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Teaching Assistant Grade 4

Teaching Assistant Grade 4

Edith Moorhouse Primary School

Oxfordshire

  • Expired
Salary:
Grade 4 Point 4 - 5 FTE (£18,426 - £18,795) (Actual £12,961 per annum)
Job type:
Part Time, Temporary
Start date:
4th September 2019
Apply by:
16 July 2019

Job overview

Teaching Assistant Grade 4 (Temporary for one year - Term time only) (Job share considered)

• Closing Date: 16/07/2019 (5pm)

• Interview Date(s): From 17/07/2019

• Contract/Hours: 8.30 am to 3.15 pm (including 30 minutes lunch cover in Nursery/EYFS)

• Salary Type: Support Staff

• Salary Details: Grade 4 Point 4 - 5 FTE (£18,426 - £18,795) (Actual £12,961 per annum)

• Start Date: 4th September 2019

• Location of Role: School

• Contact e-mail address: office.2255@edith-moorhouse.oxon.sch.uk

Job/Person Summary

We are looking for an efficient and enthusiastic member of staff to join our school as a Teaching Assistant (Grade 4). This post would suit someone with a particular interest and/or experience in EYFS and/or KS1 provision.  The post is being offered as a temporary position for one year, but is likely to continue depending on the school’s requirements. 

Duties will include:

• Supervise and provide particular support for pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities

• Assist with the development and implementation of Individual Education/Behaviour Plans and personal care programmes

• Establish constructive relationships with pupils, parents/carers, promoting inclusion and acceptance. 

• Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher

• Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under guidance of the teacher

• Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans

• Assist with the planning of learning activities and use strategies, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning objectives

• Monitor pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed

• Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour

• Support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use

• Prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources required to meet the lesson plans/relevant learning activity and assist pupils in their use

• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person

• Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school and attend and participate in relevant meetings as required

• Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required

• Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required and take responsibility for a group under the supervision of the teacher

• To undertake other duties, appropriate to the grade, as may reasonably be required by the headteacher

The River Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. The River Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools' community. 

We warmly welcome visitors, so please do contact the school office to arrange a visit.

Applications can be made via the following link: www.riverlearningtrust.org/recruitment 

The closing date for applications is 16th July at 5pm, but we will interview immediately for a strong applicant.

The job description and job advertisement can also be found under the ‘Vacancies’ tab on the school website:www.edith-moorhouse.oxon.sch.uk

For further queries, please contact Lucy Palmer on 01993 842372

lpalmer@edith-moorhouse.oxon.sch.uk 

No applications sent directly to the school will be accepted. We look forward to receiving your application

Attached documents

About Edith Moorhouse Primary School

Our School

Welcome to Edith Moorhouse Primary School

We are a popular primary school in the Oxfordshire town of Carterton. We currently have just about 300 pupils, with about one third of those pupils coming from Service Families with one or more parent serving at RAF Brize Norton.

In April 2017 we converted to academy status as part of the River Learning Trust.

We are proud of our caring and nurturing approach to education and our school ethos is based on our Core Values. Visitors to our school comment that there is a calm and industrious atmosphere and that the children are polite and respectful. All pupils, staff, parents, governors and members of our local community feel listened to and contribute to our strong school community.

As a school, we continually strive towards reaching our goals and try to be the very best we can. We aim for high standards in all that we do and we adhere to the three River Learning Trust principles:

· Commitment to Excellence​: striving for the best educational experience

· Everyone Learning​: creating and taking opportunities that enhance lives

· Respectful Relationships​: acting with care, integrity, and fairness in all we do

Our school motto, chosen by the pupils, is:

Reach for the Stars

This represents the school’s desire to always demonstrate aspiration and resilience.

We always warmly welcome visitors: please contact the office if you would like to come and meet us.

Mark Szortowski

Headteacher

Working for us

Are you an exceptional teacher or an outstanding member of support staff? We are always on the lookout for motivated and accomplished team members to join us. You’ll be joining an extremely friendly, well-motivated and enthusiastic staff determined to make our school officially outstanding as soon as possible. We can offer you:

  • A positive staff culture with extremely high expectations of work and behaviour
  • Well-behaved children
  • A well-functioning leadership team who views professional development as a priority
  • A friendly and well-motivated staff and an inclusive community in which you can flourish
  • The opportunity to continue your career working alongside fabulous teachers and teaching assistants.

About River Learning Trust

Edith Moorhouse Primary School is a member of River Learning Trust, a Multi-Academy Trust responsible for a number of schools and a school centred initial teacher training (SCITT) provider within Oxfordshire. We’re a Trust committed to the professional learning and development of staff with high-quality training in-school and through the Oxfordshire Teaching Schools Alliance.

As a school-led organisation, we are always keen to recruit and train the very best individuals who we hope will go on to become excellent teachers in our partnership of schools. We operate under the title, Oxfordshire Teacher Training and all the details of our programmes can be found at http://www.oxfordshireteachertraining.co.uk.


For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates  

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