Teaching Assistant (initially for Y6) + Midday Supervisor

Normandy Primary School is one of two schools within the Pelham Academy Trust.  Normandy was graded Good with Outstanding Leadership when inspected in November 2017.  The school is a vibrant and exciting place to work where pupils and staff have high learning expectations and provides exciting and rewarding opportunities for staff and pupils.  Our school motto is ‘Happy and Bright’, an ethos clearly visible throughout the school.

For further information about the school, please visit: www.normandy.bexley.sch.uk

Pelham Academy Trust is a small trust consisting of two primary schools.  The Academy’s vision is to provide children with the opportunities to develop academically, physically and creatively into well rounded individuals, possessing the relevant skills and confidence to enter the next stage of their education, within a safe and caring environment.  The Academy's inclusive ethos ensures all children have the opportunity to develop in a caring and supportive learning environment. 

We are looking to appoint a confident and highly motivated Teaching Assistant  to join our school team. Working 30 hours per week (8.30am - 3.30pm).  You will also be required to work 2.5 hours per week as a Midday Supervisor. 

You must have NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants or the equivalent qualifications or experience.  

You will be initially working with Year 6 for the remainder of this academic year.  You must be able to work in partnership with the class teacher to support identified pupils and groups of pupils including those with SEND.   Your role will be to manage children’s behaviour and engage with them in lessons.  You must be able to deliver and track performance of pupils in specified groups when taking intervention groups to help improve progress. You must also be committed to raise standards and achievement and the learning potential of our pupils. 

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.  Normandy Primary 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.

Normandy Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across the school, for more information please see

https://www.normandy.bexley.sch.uk/safeguarding

An Enhanced DBS certificate will be required on provisional offer, including a check of the Children’s Barred List. Further vetting checks, in line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2020 will be completed following a provisional offer of appointment. Normandy Primary School is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery.

Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Pelham Academy Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner rather than the specified closing date.  Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.