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Teaching Assistant - Term Time

The Island Learning Trust

  • Ref:KCC-F76-176-S
  • Posted:28/11/2023
  • Pay:KR3
  • Start Date:ASAP
  • App Close Date:06/12/2023 at 15:00
  • Interviews:ASAP after shortlisting

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Halfway Houses Primary School are looking for a highly efficient, flexible, friendly and reliable Teaching Assistant to compliment their wonderful team! This position is for 17.5 hours per week: 8:30 am to 12:00 Monday to Friday, 38 weeks of the year (term-time only) to start as soon as possible. This is a temporary position until 31st March 2024 with the potential to become a permanent position- funding/budget dependent. The full time salary for this position is £21293 with an actual salary of £8553. 

We are looking for an experienced, outstanding Teaching Assistant. You will have relevant experience, drive and a strong desire to work with us to support our pupils' learning, providing them with the highest level of education - they deserve no less.

You will need to be energetic, supportive and a positive team player with a sense of humour and excellent communication skills and be willing to offer a wide contribution to our lovely school.

The successful candidate will be joining a well-established team at Halfway who are energetic and passionate about their pupils' learning and wellbeing. They are a dynamic and highly supportive staff team with a sunny outlook, who always put children first! Please take a look at our school and Trust websites to find out more about The Island Learning Trust community and why we always encourage everyone

                                                              'to be the best we can be'

Please do come and visit us - we strongly encourage that you do and look forward to meeting you!

*The Island Learning Trust reserves the right to withdraw this advert if a suitable candidate is appointed prior to the closing date*

Information about the trust

TILT is a local, high performing Trust that is invested in raising aspirations for children and families in Swale. The Island Learning Trust promotes and achieves excellence. It recognises the importance of outstanding teaching and learning by actively encouraging creativity and innovation, whilst having consistent standards of behaviour and attendance. Treating everyone as equal, whilst celebrating diversity, is a non-negotiable; protecting all through safeguarding, health and safety and welfare is paramount. The Trust's core mission is to drive transformation in educational standards for all pupils; accelerating progress, raising standards of education achieved and the aspirations of the children and families we serve, developing high performing, outstanding schools for the future.

Staff have a responsibility to be positive in their relationships with pupils and supportive of each other. We have a responsibility to ensure every moment a child is in our school will be spent productively. Through thorough use of evidence we will enable all children to make excellent progress. Our motto is "...to be the best we can be..." We maintain a relentless focus on raising standards of achievement so that all pupils have opportunities to achieve their full potential.

We expect all staff to maintain the highest professional standards at all times. We put children first. Staff are prepared to go the extra mile to provide the best possible education for their pupils. Our aim should always be to provide for the pupils of our school what we would want for our own children. In order to do this we maintain a rigorous focus on: accelerating and improving attainment and progress, improving the quality of teaching and learning so that it is at least strongly good, effective leadership and accountability structures and ensuring consistent application of agreed systems and processes throughout all TILT schools.

The Island Learning Trust was established on 1st November 2016. The MAT was comprised of Minster Primary and Halfway Houses Primary, both schools are on the Isle of Sheppey, an area of high deprivation and socio economic challenges. These two founding schools are both Ofsted rated good schools. The outcomes at Minster Primary are outstanding. Sunny Bank Primary School in Sittingbourne joined TILT in February 2020 under a sponsorship arrangement and significant all round improvement has been made with the support of the MAT.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Hayley Chambers
  • Address:Brecon Chase,
    Minster,
    Sheerness,
    Kent,
    ME12 2HX
  • Telephone: 01795 606458
  • Email: recruitment@tiltrust.org

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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.