Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant

Coworth Flexlands School are looking to recruit a Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant to join our team!

The Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant is an exciting role which offers to opportunity to assist in the education, social and moral development of pupils.

The successful candidate will:

• Assist in setting up and preparing activities, including planning and resource management as necessary.
• Teach individual pupils or groups of children as directed by the teacher.
• Assist in the compilation of assessments, records and reports.
• Cover classes using work planned by teachers.
• Assist with IT in the classroom.
• Assist with display work and general administrative duties as required by the teacher for the smooth running of the class.
• Assist on educational visits.
• Break/Play time supervision as requested.
• Lunchtime supervision in the dining room and/or outside.
• Undertake Professional Development in line with the School Development Plan and personal requirements.
• Follow the whole school Health and Safety policy, Child protection policy and Behaviour Management policy.
• Attend planning and staff meetings when necessary. These may be outside school hours.
• To undertake other duties from time to time as the Head requires.

Key Skills

Essential

• Minimum Grade C/4 in GCSE Maths and English

• Qualified to Level 3 in Early Years or similar

• Knowledge of the EYFS curriculum

• Flexible, team-working disposition

• Genuine love of children

• Willingness to support the Christian ethos of the school

Desirable

• In date with Safeguarding training

• In date with Emergency First Aid training

Our school is part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools, aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialist, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resources, helping to simply work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

We will offer you:

• A friendly and supportive working environment
• On-going professional development opportunities
• Active and supportive governors
• Employee benefits such as Perkbox, Westfield Health Cash Plan and Confidential Care Support
• Daily lunch is provided
• Onsite parking

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required alongside other pre-employment checks for all successful applicants.