Teaching Assistant - Fixed Term

Greenlands Primary School, Darenth

• Ref:KCC886-2062-190S
• Posted:21/03/2025
• Pay:£18,206 actual salary (£24,513 FTE)
• Start Date:As soon as possible
• App Close Date:06/04/2025 at 23:45
• Interviews:To be confirmed

Advert

About this Role

Post Title: Teaching Assistant

School: Greenlands Primary School

Contract Type: Fixed term until 31st August 2026

Contract Hours: 32hrs and 30 minutes per week

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, 8:30a.m. – 3:30p.m - Term time only (38 weeks per year)

Grade: Kent Range 3

Salary: £18,206 actual salary  (£24,513 FTE)

Position start Date: As soon as possible

Advert Closing Date: 6th April 2025 (Please note that the advert may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found)  

Interview Date: To be confirmed

At Greenlands, we are looking for an enthusiastic and committed teaching assistant who will be able to inspire, motivate and encourage children at all levels. We are looking for a team player

who can support both the children in their care and the teachers with whom they will be working both in the classroom and at play.

You would be joining our small, family school where every child and staff member is treated as an individual and is welcomed as part of the Greenlands’ family. You will work with a supportive, caring team of staff who will ensure that you are able to achieve within your role.

If you are ready to join our passionate team of colleagues who love working here and would like to be part of our school family, then we look forward to hearing from you!

We are looking for someone who is:

• Able to demonstrate suitable experience and/or qualifications for working in a school
• Highly motivated in supporting children to make excellent progress
• Able to respond appropriately to the wide-ranging needs of the pupils
• You will be able to adapt the learning according to the children’s needs
• Able to deal with pupil behaviour in an effective and supportive way
• A caring and patient individual
• Flexible and able to work on their own initiative

We are looking for someone who has:

• An understanding of how to support children’s learning
• Good organisational skills, as well as flexibility
• A good standard of literacy, numeracy and IT skills
• A desire to work as part of a forward looking and knowledgeable teaching team
• The ability to develop positive and caring relationships with children
• The ability to support children with specific learning and behavioural difficulties

If you believe that this is an environment where you can thrive, develop and substantially contribute to an exciting future for our pupils, then you are encouraged to arrange a visit.

Although this is a fixed term position, there may be opportunities within the school or at other schools in Cygnus Academies Trust, for the right person, when this contract ends.

For further information about the school, please visit https:/www.greenlandsprimary.org.uk

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more information.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact the school office on 01474 703178.

Information about the school

Greenlands Primary School

At Greenlands Primary School, we are looking for an enthusiastic, committed Site Manager to join our supportive, friendly school. Your role will be to ensure the security, health and safety of the site to a high standard and make a positive contribution to the school’s environment.

We are a small, family school where every child and staff member is treated as an individual and is welcomed as part of the Greenlands’ family. You will work with a supportive, caring team of staff who will ensure that you are able to achieve within your role.

For further information about the school, please visit https:/www.greenlandsprimary.org.uk

Cygnus Academies Trust

Greenlands is part of Cygnus Academies Trust who are a group of friendly, like-minded schools, working together in the best interest of all our children. Driven by a desire to collaborate at every level, with an emphasis on staff development and opportunities for all. Cygnus Academies Trust schools really are a fantastic place to work and learn.

Our approach is to allow all schools to retain and celebrate their uniqueness. While ensuring; great teaching and learning, strong leadership and management, effective local governance, curriculum expertise, visionary business and financial management.

For further information about the Trust, please visit www.cygnus.org.uk

We offer:

· Local Government Pension Scheme

· 27 days Annual Leave (rising to 29 after 5 years’ service) plus bank holiday entitlement (pro-rata for part-time)

· Employee support services.

· Effective CPD opportunities

· Collaborative working with other schools within our Trust

Safer Recruitment

Cygnus Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. In line with Safer Recruitment guidelines, CVs will not be accepted, and you are required to complete the application in full giving details of all employment, training and gaps in employment. Cygnus Academies Trust reserves the right to reject incomplete application forms, and any consistencies or anomalies will be explored at, or prior to, interview. Any offer of employment is subject to pre-employment checks including a satisfactory ‘Enhanced with Barred List Check’ through the Disclosure and Barring Service. We will require two satisfactory references; one of which must be your line manager in your present or most recent employment. References will be requested prior to interview so please ensure that your referees are available to provide a reference.

Equal Opportunities

Cygnus Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion who welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. All people who work and study at our Trust have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Additional Information

• References will be requested for shortlisted applicants prior to interview.

• Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete and return a Self-Disclosure form prior to interview.

• Online Searches will be carried out on shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any concerns will be discussed with candidates at interview.

• Further vetting checks including an enhanced DBS, incorporating a check of the Children’s Barred List, will be undertaken on provisional offer.

• The Child Protection Policy can be found on the school website.

• The Employment of Ex-Offenders Policy can be found on the Trust website

This post is a customer-facing position and falls within the scope of the Code of Practice on English Language Requirement for Public Sector Workers. The school has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Office
• Address:Green Street, Green Road, Darenth, Kent, DA2 8DH
• Telephone: 01474703178
• Email: office@greenlandsprimary.org.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Job Description & Person Specification