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Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA)

Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA)

The City of London Primary Academy, Islington

Islington

  • Expired
Salary:
Salary: £24,054 - £25,377 FTE - Actual Salary: £20,940 - £22,092 Pro-rata
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent

Job overview

Grade: 4 NJC Scale Points 8 - 11 - Salary: £24,054 - £25,377 Full Time Equivalent - Actual Salary: *£20,940 - £22,092 Pro-rata

* 35 hours per weeks initially, 39 Weeks per year

This role requires a commitment to work an additional 45 minutes per day to cover communication with teachers, planning, preparation, assessment and CPD and is paid as overtime. 

*Hours for this post will reduce to 32.5 hours per week when the school opens on its new site.

Are you an ambitious graduate looking to get off to a flying start with a career in teaching?

City of London Primary Academy Islington (COLPAI) seeks a recent university graduate who is looking to gain class-based experience as a Teaching Assistant in the Reception and KS1 phase of the school. For those who are considering a career in teaching, we can provide outstanding support and mentoring ahead of applying for your PGCE and the potential to complete graduate teacher training within our school.

Your opportunity

The role involves supporting children’s learning, undertaking playground duties, preparing resources and assisting the class teacher. You will be expected to uphold the policies of the school and support the school ethos. This role offers a wealth of opportunities working alongside an exceptional teacher and would be ideal for an ambitious graduate looking to get off to a flying start with a career in teaching.

You will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression opportunities and outstanding CPD for support staff, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career. Our aim is to help you achieve your ambitions through the opportunity to work with highly skilled practitioners in a school committed to excellence and creativity.

COLPAI can offer you:

  • Outstanding CPD, mentoring and support working alongside exceptional practitioners
  • A leadership team committed to children achieving their very best 
  • Friendly, enthusiastic children with impeccable behaviour
  • Highly engaged and supportive families
  • Strong pastoral support for our pupils
  • A professional and collegiate working atmosphere
  • As the Barbican’s associate primary school for the next three years, a highly creative and culturally rich school that is second to none. 

If you have high expectations of what young children can accomplish, commitment, flexibility and a warm and nurturing manner in taking on this new and exciting challenge then we would love to hear from you.

Visits to the school to see us in action are highly recommended. Please contact Sandra Harley, on 020 7504 0556 or email office@islingtonprimary.cola.org.uk to arrange a tour and to meet with  the Head Teacher, Kim Clapham

For more information and to apply, please visit www.colpai.org.uk . Application forms should be sent to office@islingtonprimary.cola.org.uk by the closing date. Candidates should in no more than two sides of A4, provide an accompanying letter explaining why you are applying for this post and how your experience, skills, training and personal qualities match the requirements of the role as set out in the job description and person specification.

Closing date for applications is: 9am Monday 8 July 2019

Interviews will take place on Monday 15 July 2019.

City of London Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks and a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the standards which flows from City of London Academies Trust vision and values.

The role is covered by part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role. 

City of London Academies Trust supports Equal Opportunities Employment.

City of London Academies Trust Company Registration No. 04504128.

Additional notes

This role requires a commitment to work an additional 45 minutes per day to cover communication with teachers, planning, preparation, assessment and CPD and is paid as overtime. 

*Hours for this post will reduce to 32.5 hours per week when the school opens on its new site. Applicants for this post will be applying acknowledging that this will be a requirement of the post and the salary will reduce pro-rata.

About The City of London Primary Academy, Islington

The City of London Primary Academy Islington (COLPAI) is a brand-new school opening in September 2017, offering 60 Reception places. The school will grow, year on year, to reach its full complement of 420 pupils by 2024. For the first two years, COLPAI will be housed within its own designated area of the new Moreland Primary School building while our own state of the art school is built nearby. Our temporary site, complete with a sky garden and two small outside terraces offers a world class learning environment, enabling us to provide an exceptional education from day one. Once on our permanent site on Golden Lane ECI, there are plans to expand EYFS provision to include a nursery and two-year-old places. COLPAI will be a non-selective, fully inclusive school and pupils will be drawn from and reflect the local community. Except for looked after children, pupils with SEND and siblings, admissions will be by distance.

City of London Primary Academy Islington is sponsored by the City of London and is partnered with the City of London School for Girls, an ISI Outstanding rated independent school. Our new school will become part of the highly successful family of City schools and we will work collegiately with our colleagues sharing and disseminating excellent practice. Already the UK’s highest performing Trust for pupil progress, we are driven by ambition to enable every child to be the best they can be. In ethos and function, COLPAI will be modelled on the ‘City way’ so that we quickly establish COLPAI as an exceptional school making lasting and fundamental differences to the lives of our children. 

Our provision is based upon the five values of Respect, Excellence, Aspiration, Team work and Creativity. Our curriculum offers a strong and structured core to ensure excellence in reading, writing and mathematics. It is set within a broad, balanced and creative curriculum which nurtures the whole child, excellent behaviours for learning and good personal skills. Located on the doorstep of the City, with an abundance of arts and cultural venues, COLPAI will forge strong partnerships and fully exploit these rich resources to deliver a creative yet challenging curriculum that ignites curious minds.

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