Teaching Assistant

Dates:                   Apply by 9am on Tuesday, 11th June 2024

Location:              Somerton, Somerset

Contract type:       Part time, term time only

27.08 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8:50am – 3:15pm (excluding 1hr

unpaid lunch each day)

Contract term:       Fixed Term until August 2025, due to staff/curriculum restructuring

Salary:                  Grade 15 Point 3 – 4 depending on experience

(pro rata, based on Full Time Equivalent salary range £22,737 - £23,114)

At King Ina Church of England Academy, we are looking for a passionate, enthusiastic and experienced Teaching Assistant to support the learning within our academy.

The post requires experience of supporting learning across the curriculum and supporting pupils with their social, emotional and mental health needs.

You will:

• Be required to support the learning environment and the delivery of lessons through work set by teachers.
• Be solution focused and positive in meeting the social and emotional needs of our young people and open to innovative ways of working
• Have the ability, drive and resilience to nurture the emotional health and well-being of young people
• Contribute to resourcing of the curriculum
• Support students by adopting relevant, developed strategies and techniques, acquired through specialist knowledge/ experience, to enable them to access the curriculum, engage with their learning and achieve their full potential.
• Be prepared to work across different age groups
• Be a reflective practitioner
• Preferably have successful experience in a school setting
• Have patience and a calm demeanour
• Be positive, smiley and keen to work as part of a supportive team
• Be good at listening
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of pupils, adhering to school procedures and policies

King Ina Church of England Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. Further information about the disclosure can be found at www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service/about

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches as part of due diligence checks.

We are an equal opportunities employer and committed to ensuring all applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation.

To obtain a recruitment pack, including an application form and job description, please visit the school website: https://www.kingina.somerset.sch.uk, job vacancies are listed under the Key Information tab. All applications should be returned electronically to Lisa Watts via email to: Lisa.watts@kingina.co.uk

A job share would be considered for this post. Please state in your application if you are applying for a job share position stating your availability.

Start Date:                September 2024

Closing date:            9am on Tuesday, 11th June 2024

Interview date:           Wednesday, 19th June 2024