Teaching Assistant - Whaddon C of E School
Location: Whaddon
Overview
Thank you for your interest in the Teaching Assistant role at Whaddon Church of England School.
This is an opportunity for someone with the right ethos for education, pastoral care, and professional skills to be an integral part of our small school team.
Our aim is to be a school which provides an outstanding and meaningful education, a setting that is involved in our local community, a place where we can live our Christian values; which are the foundation for all of our decisions and all that we do for our community - enabling all associated with our school to flourish.
Our 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.
We are recruiting a Teaching Assistant to join our school. We need a Teaching Assistant who will demonstrate initiative, common sense and have a sense of humour. The role is to support the class teacher, general class and those pupils identified with special educational needs. Teaching Assistants at Whaddon C of E School are expected to work alongside our qualified teachers by supporting individual children, providing administrative and welfare support, taking small groups, supervising children at play or lunchtimes and other essential school related tasks.
Teaching Assistant roles will be reviewed each year, in line with the needs of the growing school, so there can be no guarantee of remaining in the same year group each year, although we do endeavour to keep successful teams together.
Salary: £24,836 - £25,823
Contract: Fixed Term Contract Initially
Hours: Full time
Closing date: Wednesday 30th September
About us
Our aim is to be a school which provides an outstanding and meaningful education, a setting that is involved in our local community, a place where we can live our Christian values; which are the foundation for all of our decisions and all that we do for our community - enabling all associated with our school to flourish.
Our 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.
To see more information about the school please visit our 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
- A good level of secondary education including Maths and English GCSE or equivalent
- Relevant Level 3 Early Years Teaching Assistant qualification, or higher or willingness to complete the course
- Recent Early Years Level 3 qualification
- Team Teach (or comparable physical intervention) training
- Evidence of participation in school or setting based training and development
- Awareness of Montessori approached and Forest School ethos
- Experience of working with children with Special Educational Needs
- Experience of working in a school as a member of staff or volunteer
- Positive, enthusiastic and energetic approach to work
- Has a commitment to maintain a vigilant safeguarding culture and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Please see our Information and Application Pack for more details
Other information
For more information or to request a tour of our school, please contact Mrs Ellis on 01908 501 719 or e-mail [email protected]
Please forward your application to [email protected] and we look forward to hearing from you.
This will close once a suitable applicant has been found, and you will be contacted for an interview (if your application has been successful).
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
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.
