Teaching Assistant

Pickwick Academy Trust would like to recruit a permanent, part-time Teaching Assistant, based at Milton on Stour Primary School.

Hours:

Hours: 27.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 3.00pm (with 30min unpaid lunch break), 38.2 weeks per year (term time plus one agreed inset day per year)

Salary range:

Salary range: Salary Dorset Grade 5, Point 5 - £23,500 pro rata, per annum (actual salary £14,782 per annum).

Required to start: 1st September 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter

Milton -on Stour Primary School is set in the beautiful North Dorset countryside, just outside the town of Gillingham. The school is a five class Church of England Primary school with mixed age classes and lies adjacent to the St Jude and St Simon Church.At Milton our core values are love, hope and joy and our Christian ethos is underpinned by the story of The Good Shepherd. Our school prides itself on a curriculum that is text rich and offers experiential learning, with embracing diversity, developing character skills and assured oracy at the heart of what we do.Milton on Stour Primary School joined Pickwick in February 2024 and strongly believes in collaboration and sharing of best practice to enable our children to flourish in their school and their community.

We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our team.

As a Teaching Assistant you must be committed and flexible, be able to support groups and individual children with their learning. The role requires you to support the learning of specific pupils with additional educational needs either within the classrooms or 1:1, or in small groups.  Being able to work as part of a team is essential as well as being able to use your own initiative.  The successful candidates will need excellent communication and liaison skills and will be closely supported by teachers.

Duties will include:

•           Supporting pupils learning, either in groups in the classroom or through 1:1 work with specific children with additional needs.  The exact tasks will depend on the learning support needs of the pupil/s

•           Supporting pupils self-esteem, inclusion and behavioural development

•           Provide physical/personal care to pupils where required

•           Supporting the teacher/s

•           Supporting the curriculum - Support the delivery of the English and Mathematics curriculum along with other aspects of both the National Curriculum and the enhanced curriculum offered by the school.

•           Support the school e.g. assisting with setting up, storing and retrieving and general maintenance of classroom equipment and teaching aids.

•         As well as classroom support, you will be required to work with children with specific needs.

The jobholder must demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.  This will involve undertaking annual Safeguard training and using school reporting systems for any Safeguard concerns.

What we offer:

·        A happy school community, underpinned by a caring and supportive staff team

·        Engaging children, eager to learn and thrive

·        Excellent training and development opportunities, as part of Pickwick Academy Trust

·        A wide range of staff benefits (please refer to the attached Applicant Information pack)

Interested candidates are required to apply by 12.00noon on Monday 22nd July 2024

Interview date: TBC

At Pickwick Academy Trust we are committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we require anyone joining our school to actively contribute to this commitment. 

All shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches as part of safer recruitment due diligence. Successful candidates will be subject to a range of pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check and a barred list check if working in regulated activity

Pickwick Academy Trust is committed to equality of opportunity for all.  Our aim is to ensure that no applicant or employee is discriminated against or is disadvantaged by policies, procedures, conditions or requirements. We have a caring and supportive environment where wellbeing is a key priority – flexible working requests will be considered.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020