1:1 Teaching Assistant - Full-time/Part-time

Coxheath Primary School, Maidstone

• Ref:KCC886-2677-211S
• Posted:08/06/2023
• Pay:Kent Range 3-£21,293 fte (Actual £13,381/27.5 hrs)
• Start Date:September 2023
• App Close Date:23/06/2023 at 09:00
• Interviews:28 June 2023

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We are looking for enthusiastic, creative and inspiring people to join our school at what is a very exciting time. 

We wish to appoint a 1:1 Teaching Assistant (full time/part time role) to work as part of our team to support every week within a class setting. These posts are specifically to support children with learning and emotional needs in order for them to successfully access the curriculum. The post is a temporary position linked to needs of the child.

Hours for full time role would be 8.45am to 3.15pm, with 1 hour (unpaid) lunch break, part-time role would be 9am-12pm, both roles are Monday to Friday, term time only.

We are looking for people with commitment, energy and drive to join our team and work closely with staff to provide positive learning experiences for all our pupils. Experience within an school setting is desirable but not essential. 

We expect the successful candidates to:

• Be able to support in the delivery of high quality learning experiences for all pupils.

• Have high expectations of learning and behaviour and inspire and motivate our children;

• Be supportive, nurturing and understanding with high expectations.

• Seek to make learning exciting and a positive experience.

• Communicate well with parents, carers and members of staff, as well as pupils.

• Demonstrate good communication skills both orally and written.

• Work well as part of a team;

• Be willing to contribute to school life outside of the classroom.

The benefits of joining Coppice Primary Partnership:

• Excellent professional development
• The support of committed, enthusiastic and dedicated colleagues
• A supportive and challenging environment
• Pupils who are eager to learn and a credit to the school
• Supportive parents
• Access to private healthcare, including 24 hour GP access
• Annual flu jab offered to all staff
• A family first approach – cover to ensure that you don’t miss important family events
• Free access to wraparound care for primary aged children attending trust schools. This includes access to the holiday play scheme when staff are working.
• The holiday play scheme is also open and free to staff who have children who attend other schools when staff are required to work.
• All staff have access to Kent Rewards, a site offering cash back, discounts and vouchers for a range of popular high street stores
• Throughout the year, school and trust wide social events will be available. These will all be optional, but we believe in developing relationships and social events can certainly help! Events will be informal affairs, usually in informal settings and are open to all staff
• A large, modern and well-resourced primary school, set in excellent school grounds, where opportunities for high quality outdoor learning are facilitated
• An opportunity to share a real, relevant and engaging curriculum.

Please contact Karen Francis for more details or to arrange for a visit to the school.

Please note, we review applications on a rolling-basis and will therefore close the advert early if we find the right candidate, we look forward to receiving your application.  

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of all children, and expects our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Information about the school

Our trust was born out of a genuine desire to secure outstanding provision for all children. The word ‘partnership’ was chosen deliberately as our vision is for schools to work together, building on their own strengths and uniqueness to secure the very best for every child.

We are guided by a set of core principles which support everything we do.

• We are and will remain a primary led trust who understand and appreciate the uniqueness of Primary Education.

• Collaboration supports the identification of best practice and its appropriate dissemination.

• We will be led by primary specialists with experience of leading successfully within the primary sector.

• Excellent academic standards of education will be secured by building on the strong values and ethos in which children are educated within each school.

• Our curriculum, rich with the knowledge and skills that children need will also celebrate sport and the arts, supporting children’s aspirations. Every child’s time at school will be a positive experience and something they will remember fondly for the rest of their lives.

• Our school improvement model is designed to retain expertise within the trust, providing bespoke and timely support as required.

• We invest in our staff by providing high quality professional development to support them in securing the very best provision for our children. We build capacity and will offer opportunities internally where appropriate to encourage staff retention.

Coxheath Primary School is at the heart of the community and has strong collaborative links with local primary schools. It also benefits from a large site, with spacious accommodation and excellent facilities for outdoor learning.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs Karen Francis
• Address:Stockett Lane, Coxheath, Maidstone, Kent, ME17 4PS
• Telephone: (01622) 745553
• Email: karenfrancis@coppicepp.org

Fax: (01622) 746986

Documents

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• 1:1 Teaching Assistant
• Person specification - Teaching Assistant