EYFS Teaching Assistant
St Catherine's RC School
Barnet
- £27,438 - £29,583 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Level 1 (Barnet Unified Rewards Grade C) or Level 2 (Grade D) FTE
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- January 2024
- Apply by:
- 30 November 2023
Job overview
We are delighted to advertise the following position within our EYFS provision starting January 2024.
Level 1 or Level 2 Early Years Foundation Stage Teaching Assistant (Grade C or D)
Level 1 / Grade C FTE £27,438 to £28,698
Level 2 / Grace D FTE £28,272 to £29,583
The hours for this role will be from 8.15am to 3.45pm, Monday to Friday.
St Catherine’s is an outstanding, warm and friendly Barnet primary and nursery school with a strong caring ethos.
We are looking for an inspirational Early Years Foundation Stage practitioner to join our team from January 2024. This is a one year post initially but with a view to becoming permanent. We are keen to hear from candidates with nursery experience. The ideal candidate:
- Will provide first class care for our children
- Ensures they are up to date with outstanding practice
- Has a passion for EYFS and strives to be outstanding in all areas
- Has an understanding of the early development of children
- Has high expectations of children
- Will challenge and motivate children
- Has good organisational skills
- Is fun and dynamic
- Is willing to participate in the Catholic life of the school.
We can offer:
- A welcoming and positive Catholic community
- Children whose behaviour is exemplary and who are keen to learn
- A supportive and caring staff team
- A strong commitment to innovative professional development
- A bright, modern and well-resourced environment.
- Supportive parents who take a keen interest in their children’s learning
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged. Please telephone the school office on 020 8440 4946 to make an appointment.
Closing date for applications is Thursday 30th November at 9am.
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date, so please do not delay in submitting your application.
Interviews will be held week commencing 4th December or earlier
All application forms and other relevant information are available on our website,
www.st-catherines.barnet.sch.uk/school/vacancies.
St Catherine’s Catholic Primary School is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as such all candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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About St Catherine's RC School
At St.Catherine’s we are committed to providing children of nursery and primary school ages with a child centered learning environment where all children flourish socially, emotionally, academically, physically and spiritually. Each child is encouraged to achieve their full potential and celebrate their uniqueness. At the heart of this is our strong caring ethos based on mutual respect and gospel values. The school actively promotes the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
St Catherine’s was considered by Ofsted as outstanding in Personal Development and Behaviour and Attitudes in 2022. Our children achieve in the top 20% of the country in reading, writing and maths. This confirms our commitment to high standards and expectations for all pupils.
Our children and their families tell us pupils are happy and feel safe. We encourage strong home school links where communication is key. We operate an open door policy where all members of our professional teaching and leadership team are available to discuss the children's progress/welfare. We pride ourselves on the strong partnerships we have built with all members of our community.
Key features of our school are:
- A creative, dynamic curriculum which takes account of the interest and needs of our diverse community.
- Newly opened Performing Arts Hub and a modern learning environment.
- Exciting playground with a multi use games area and a curriculum garden in which the children grow their own vegetables.
- Music specialist teaching from nursery to Year 6, school orchestra and choir.
- Language specialist teaching French from years 1 to 6.
- Specialist sports coach 5 days per week
- Forest School with dedicated Forest School Teacher
- New ipads and laptops for children and staff
- Successful PHSE programme where all pupils are encouraged to support each other including peer mentoring and a School Council.
- Exciting and varied class visits to support the curriculum.
- A commitment to wellbeing throughout the school
- Gold awards in Sports, Sustained Physical Activity, Emotional Health and Wellbeing and Rights and Respecting
Finally, it is the strong and committed team of staff, parents and governors which make our school the happy and successful place it is.
We are very proud of the standards of education and pupil engagement at St Catherine’s and our children are a testament to that.
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