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EYFS Teaching Assistant

EYFS Teaching Assistant

Kensington Wade

Kensington and Chelsea

Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
April 2017
Apply by:
1 December 2016

Job overview

A dual language English-Chinese school is opening its doors to nursery age children in April 2017 in a new purpose-built site in Kensington.

We are looking for a fully qualified Level 2 (or above) English mother tongue practitioner to assist in the teaching of a small class of 3 to 4 year olds. A knowledge of Mandarin is not required.

The successful candidate will have an enthusiasm for working as part of a team as well as alone in a new setting, plus the ability to work closely with an English teacher and a parallel Chinese Teacher plus Assistant. The successful candidate, together with the class teacher, will be involved in the planning, delivery and evaluation of the children’s response to the curriculum.

This is an exciting post, which will suit someone with energy, creativity and a sense of academic adventure.

Please complete the attached application form and send it to mail@acslonline.co.uk, with the names and contact numbers of two referees, who will not be contacted before interview, together with a brief covering letter stating why you think you would suit the position.

Closing date: 1st December 2016

About Kensington Wade

+44 20 3096 2888

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Kensington Wade is a dual-language English-Chinese preparatory school that is due to open in West London in spring 2017. The mixed, independent school will be situated on the corner of Kensington High Street and Warwick Road, in a brand new, state-of the-art building, and will cater for 200 children.

Kensington Wade is named after a 19th-century British minister to China, Sir Thomas Wade, who spent 40 years in the country and later became the first professor of Chinese at Cambridge University. The school will be the first of its kind in Western Europe. It will prepare its pupils for the very best secondary schools, and instil in them a drive for academic excellence balanced with high cultural empathy.   

Headmistress  

Laura Marani   

Values and vision 

Kensington Wade will prepare its pupils for demanding English independent schools by not only teaching an appropriate curriculum, but also equipping them to communicate in written and spoken Chinese. All instruction will be delivered in both English and Chinese, while pupils will also benefit from a dual cultural approach.   

Headmistress Laura Marani says: “The most effective way to learn a language is to absorb it naturally, with the equal exposure of two languages.” Pupils will gain not only knowledge, but the skills to use it in society. They will learn the fundamentals of language, mathematics and science, and also how to behave, cooperate, learn and take action.   

Kensington Wade believes good behaviour and discipline are the key foundations of learning. The preparatory school will encourage courtesy, integrity, good manners and a respect for the needs of others.           

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