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Teaching Assistant

Wellington Eagles Primary Academy

Wiltshire

  • Expired
Salary:
C/D £18,198-£19,698 FTE £9.43-£10.21 Per Hour
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
October 2021
Apply by:
30 September 2021

Job overview

33.75 Per Hours Monday – Friday 08.30-15.45 Part time hours considered.

Fixed Term contract until July 2022 

Term Time only 

Wellington Primaries are seeking to recruit a passionate Teaching Assistant who will be:

  • An excellent role model with a desire to share this with pupils and staff
  • Committed to raising achievement and able to deliver excellent outcomes
  • Able to inspire and motivate others.

Why choose us?

Wellington Eagles Primary is located in a brand new purpose built site, and has a maximum expected number of pupils of 420 (when fully open) and additional Nursery. We aspire for the Primary to become a beacon of excellence and optimism for the Ludgershall community providing an outstanding education for all its students.

What we offer? 

  • The chance to work in a friendly well run school.
  • A great placed accessible school, situated in a pleasant location.
  • To work with a dedicated team of professionals who are keen to learn and develop.
  • Excellent CPD opportunities to grow and develop through mentorship and coaching.
  • Onsite parking
  • Pension Scheme.
  • Fantastic benefit scheme with discounts on food and clothes retailers, to holiday and cinema, online fitness and recipes from Hello Fresh.

Job requirements:

  • Appropriate levels of English and Maths attainment – is, NVQ- GCSE
  • Further relevant qualifications eg NVQ. TA qualification or equivalent in childcare.
  • Willingness to pursue further training.

The right candidate will have: 

  • The ability to relate well to children and adults and establish good working relationships
  • The ability to provide support for pupils, including those with special needs.
  • Ability to utilise strategies to support pupils in achieving learning goals.
  • Use ICT effectively to support learning.
  • Have full knowledge of procedures relating to child protection, health and safety and security, confidentiality and data protection.
  • Work calmly under pressure
  • Have a professional appearance.

Please download an application form. Please note that CV’s are not accepted for this role.

Closing date: Midnight, Thursday 30 September 2021

Safeguarding Statement:

Wellington Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. Please note any position that involves working with children requires a declaration if ALL convictions and cautions regardless of whether these are deemed as ‘spent’. An enhanced DBS check will be carried out before any employment commences.

References will be obtained before the interview, at the shortlisting stage, and will be used as part of the interview process. If previous employment has included working with children, then at least one reference must be from this employment, regardless of whether this is the current employer. Any gaps in employment must be detailed and an explanation provided in the relevant section.

About Wellington Eagles Primary Academy

Wellington Eagles, part of the Ascend Learning Trust, is a new purpose-built school based within a new housing development in Ludgershall, Wiltshire and caters for pupils from nursery through to Year 6.

At Wellington Eagles Primary Academy we firmly believe that every child in our care has the right to be truly inspired by an engaging and purposeful curriculum. We have based our curriculum around ‘The curious Child’ and we have dedicated staff who are passionate about providing our children with enriching and exciting experiences so that they can all achieve success in their learning journey. We actively encourage our children to be enthusiastic, resilient, collaborative and aspirational and believe that this supports them on their path to becoming life-long learners.

Our Wellington Primaries promote:

Excellence through the rigorous learning of key skills within a rich and broad curriculum.

Holistic learning by developing the whole child.

Innovation in the way that we teach and learn.

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

Ascend Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding  and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable  adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.   We particularly welcome applications from under-represented  groups, including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability,  sexual-orientation or religion.

Please note any position that involves working with  children requires declaration of ALL convictions/cautions regardless of  whether these are deemed as spent and a DBS check will be carried out  before any employment commences.

In line with KCSIE and safer recruitment  practices, the school will conduct an online search for all shortlisted  candidates. The online search is part of our safeguarding checks and  will seek publicly available information on candidates’  suitability to work with children. Shortlisted candidates will be  provided with further guidance and will be asked to clarify their online  presence.

References will be obtained before interview at  shortlisting stage and may be used in the interview process.  If  previous employment has included working with children, then at least  one referee must be from this employment, regardless  of whether this is the current or most recent employment, any gaps in  employment must be detailed and an explanation provided in the relevant  section.

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Applications closed