Teaching Assistant: Primary

Role: Teaching Assistant - Primary

• Part time (8:45am to 12:15pm = 17.5 hours per week) – Term Time Only – Fixed Term
• From 1st December 2017 (or as soon after this date as possible) to 31st July 2018  - with potential for this term to be extended.
• Salary (incl. Holiday Pay): Grade 4 (£16,123 - £16,491 pro rata)
• Start date: 1st December 2017 (or as soon after this date as possible)

Heyford Park Free School is a two-form entry school for both primary and secondary students.  Opening in September 2013, it draws students from Upper Heyford, local villages and from Bicester.  There are a lot of new houses being built locally and our numbers will grow with the new development: from September, we anticipate having around 230 primary children and 300 secondary students.  

We aim to know every one of our students well as individuals, providing an environment that allows them to achieve what they are truly capable of by promoting both academic progress and a ‘can do’ attitude.  This is a fantastic opportunity to join Heyford Park Free School as we grow and develop. We are passionate about children’s learning, development and welfare, and look to help all to achieve to the full.

Teaching Assistant – Linked to a child with Additional Needs:

We are looking for a caring and enthusiastic individual to join our committed primary staff team. This is a role working primarily with one specific individual.

You will be: 

• Be flexible, enthusiastic and hard-working

• Have a passion for engaging with children and seeing them grow and change

• Be excited by the thought the challenges and opportunities this role will offer

• Be resilient, patient and enjoy seeing small achievements as big steps forward

• Be an outstanding team player

We can offer an exciting opportunity to work with a forward-thinking and dynamic team.  

• We welcome visits to the school: please contact Rebecca Hughes, Head of Primary, at rhughes@heyfordparkfreeschool.org 
• Closing date: Monday 27th November at 12 noon. 
• Interviews to be held on: Thursday 29th November. 
• Please apply as soon as possible: we would like to have appointed our candidate by 1st December but are prepared to wait for the right candidate.

Applications must be made using the Heyford Park Free School Application Form which should be submitted along with an Equal Opportunities Form and Personal statements by email to recruitment@heyfordparkfreeschool.org 

• In the personal statement, please explain why you feel you would be suited to this role. 

Application and Equal Opportunities forms can be found on our website under ‘Vacancies’.

Heyford Park Free School is an equal opportunities employer. 

Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, candidates will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check.