STEP 1:1 Teaching Assistant

STEP 1:1 Teaching Assistant Required - Fixed Term (1 year)

Grade 3 – SCP 5 - 7 £22,185 F.T.E pa - £22,995 F.T.E pa ( Pro rata £12,286 pa - £12,734 pa)

 22.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8:30am – 1:00pm) - Term time only

Passion – Urgency – Positivity – Aspiration – Commitment

We are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic 1:1 Teaching Assistant to join our team at David Livingstone Academy. Very good literacy/ numeracy skills are essential, as well as the ability to relate well to children and adults.  

This post is to support a child, with an Educational Health Care Plan/High Needs, on a 1:1 basis. This is a fixed term contract dependent upon the child remaining at David Livingstone Academy. You may also be required to provide support to a small group of children with High Needs when necessary. 

The successful candidate must:

• Have experience of supporting children with Autism/behaviour concerns/physical impairment/communication delay is therefore preferable;

• Have experience of working within a school setting and be highly proactive and committed to going that extra mile to ensure pupils achieve the best they possibly can;

• Be able to communicate with all staff and pupils;

• Display a commitment to the Trust’s equalities policies.

We can offer you:

• enthusiastic children, who are keen to learn;

• a dedicated leadership team, who are committed to supporting and developing colleagues;

• excellent professional development and promotion opportunities;

• membership to Perkbox discount scheme;

• subsided private health care with Benenden;

• a free school lunch when working in school.

David Livingstone Academy is an inclusive Outstanding school, with the highest academic standards. We take children from all backgrounds and give them the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to flourish.  The happiness, well-being and success of our pupils is at the centre of everything we do. We are an upbeat, dynamic and friendly one-form entry school, with an intake that reflects the diversity of the surrounding area in Thornton Heath, Croydon.

To apply for this role, please contact Victoria West at victoria.west@stepacademytrust.org  for an application pack. Please note that we do not accept CV’s. Please ensure that you provide a supporting statement outlining how you meet the criteria listed in the Person Specification with your completed application form.

STEP Academy Trust believes that its workforce should reflect the local community and that all groups within the community should have equal access to the Trust’s employment opportunities.  We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.   Applicants must hold the right to work in the UK.

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.