Teaching Assistant with after school club support
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St Margaret's Prep School, Calne
Wiltshire
- £17,996 - £20,102 pro rata
- Expired
- Salary:
- Free car parking, free school meals, school fee reduction for dependants, pension, EAP and discounted membership of on-site sports centre
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 7 July 2022
Job overview
St Margaret’s Prep is a co-educational day school for 180 pupils based in Calne, Wiltshire. We share a beautiful 27 acre campus and facilities with St Mary’s School, Calne and from September 2021 we will be opening our doors to our brand new class at St Margaret’s Bluebird Nursery where children will be able to join us from the age of two to begin their school life in our safe and stimulating pre-school environment.
We are seeking to recruit an experienced Teaching Assistant to join our professional and friendly team.
By adopting a holistic, family focused approach, our primary aim is to cultivate a positive home-school relationship. This means the child will feel confident to freely explore, test their independence away from their family and find their creativity. A caring and nurturing approach from our highly qualified staff, will ensure that each child thrives and develops a real joy of learning.
The Teaching Assistant will work closely with their class teacher and Deputy Head (Pre-Prep & Prep), referring back to teachers about issues requiring professional judgement. They will support all areas of the curriculum both inside and outside the classroom including planning and delivering a wide range of activities across all areas of learning, preparation of any resources and recording observations for online assessments. The Teaching Assistant will be key in encouraging and enabling children to acquire appropriate and targeted degrees of independence through a range of strategies such as: supporting children to complete tasks both academic and physical, guiding through questioning, intervening to prevent frustration, repetition to help children process information, scribing or using voice activated technology.
The successful candidate will be qualified to NVQ Level 3 in a relevant subject and have demonstrable experience in working with young children (specifically two years). A friendly and approachable manner and the ability to work in a team are essential as is a caring approach to the children in their care.
This is a full-time position working 45 hours per week (08.00-17.00 Monday to Friday) for 36 term time weeks per year. Working hours include a paid lunch break where lunch is provided. The successful candidate should be in a position to offer some holiday working hours on an ad hoc basis to provide some support to the holiday club when required.
Closing Date – Thursday 7th July 2022, 09.00
Interview Date – Wednesday 13th July 2022
Start Date – 1st September 2022
Salary scale is S10 - S12 on the school's payscale, (£21,373 - £22,825 FTE) equating to pro-rata salary range of £17,996 - £20,102 depending on experience.
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About St Margaret's Prep School, Calne
St Margaret's Prep is a thriving independent day school for boys and girls aged 2-11 which was established in 1873. We moved to our current premises in 1940 and have gradually grown to what we are today – a happy and vibrant school of around 180 pupils with broadly equal numbers of boys and girls.
At St Margaret’s, we believe our duty is to prepare the children in our care to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world; to equip them with the life skills and attributes that will allow them to flourish in their senior schools and beyond.
We offer a holistic and balanced education, with strong values at its heart. These values provide a framework for our children as they interact with one another, experiencing the challenges and achievements of their educational journey with us. Our aim of ‘Inspiring Excellence’ is central to our commitment to ensure that each pupil aspires to fulfil his or her potential.
There is one class per year in Pre-Prep (KS1 including Kindergarten) and 2 per year in Prep (KS2). The school shares an impressive 27-acre campus and facilities with St Mary’s School, Calne.
The facilities offer first class opportunities to challenge and stimulate the children in their learning. Classes are housed in attractive purpose-built teaching rooms linked to the original Victorian building. There are specialist teaching rooms for Computing, Music, Languages and Art/Design & Technology, whilst The Southwell Hall offers a large space for assemblies, drama and a wide range of extra-curricular activities. In addition, we share a number of facilities with St Mary’s; a dining room, Chapel, science laboratories, a 25m indoor swimming pool, sport hall and a range of sports courts and playing fields
Our wraparound care provision offers a Breakfast Club from 7.30am-8.15am and at the end of the day our After-school Club is open from 4.00pm-6.00pm. The children enjoy the benefit of fresh air and exercise in an extensive, secure environment which includes fields, playgrounds, swings and other play equipment.
Education at St Margaret’s is not just about academic rigour, it’s also about respect and understanding for each other and giving our pupils the tools to understand themselves. Throughout their time at school we see our children grow in independence, self-esteem and confidence as they learn key ‘soft skills’. We all work towards ensuring that firm foundations are laid before the children move on to senior school and face the challenges that the workplace and wider world will present in the future.
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