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Teaching Assistant - Fixed Term

Oaks Primary Academy, Maidstone

  • Ref:KCC886-2003-67S
  • Posted:07/02/2023
  • Pay:Actual salary £15,303 per annum
  • Start Date:As soon as possible
  • App Close Date:27/02/2023 at 16:00
  • Interviews:TBC

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Oaks Primary Academy has an exciting opportunity to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced Teaching Assistant to join our highly collaborative and supportive team. Our teaching support team is pivotal to our success in the classroom and provides a great deal of support for our teachers, and this position for an TA will strengthen the team even further with their knowledge, experience and additional support that they can provide our teaching staff with. Our successful candidate will be able to establish strong working relationships with staff and students alike, be able to work as part of a team and will be reliable and excellent communicators. Our new TA will work to support children struggling with confidence or with any additional needs across EYFS/Key stage 1 and 2.​​​​​​ You will support class based and small groups/1:1 interventions to ensure children can progress confidently. ​​​​​​​​​​​​

Our successful candidate will be;

  • Enthusiastic, energetic and adaptable

  • ​​​​​​​Capable of working independently and in a team

  • Able to motivate and support pupils

  • Able to work with individual pupils and small groups of pupils

  • Able to demonstrate experience with interventions and learning support

  • Candidates should have a minimum of a Level 3 NVQ or equivalent and have experience of working within a primary school

  • Possess an unending desire to help all children achieve their best

  • Possess a caring nature and a deep regard for children​​​​​​​

  • An exemplary communicator with patience and experience of working with children with additional need or low confidence.

Join our team because:

  • We care - about our pupils through our human scale approach to education, our staff and their well-being and the communities that we serve, driven by our high ideals and strong moral values.
  • We have boundless ambition - to achieve excellence for all and create confident young adults with high levels of resilience and integrity.
  • We work together - as one team in the belief that we are greater than the sum of our parts. We foster an enterprising culture through collaboration and in close partnership with industry and other educators.
  • We keep getting better - using our ‘can-do’ attitude towards continuous improvement and innovation.

​​​​​​​This is a fixed term, part time role until July 2023, offering an actual salary of £15,303 per annum (£20,789 full time equivalent) based on 32.5 hours per week, Term Time only. 

Information about the school

Working for Oaks Primary Academy: Oaks Primary is a small academy with approximately 190 pupils on roll and an additional 20 pupils in our Nursery. We are very proud of our school and the hard work and positive attitude of all our pupils and staff. Teaching and learning areas are both safe and well maintained, providing a stimulating working environment for pupils. We are continually striving to improve our facilities in order to enrich the experiences of our pupils.

The teachers and support staff form a very strong team and work closely with the Governing Body and Leigh Academies Trust to promote high standards throughout Oaks Primary Academy. Parents provide invaluable voluntary support throughout the academy including a programme of fundraising activities throughout the year.

The academy teaches a broad and balanced curriculum which is enriched by a wide range of extra-curricular activities. It is our aim to provide a happy, safe, and caring community, where everyone is encouraged and supported to achieve their goals.

Values: We care - about our pupils through our human scale approach to education, our staff and their well-being and the communities that we serve, driven by our high ideals and strong moral values.

We have boundless ambition - to achieve excellence for all and create confident young adults with high levels of resilience and integrity.

We work together - as one team in the belief that we are greater than the sum of our parts. We foster an enterprising culture through collaboration and in close partnership with industry and other educators.

We keep getting better - using our ‘can-do’ attitude towards continuous improvement and innovation.

Oaks Primary Academy is judged 'Outstanding' in all areas by Ofsted - 'Oaks Primary Academy is a welcoming and caring school. Pupils feel happy and safe here. Pupils have an infectious appetite for learning and relish every opportunity to become more knowledgeable. This is because learning is placed firmly at the heart of the school. Expectations of pupils are high.' - Ofsted 2021.

'Here at Oaks Primary Academy, we continue to provide outstanding education to all children. Every child is unique and has the opportunity to develop and grow as a learner. We feel it is vitally important that children learn about and connect with their communities.' - Principal Thomas Moore.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.