Teaching Assistant - Part-time

Joydens Wood Junior School, Dartford

• Ref:KCC886-2438-105S
• Posted:21/09/2023
• Pay:Commensurate with experience KR3 (Kent Pay Scale)
• Start Date:Immediate
• App Close Date:30/10/2023 at 12:00
• Interviews:Friday 10th November 2023

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Joydens Wood Junior School are recruiting a Teaching Assistant to provide for the educational, spiritual, moral, social and cultural development for each individual child in their class and to support the overall development of the school. You will need to be caring, hardworking, willing to undergo training and most of all, enjoy working with children.

We are keen to find a candidate who has experience in supporting children with Special Educational Needs and, if possible, has some background knowledge of Speech and Language as well as delivering Phonics. 

We are seeking a teaching assistant who:

• Has an understanding of supporting children with their learning
• Is reflective and keen to develop their practice
• Is enthusiastic and highly motivated
• Is committed to teamwork
• Believes in developing the whole child
• Is keen to use CPD to move their practice forward

We can offer:

• Positive schools that are open to new ideas and keen to develop further
• Happy, friendly and motivated children
• Inclusive schools where achievement is celebrated
• Supportive staff, parents and governors
• A commitment to staff development
• Opportunities to work closely alongside other schools in the Trust
• Appropriate resources, environment and support
• Opportunities for continuing professional development
• Strong school partnerships within NEST

Information about the school

Joydens Wood Junior School is located in a semi-rural setting on the outskirts of London. We are a member of the Nexus Education Schools Trust. We are a friendly and caring school with a team of enthusiastic, committed and hardworking staff.

We have approximately 310 pupils on roll in Years 3 to 6, with a 3-form entry in each year group.

We have sets of classroom laptops and smart screens in all classes. The large playing field and our generous outside space allows our children to thrive with our various sports teams being successful in many local competitions. Combined with extra-curricular opportunities, performances and school residential trips, our school offers the chance for every child to unlock their potential.

We believe in a strong creative, cross-curriculum approach, which is supported by our Values based education which nourishes and enables children to flourish, making a difference to the world through who and how they are. Our pupils are happy, safe and well-motivated, showing respect for themselves and others. They are proud of the high standards they reach and of how hard they work at school.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): - childcare disqualification - Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) - medical - online and social media - prohibition from teaching - right to work - satisfactory references - suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Nexus Education Schools Trust (NEST)

NEST is a growing Multi Academy Trust, presently with 19 primary schools across Bromley, Kent, Lewisham and Southwark. Our schools have benefited from capital investment over the last five years and provide excellent learning opportunities for our pupils. We partner with several multi academies and maintained groups of schools. NEST are accountable for the work of the Thames South Teaching School Hub, delivering teacher training and development in Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich.

NEST is an exceptional and distinctive learning community of eleven primary schools where there is a focus upon learning.

At NEST our commitment to the learning process challenges all of our schools to fully endorse the concept of collaborative learning. Just as our commitment to inclusion is a non-negotiable so too is each school’s contribution to inter-school learning and the development of a NEST wide professional learning community.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mr Paul Redford
• Address:Joydens Wood Junior School, Birchwood Drive, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7NE
• Telephone: 01322 522151
• Email: office@joydens-wood-junior.kent.sch.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• TA Recruitment Pack