Teaching Assistant
Chigwell School
Essex
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Part Time, Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- January 2018
- Apply by:
- 5 January 2018
Job overview
SENIOR SCHOOL TEACHING ASSISTANT
Maternity cover (Full Time or Part Time)
Required for January 2018
Chigwell School, a leading co-educational school, seeks to appoint an enthusiastic teaching assistant to work in our Senior School for a maternity cover. The role will involve working alongside teaching staff in the English and Maths departments. The purpose of the role is to support pupils’ learning ensuring that they make appropriate progress and support class teachers to raise attainment. This is a full time or negotiated part time position during term time only.
The ideal candidate must have strong literacy and numeracy skills and the academic ability to support students effectively within the school curriculum. A good GCSE pass in English and maths is essential. Successful applicants need to be able to work closely as part of a team, be flexible and have excellent communication skills.
We are located in the picturesque village of Chigwell just 10 miles from central London and on the Central Line. Close to the edge of Epping Forest, we enjoy over 100 acres of beautiful grounds. As well as being an academic school, Chigwell has a growing reputation, locally and nationally, for its sport, music, art and drama. We endeavour to provide an all-round education to girls and boys from the ages of four to eighteen years.
Chigwell School offers a competitive salary and benefits package. In addition the School provides a supportive working environment. There is a well-developed programme of professional development, pupils are enthusiastic, co-operative and able, and colleagues get on well together. There is a strong sense of community.
Further details can be found on the School website (www.chigwell-school.org).
Application is by a form which can be completed online or downloaded from our website (select Vacancies) and submitted to the Headmaster’s PA: hmpa@chigwell-school.org.
Closing date: Friday 5th January 2018. Early applications are welcome.
Chigwell is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers, prohibition orders and enhanced DBS.
Attached documents
About Chigwell School
Chigwell School is an independent, mixed, Church of England all-through day and boarding school for four to 19-year-olds, located in Chigwell, Essex. The school has just over 1060 pupils.
The school can trace its history back to 1629, when it was founded originally as a boys’ school. It is run as an educational charity, overseen by a board of governors who are also trustees of that charity.
Headmaster
Mr Damian King
Values and vision
Chigwell School’s motto is: “aut viam inveniam aut faciam”, a Latin phrase which means literally, “Either I shall find a way or I will make one". In-keeping with this, the school wants its students to develop a “determined, independent spirit, taking responsibility for themselves, their relationships with others, and the world around us”.
The school defines its mission as aiming to cultivate a learning community that aspires to excellence in all aspects of life, including: spiritual intellectual, moral, cultural, social and emotional aspects.
Chigwell School aims to provide a rounded education in the broadest sense, encouraging pupils to develop and discover talents and interests across and beyond the curriculum in order to help them to play a full part in the life of the school, and go on to make a positive contribution to the world.
The school hopes to be a community in which pupils develop a love of learning and are challenged to think critically, and with creative curiosity, for themselves.
ISI report
“Pupils’ personal development is excellent throughout the school. They are tolerant and appreciate non-material aspects of life. Pupils display maturity and they respect others, regardless of background or personal characteristics. They have highly developed cultural awareness and a developed understanding of British characteristics.”
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