Teaching Assistant
Leigh Academy Oaks
Kent
- £15,303 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Actual salary £15,303 per annum (£20,789 full time equivalent)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 27 February 2023
Job overview
Oaks Primary Academy has an exciting opportunity to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced Teaching Assistant to join our highly collaborative and supportive team. Our teaching support team is pivotal to our success in the classroom and provides a great deal of support for our teachers, and this position for an TA will strengthen the team even further with their knowledge, experience and additional support that they can provide our teaching staff with. Our successful candidate will be able to establish strong working relationships with staff and students alike, be able to work as part of a team and will be reliable and excellent communicators. Our new TA will work to support children struggling with confidence or with any additional needs across EYFS/Key stage 1 and 2. You will support class based and small groups/1:1 interventions to ensure children can progress confidently.
Our successful candidate will be;
- Enthusiastic, energetic and adaptable
- Capable of working independently and in a team
- Able to motivate and support pupils
- Able to work with individual pupils and small groups of pupils
- Able to demonstrate experience with interventions and learning support
- Candidates should have a minimum of a Level 3 NVQ or equivalent and have experience of working within a primary school
- Possess an unending desire to help all children achieve their best
- Possess a caring nature and a deep regard for children
- An exemplary communicator with patience and experience of working with children with additional need or low confidence.
Attached documents
About Leigh Academy Oaks
Oaks Primary is a small academy with approximately 190 pupils on roll and an additional 20 pupils in our Nursery. We are very proud of our school and the hard work and positive attitude of all our pupils and staff. Teaching and learning areas are both safe and well-maintained, providing a stimulating working environment for pupils. We are continually striving to improve our facilities in order to enrich the experiences of our pupils.
The teachers and support staff form a very strong team and work closely with the Governing Body and Leigh Academies Trust to promote high standards throughout Oaks Primary Academy. Parents provide invaluable voluntary support throughout the academy including a programme of fundraising activities throughout the year.
The academy teaches a broad and balanced curriculum which is enriched by a wide range of extra-curricular activities. It is our aim to provide a happy, safe, and caring community, where everyone is encouraged and supported to achieve their goals.
Principal
Tom Moore
Vison and Values
We aim to create inquiring, lifelong learners who respect and care for the world they live in and all those who live in it. OPA learners, of any age, will understand how they are connected to the world in order to take action to improve their own lives, and the lives of local and global communities. The curriculum is built upon prior learning, and is designed to be challenging, interesting and motivational to all pupils.
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