Teaching Assistant

Tenure: Permanent, Part-time (2 days per week), 38 weeks per year  

Surbiton High Girls' Preparatory School is part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. Schools within United Learning work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our intranet site, United Hub, is just one example of how we share resource and communicate across sites, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance. We reward our staff: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately the satisfaction of supporting schools in their quest to give every child the opportunity to succeed and reach their full potential.

To work with and support the classroom teachers at Surbiton High Girls’ Preparatory School to promote the highest standards of teaching, learning and pastoral care within all sections of the School

Key Responsibilities:

• To foster interest and enthusiasm for learning amongst the children as well as encouraging a general spirit of intellectual enquiry and rigour
• To lead on targeted interventions and support for specific pupils and groups of pupils
• To take the lead on whole class teaching within a lesson, thus enabling the teacher to provide targeted support for a group of children
• Assist with recording observations on children as part of ongoing assessment e.g. reading records and update teaching staff with findings
• To attend and support the children in swimming or sports lessons where requested
• To participate in the School’s programme for the personal and social development of the children
• Under the guidance of the Head Teacher, to promote the development and progress in the social, academic and extra-curricular spheres of all the pupils in their care
• Supervision duties, including: early morning duty, morning playtime, lunch, after school duty and First Aid
• Assisting with co-curricular clubs
• To assist class teachers with the preparation and carrying out of all classroom activities
• To assist and support teachers in the setting up of lessons and the preparation and display of art and written work
• To help in classroom maintenance and lesson preparation, including sorting, tidying, filing, photocopying, sharpening pencils etc.
• To be available to offer support at evening activities such as school productions / parent evenings, as reasonably requested by the Head
• To undertake any other duties, which the Principal may reasonably request

The successful candidate will be likely to fit the following profile:

• HLTA or Level 3 would be an advantage, but is not essential
• First Aid qualification would be an advantage
• Ability to work co-operatively within a team
• Flexibility and openness to change
• Proven ability to develop effective professional relationships with pupils, colleagues and parents
• Commitment to the personal development of pupils
• High levels of communication skills in English, both written and spoken, to enable effective communications with pupils, with colleagues and with pupils' parents
• Professional experience of working with pupils at any of the Key Stages - EYFS, KS1 or KS2
• Self-motivation and high levels of organisational and self-management skills
• Commitment to personal professional development, and therefore willingness to develop own skills
• Willingness to contribute to the wider education of pupils through the extra-curricular programme

Surbiton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Please note that the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the recruitment process.

For any queries relating to the role or your application, please email recruitment@surbitonhigh.com 

To Apply

Please apply online by clicking on the following link: https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/1451660?cid=1567

Closing date: 8:00am, Thursday 29 November 2018
Interviews will be held week commencing: 3 December 2018 

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