Teaching Assistant - Whaddon Church of England School
Location: Whaddon
Overview
Whaddon C of E School is based in the heart of Whaddon Village, on the border of Milton Keynes. Our school is very small and we strive to maximise on the carefully crafted relationships with our children and provide a relevant, inspirational and high quality, curriculum, which is appropriate for all our learners, enhances life-skills and a passion for learning for life! We pride ourselves on our inclusive ethos and welcome everyone; irrespective of their ability, ethnicity, social background or faith.
The school opened as a first school, in 1811 and we have since grown to a primary school with mixed age classes up to year 6, since September 2023.
Term time only
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: 1.6 - 1.10
Contract type: Fixed Term
Hours: 32.5 hours per week
Closing date: 18/07/2025 00:00
Interviews to be held: Week Commencing 21st July 2025
About us
At Whaddon Church of England School we have high expectations of every individual child and encourage them to achieve their full potential and develop a love of learning and knowledge. We aim to provide a caring, happy environment which is conducive to learning, and in which a child feels secure and to promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of children and to prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
Website: www.whaddon.bucks.sch.uk
About the role
We are seeking to recruit a Teaching Assistant to support children in classes with specific needs with some one-to-one and small group interventions, and to support children’s learning, in class.
All of our teaching assistants work alongside our qualified teachers to support learning – whether supporting Individual children, providing administrative and welfare support, guiding small groups, supervising children during play or lunchtimes and other reasonable school related tasks. Outdoor learning is embedded into our curriculum offer and support during these sessions will be essential. “There is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes!”
About you
We are looking for someone to be part of our team, with a recent level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification. Current experience working as a Teaching Assistant in a school setting would be ideal. Please see further details in our Information Pack on our website
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01908 501 719
Email: [email protected]
We are committed to providing a safe, healthy and happy environment for our children at all times during the school day. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
