum

• A good understanding of the range of additional needs that pupils can have and how best to support them

• The ability to work independently as well as part of a wider team

• The ability to work on initiative

• A 'can-do' approach to all aspects of academy life

• A willingness to undertake professional development and grow their skills

• Excellent communication skills and a good sense of humour In return we can offer:

• A commitment to you and your professional development

• Friendly, supportive, enthusiastic and hardworking colleagues, staff and Governors

• A growing learning community

• Encouragement to develop new ideas and the opportunity to make a real difference

Other information

We hope you will take the time to find out more about our new academy and experience our warm welcome. For further information about the role, or to arrange an informal discussion, please contact Lauren Curtis-Cross, Office Co-Ordinator at or telephone option 2.

We regret that any applications received after this time and date may not be included in the short-listing process.

Short-listed candidates will be invited for interviews, and we will ask you to deliver a learning activity to a small group of children, as well as a range of other tasks in addition to a formal panel interview.

Please note that the academy reserves the right to interview before the closing date if suitable candidates apply, and so we encourage all applicants to apply well-before the closing date.

At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.

We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. All information is stored securely and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy. The Trust ensures all applicant data is stored and processed appropriately. For further details on how your information will be managed during the recruitment process please refer to our Privacy Notice for Job Applications. #J-18808-Ljbffr