Teaching Assistant

Hours/Percentage of Week:   30 hours (8.30am-3.30pm Mon-Fri)
Weeks per year:     39

Are you a highly motivated and dynamic Teaching Assistant looking to join a team of dedicated staff on a journey towards becoming ‘outstanding’?  If so, this could be the role for you!

We are seeking to recruit an energetic and enthusiastic classroom practitioner, committed to developing children’s love of learning, who has high standards and the ability to challenge all children. You will be a strong team player with excellent communication skills and a desire to make a positive impact on children’s learning and development.   

St Augustine of Canterbury is a ‘Good’ school (Ofsted April 2015) and an ‘Outstanding’ church school (SIAMS June 2015).  We are a one form entry school, serving a varied and diverse community.  We celebrate the rich experiences gained from a range of different cultures within our school.  Our children are lively and keen to learn.  They have good relationships with each other and enjoy school.  They follow the St Augustine Code, underpinned by our core Christian values.

The school is a member of the Trinitas Academy Trust, a collaboration of one secondary school and five primary schools. All the schools are working together in close partnership in order to provide the best opportunities for Children and Staff alike.

Trinitas Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks.  Trinitas Academy Trust is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery.

Trinitas Academy Trust is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery.

This post is considered to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers.  The school therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the person specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

For further information about the school please visit the school website: http://www.st-augustine.bexley.sch.uk

To apply for this vacancy please download and complete the application form and return to admin@st-augustine.bexley.sch.uk

References will be requested for those short listed ONLY and prior to interview.
Only those shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

Closing date:   3 June 2018
Interviews will be held:  8 June 2018

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