Teaching Assistant - Key Stage 2
Swavesey Primary
Cambridgeshire
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Level 2, Point 5-6
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 1st September 2022 or as soon as possible after this date.
- Apply by:
- 19 August 2022
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a Teaching Assistant to work in Key Stage 2. The hours will include supporting children with high needs and some general TA hours. This initially is a temporary position until 31st Aug 2023.
Required to start 1st September 2022 or as soon as possible after this date.
We are looking for someone who:
· Has experience of working with children,
· Will relish the challenge of working with a pupil with special educational needs (for the 1:1 role)
· Will have an impact on children’s learning, as well as social and emotional development
· Has high expectations of self and others
· Is reliable, hardworking and prepared to go the ‘extra mile’ for our children
· Wants to be part of a professional and committed staff team
In return, we can offer you:
· A welcoming school with a strong ethos;
· Hardworking, well behaved and inquisitive children who are eager to learn;
· A team of inspirational staff who have a dynamic approach to learning
· Supportive parents and governors;
· A well-resourced environment where every child does matter;
· The opportunity to work in a vibrant, professional learning community that seeks excellence;
Please contact the school office 01954 273312 or office@swavesey.cambs.sch.uk for an application pack or to arrange a visit to the school. Please visit our website and apply via the vacancy page (www.swavesey.cambs.sch.uk (Access via About Us Tab). Should you have any questions, please contact office@swavesey.cambs.sch.uk, CV Applications will not be considered but a covering letter should accompany the electronic application form detailing your suitability for the role as well as your preferred number of working hours. Should you require a paper copy of the application form please email the office to request one.
Closing date: - Friday 19th August 2022 by 4pm
Interview date – Tuesday 30th August 2022
Swavesey Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, two satisfactory references and a Disclosure of Criminal Record and Disqualification Declaration.
Attached documents
About Swavesey Primary
- Swavesey Primary
- Middle Watch, Swavesey, Cambridge
- Cambridgeshire
- CB24 4RN
- United Kingdom
Swavesey Primary School serves a rural catchment area, including the villages of Swavesey and Lolworth. We currently have 290 children working in 10 mixed age classes.
Our school provides a broad, challenging and practical curriculum within a warm, stimulating and imaginative environment to enable our children to enjoy their learning, as well as, develop the skills, attitudes and knowledge to become lifelong learners and achieve their full potential.
We work closely in partnership with our parents throughout the stages of our children’s school life and hope that parents enjoy feeling that they are an integral part of our school community
Headteacher
Anna-Claire Norden
Values and vision
Our school aims to develop children who are:
- happy, healthy and confident
- ready, independent, life long learners
- resilient, resourceful and reflective learners
- responsible, honest global citizens
Through:
- A safe, stimulating and healthy environment
- Teaching which is inspiring, inclusive and active
- A broad challenging curriculum
- Encouraging creativity, individualism and team work
- Celebration of successes in all aspects of achievement
- Excellent partnerships with parents, governors and the community
Ofsted report
We are very proud to share the fantastic news that our Ofsted inspection recognised we provide a “good quality of education” for all our children and have “significant strengths”.
The inspectors describe us as a “happy and inclusive school” which “prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain” through a “creative and engaging curriculum”. The quality of teaching, learning and assessment are “good” and “teachers have good subject knowledge” giving “clear explanations”.
Our “Pupils are friendly, polite and well-mannered” and “appreciate their teachers” through “positive relationships”, which support making “good progress” and “are well-prepared for the next step of their education”. Inspectors say “Pupils enjoy coming to school and are proud to be a part of Swavesey Primary”.
Inspectors say leadership is “outward looking” ensuring a “sound understanding of the school’s strengths and areas needing further improvement” and that our “Parents hold the school in high regard”. In addition, “Parents are pleased with the early year’s provision” from starting preschool through to the end of reception, which inspectors say means children are “well-prepared for the challenges of Year 1”.
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