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Teaching Assistant - Fixed-Term Appointment

Teaching Assistant - Fixed-Term Appointment

Sandhills Community Primary School

Oxfordshire

  • £18,933 - £19,312 pro rata
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  • Expired
Salary:
Salary Details: Grade NJC19/4 or 5 £18,933-£19312 full-time equivalent. Actual salary paid is for 28.75 hours per week, term time only pro-rata
Job type:
Part Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
5th January 2021
Apply by:
18 December 2020

Job overview

Teaching Assistant and Lunchtime Supervisor

Closing date: 18th December at 12:00

Interview date: December 2020

Job Start Date: 5th January 2021

Contract/Hours: Fixed Term Contract to 31st August 2021, 5 days per week, term-time only 8.45 -3.00 pm – 28.75 hours per week

Salary Type: Support Staff

Salary Details: Grade NJC19/4 or NJC19/5 depending on experience £18,933-£19312 full-time equivalent.  Actual salary paid is for 28.75 hours per week, term time only pro-rata

Location of Role: Sandhills Community Primary School, Terrett Avenue, Headington, Oxford OX3 8FN

Contact e-mail address: ljones@sandhillsprimary.org


Job/Person Summary

As part of our Catch-Up Funding, we have a vacancy for an experienced Teaching Assistant to support our pupils to be fluent readers through the Read, Write, Inc programme (training is available).  The role is also likely to involve some classroom support time.  This is a fixed term position until 31st August 2021 to work each day, term time only, with our committed staff, supportive parents and governors in our welcoming school, starting on Tuesday 5th January 2021 until 31st August 2021.

Working hours are term-time only - Monday - Friday 8.45 am – 3pm including lunchtime supervision for 30 minutes

If you are passionate about learning, are up for a challenge and would like to join our friendly, supportive team, we would love to hear from you. 

We can offer you:

-Well behaved children who are enthusiastic and keen to learn

-A hard-working, supportive and friendly team of staff

-Highly supportive families, Governing Body, PTA and local community

-The opportunity to make a significant impact on our school 


As visits are not possible at the moment, please use our school website to find out more about the school.

Our school is part of the River Learning Trust; our collective vision is to be a Trust where pupils and staff thrive in schools which demonstrate:

-All-round education, academic success, lifelong learning and strength of character

-Sustainable continuous improvement; no school standing still

-All schools being good and outstanding, or improving rapidly

-Collaboration that is raising standards, and reducing workload

-Where pupils, staff, parents and communities value all we do to support the best possible outcomes and experiences for our children and young people

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being and safety of all pupils and expects staff to share this ethos. Enhanced DBS checks are required for this post. 

Applications will be considered on receipt with early opportunity for interview. 

Closing Date: 18th December 2020

All applications should be made using the TES website.  The job description and person specification are available on the TES website: https://www.tes.com/

Sandhills Community Primary School and The River Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism.  All staff are expected to share this commitment.  The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.  The River Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line 


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About Sandhills Community Primary School

+44 1865 433000

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Welcome to Sandhills Community Primary School 

At Sandhills, we aim to create a happy and caring place to learn where kindness and respect are at the heart of the life of the school.

The welfare of the children and their progress are of the utmost importance to us and we want to ensure that all children have the opportunity to achieve their potential both academically, so that they are ready for the next stage of their school career, and in their own personal development as individuals and citizens of the future.  

Working for us

Are you an exceptional teacher or an outstanding member of support staff? We are always on the lookout for motivated and accomplished team members to join us. You’ll be joining an extremely friendly, well-motivated and enthusiastic staff determined to make our school officially outstanding as soon as possible. We can offer you: 

  • A positive staff culture with extremely high expectations of work and behaviour
  • Well-behaved children
  • A well-functioning leadership team who views professional development as a priority
  • A friendly and well-motivated staff and an inclusive community in which you can flourish
  • The opportunity to continue your career working alongside fabulous teachers and teaching assistants.

About River Learning Trust

Sandhills Community Primary School is a member of River Learning Trust, a Multi-Academy Trust responsible for a number of schools and a school centred initial teacher training (SCITT) provider within Oxfordshire. We’re a Trust committed to the professional learning and development of staff with high-quality training in-school and through the Oxfordshire Teaching Schools Alliance.

As a school-led organisation, we’re always keen to recruit and train the very best individuals who we hope will go on to become excellent teachers in our partnership of schools. All details of our programmes can be found at http://www.oxfordshireteachertraining.co.uk.


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