Team Around the Child Teaching Assistant- Maternity Cover - Maternity

Hoath Primary School, Canterbury

• Ref:KCC886-2265-36S
• Posted:13/06/2025
• Pay:Kent Range KSA
• Start Date:Sept 2025
• App Close Date:27/06/2025 at 12:00
• Interviews:wb 30th June

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We are looking for a patient, caring and nurturing person to join our small, family oriented school to offer support to our pupils in a Team Around the Child Teaching Assistant position whilst our current Teaching Assistant is off on Maternity leave.

The successful candidate would be very patient and able to have a reassuring nature about them that would help children build their confidence and become more independent. Experience of working within a school setting and of supporting children on a 1:1 or group level would be an advantage for this role, as would working with primary aged children and or working as a health care professional.

The successful candidate would also need to ensure they are able to work with us in maintaining our high standards of safeguarding for children within our setting. 

What would you find if you worked at our School:

A friendly supportive staff, all working together to deliver a fun, robust and challenging curriculum.

A wonderful family atmosphere where everybody supports each other.

A highly motivated staff who work tirelessly for each and every child at our school.

CPD training opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills.

At present the role would be Monday to Friday term time only during the maternity cover.

The post would be set at KSA pro rata term time only. Full time equivalent £24,513.

If you feel you would be able to join our school community and support our children then we would look forward to hear from you.

Information about the school

Hoath Primary School is a small rural school that has much to offer. Hoath Primary School is Federated with Chislet C. E. Primary School. The Federation of Chislet and Hoath is an established Federation of two small village schools nestled in beautiful countryside between Canterbury and the sea. The Federation consists of two small but perfectly formed schools each having their own administrator and budget but sharing a Leadership Team and Governing Body. We are looking for the right person to become our newest member of our team. Hoath Primary school is a family oriented school where everybody supports each other. Our school is a lovely, bustling working environment with lots to offer our children. Children, Families, Staff and Governors all work closely together to ensure that we provide a fun, wide ranging and challenging curriculum for all. Our school's tagline is Small School, Big Community, Unlimited Potential and this is what we aim to deliver for all our children and families. At Hoath School we also have a passion for providing outside learning to children through our Forest School and Beach school curriculums. We set out a challenging, yet fun and engaging curriculum to inspire our children to become active learners and with the use of our Federation mini-buses we are able to expand those opportunities beyond our schools boundaries.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Anthony Sanders
• Address:Hoath Primary School, School Lane, Hoath, Canterbury, Kent, CT34LA
• Telephone: 01227860249
• Email: headteacher@hoath.kent.sch.uk

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