Nursery Teaching and Learning Assistant

Join us at the start of our journey to excellence It’s an exciting time to be a part of Ark 

Paddington Green, which joined the Ark network in September 2016. Join us on our transformative journey and have a real impact on the lives of our pupils. Our school is under the same leadership as nearby King Solomon Academy, one of the best schools in the country. Our Executive Principal has been praised for “modelling excellence” in school.    

We are looking for experienced Nursery Teaching and Learning Assistants to join our outstanding team. You will have experience working with children and as part of a team, and be confident in communicating with parents, including discussing their child's day to their child’s ongoing development and learning.    You will be a key person and therefore must have a good understanding of how to plan for the individual needs of the children in your care, using the curriculum.   

Your responsibilities will be:  

· to ensure the children are cared for in a happy, safe and stimulating environment 

· to have high expectations for all children and plan, prepare and review the curriculum with the team in your room reflective of the EYFS 

· to work in partnership with the parents 

· to follow all the policies and procedures set out by the nursery.
 

Our ideal candidate will: 

· be qualified to level 3 or above in child care 

· a sense of responsibility with a consistent and fair approach 

· an awareness of safety and hygiene 

· the ability to use own initiative and to work as part of a team 

· have a genuine passion and belief in the potential of every child 

· have a helpful, positive, calm and caring nature

· be committed to Ark’s ethos of high expectations and no excuses.   

Please apply at https://goo.gl/P19nLw. For more information about the school, visit http://arkpaddingtongreen.org. Please submit your application form by 11am on Wednesday 8th March.
 

Deadline: 11am on Wednesday 8th March 

Location: Ark Paddington Green Academy Primary, Crompton Street. 

Salary: Ark Support Staff scale: Band 3, point 8: £18,162 per annum, pro rata Actual Salary: £15,921 

Hours: 35 hours per week, 8:30am to 4pm, term time only (39 weeks a year) 

Contract: Permanent

Start date: ASAP   Ark is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.