1:1 Teaching Assistant

About the Opportunity

We wish to recruit an outstanding 1:1 Teaching Assistant who would like to join our dedicated team and contribute to ensuring our school continues to flourish.

Now is an exciting time to join St. Mary and All Saints Primary School. We are a large, urban school in central Reading serving the multicultural, green suburb of Coley. The school has wonderful facilities that include a modern airy building with its own ICT suite, music room and library. Outside there are extensive grounds including a woodland, playing fields, hard playground and a games area. Our Nursery and Foundation stage have their own dedicated outdoor space with plenty of room for creativity and fun. Our dedicated staff are committed to helping every single one of our pupils to achieve and be the best they can be and our children are enthusiastic and eager to learn.

We are a school that cares about nurturing. From day one, we encourage our pupils to develop early life skills and unlock their full academic potential. We are passionate and committed to ensuring our curriculum is engaging and inspiring, working towards high levels of creativity and innovation in our teaching and learning across the school.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in partnership with the teaching staff in the school and staff from other schools that make up The White Horse Federation. The federation are passionate and committed to ensuring that our curriculum is engaging and inspiring, with high levels of creativity and innovation in our teaching and learning across our schools. Our ultimate aim is to provide children with access to a broad range of experiences and challenges so that every child reaches their full potential.

Our ideal candidate will be

An excellent 1:1 Teaching Assistant who loves working with children and helping to inspire them to achieve high standards and realise their potential;

A great team player who can work successfully in collaboration with others and contribute towards the school ethos and its school improvement activities;

Someone who enjoys the challenge and can bring the vision, passion and drive to raise standards in all aspects of school life;

Be fully committed to working collaboratively with the wider school community and across the federation;

Able to make a significant contribution to the wider life of our School;

Has experience of working with children with social, emotional and mental health difficulties;

Able to positively promote inclusion and have high expectations for all children.

We can offer you

An attractive working environment with excellent facilities and supportive families;

A committed, hardworking and supportive team;

100% focus on improving outcomes for the children in our school;

Well-resourced classrooms;

A group of children with a passion for learning.

Additional Post Included:

As part of this exciting opportunity, this 1:1 Teaching Assistant role will include a 2.5hr pw MDSA contract at £9.50 - £9.79ph as Fixed Term. For more information, please see the attached MDSA JD.

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged - please come and meet some of the staff and our children and see for yourself! Please contact 0118 901 5545 to make an appointment.

More information about the school can be found on our website stmaryandallsaints.co.uk/