Teaching Assistant :

Grade 4 (from £11.98 per hour)

Monday to Friday 8.40am to 12.30pm - 19.17 hours per week 

This role is fixed term for 1 year (1st September 2024 to 31st August 2025)

Edith Moorhouse primary school in Carterton serves a wonderful and supportive community, consisting of service and non-service families.  We can offer you a school that continually seeks new ways to improve the delivery of the curriculum.  Reach for the stars is the school motto which represents the heart of the school and our desire to always demonstrate aspiration and resilience.

Duties of the role will include:

• Supervise and provide particular support for pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities
• Assist with the development and implementation of Individual Education/Behaviour Plans and personal care programmes
• Establish constructive relationships with pupils, parents/carers, promoting inclusion and acceptance.
• Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher
• Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under guidance of the teacher
• Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans
  
• Assist with the planning of learning activities and use strategies, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning objectives
• Monitor pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed
• Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour
• Support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use
• Prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources required to meet the lesson plans/relevant learning activity and assist pupils in their use.
• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
  
• Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school and attend and participate in relevant meetings as required.
• Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required.
• Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required and take responsibility for a group under the supervision of the teacher
• Half an hour lunch cover to be provided within the contract 

Experience 

• Working with or caring for children of relevant age
• Working with children with SEND preferable

Qualifications

• Good mathematical and English communication skills

• At least NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualifications or experience desirable

• Training in the relevant learning strategies e.g. literacy

• First aid training/training as appropriate

Knowledge & Skills

• Effective use of ICT to support learning

• Understanding of relevant policies/codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation

• General understanding of national/EYFS curriculum and other basic learning programmes/strategies

• Basic understanding of child development and learning

• Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities

• Ability to relate well to children and adults

• Work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive  continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children. 

The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.

The River Learning Trust and Edith Moorhouse Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism.   The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered