Teaching Assistant - Selby, United Kingdom - Ebor Academy Trust

Ebor Academy Trust

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Selby, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Camblesforth Community Primary Academy, Selby:

Teaching Assistant:

30 hours per week, to be worked during the schools term time

Actual salary £16, £16,864.12

About the Trust
Ebor Academy Trust is a family of schools located across North and East Yorkshire, York and the Humber region. We think of ourselves as being one school across many sites, working

Collaboratively to deliver high quality, rich and engaging education in our diverse communities. Our aims are to enable all our learners to flourish and to open doors for their very best futures.

We genuinely seek to live by our values of Excellence, Belonging, Opportunity and Respect; these

Underpin how we work and how we relate to each other.

We have high ambitions for our learners and staff and aim to deliver this through a culture of continuous development, support, kindness and understanding.

We are a friendly trust that puts people first.

About the role
Camblesforth Primary Academy is seeking to appoint a caring, flexible and knowledgeable Teaching Assistant to work across our school.

The role will be largely based in Early Years during the morning, over lunch time you will support the children in the lunch hall and on the playground, during the afternoon you will work across the Key Stages, supporting individual children on a one to one basis as well as teaching small groups of children, this will be supported and directed by the Class Teacher.

The hours for this role are 30 hours per week, these will be worked Monday - Friday, during the school term time.

Job requirements

We are looking for an efficient, enthusiastic individual with excellent communication skills to provide support for pupils, the Teacher and school in order to raise standards of achievement for all pupils, ensuring children are ready for their next step of their education.

You will be approachable, calm, caring but firm.

Previous experience of working within a school is desirable and experience of working with Children with Special Educational Needs would be preferable but not essential as training can be provided.

You will:

Supervise and support pupils ensuring their safely and access to learning
Establish good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and being aware of and responding appropriately to individual need
Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.
Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the Teacher
Encourage pupils to act independently as appropriate
Be aware of pupil problems, progress and achievements. Reporting these to the Teacher as agreed
Support the Teacher in managing pupil behaviour, reporting difficulties as appropriate.
Provide a flexible, personalised learning provision for individuals and small groups as identified by the Teacher.

We are able to offer:

A supportive and friendly team of colleagues who create a positive working environment
A stable teaching and learning ethos with agreed learning values
A wellstructured curriculum that has a proven track record of raising standards
Friendly children and a supportive local community
A talented staff team who will share practice and support colleagues
Strong Governance and school leadership
Opportunity to develop professionally

A high standard of literacy and numeracy is essential for this post, as is the enthusiasm to help raise the achievement of students.

IT skills are also essential to this role.

You will need to be a team player, have excellent interpersonal skills and have high expectations for learning and behaviour.

Working with us:

All new starters with the Trust receive a thorough induction programme, followed by a programme of training which is targeted to the role.

But it doesn't stop there, all staff receive development on an ongoing basis and we actively encourage career development through a range of continuous professional development and longer programmes of learning, including apprenticeships.

Closing date:
Thursday 20th April 2023 at 12.00noon

Interview date:
Tuesday 25th April 2023