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Teaching Assistant Teaching/Child Support - Part-time

Staplehurst School, Tonbridge

  • Ref:KCC886-2192-123S
  • Posted:11/01/2017
  • Pay:Kent Range 3
  • Start Date:Feb 2017
  • App Close Date:26/01/2017 at 23:00
  • Interviews:Week beg 30 Jan 2017

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Staplehurst School is a large village primary school with lovely children and a fantastic facilities, recently rated GOOD by Ofsted (June 2015).

Do you have high aspirations and expectations of children and yourself?
Are you passionate about providing all children with the opportunity to succeed? Are you committed to improving standards and raising achievement?
Do you value discovery and exploration within all areas of the curriculum?
Can you generate creative ideas to develop our curriculum and inspire children? Are you an effective communicator and good team player?

If so, we would love you to join our team!

We are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant who is committed to raising the attainment and aspirations of our students. We strive to ensure our school is a place “Where children come first’. In return you will join a wonderful staff and have every opportunity to further your professional development and career. Experience is desirable but not essential.

The position is part time (31.25 hours per week term time only) and temporary in the first instance. Visits to the school are strongly recommended - contact our office to make an appointment and we will gladly show you around.

We are looking for a Teaching Assistant who can:

  • Work alongside class teachers to ensure quality first teaching and learning experiences;
  • Be committed to on-going professional development;
  • Contribute to the wider life of the school;
  • Maintain a dynamic and inspiring learning environment;
  • Have good interpersonal skills and are able to work well as part of our staff team

We offer you:                                   

  • Enthusiastic, well-motivated children who will love your desire to engage them in their learning.
  • A welcoming staff team who work well together and who are committed to the continuing development of the whole school.
  • An inclusive environment where every children come first.
  • Excellent professional development opportunities, including a comprehensive training package for NQTs.
  • Supportive parents and governors.

Our school is committed to equality as well as safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Information about the school

Staplehurst School has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. We are proud that ‘the school’s values of positivity, respect, independence, determination and excellence (PRIDE) are seamlessly woven into everyday life’ Ofsted January 2022. Our school is a two form entry community school, with approximately 400 pupils. Situated conveniently, between Maidstone and Cranbrook, in a beautiful rural part of Kent, the school, with its ‘outward-facing, best practice at heart’ culture, has achieved sustained academic improvement and continues to retain an excellent, enthusiastic team of staff.

Blessed within beautiful and spacious grounds, Staplehurst School has the added benefit of two large sports halls, music room, library and a lovely Early Years outside space, as well as a Breakfast Club available from 7.30am and an After School Club until 5.30pm.

Staplehurst School continues to be at the heart of the village community, where we pride ourselves on being an integral part of the everyday lives of people in the village. It is this community support, together with the caring and commitment from staff, which contributes to the well-being of the children. The Governing Body, staff and parents are an ambitious and dedicated team, working together to promote the school, and where our aim is to ensure each child reaches their full potential.

At Staplehurst School children definitely come first!

At Staplehurst, we consider our curriculum to be knowledge-rich. We view the curriculum as the mastery of a body of subject-specific knowledge, the definition of which has been carefully considered and sequenced to offer children the best opportunities as successful 21st century citizens. We champion the importance of invaluable knowledge that children deserve – this informs how we grow our pupils, and how we ensure that when they leave, they have had a rich, culturally diverse experience and are ready to progress to secondary school as well-rounded, considerate individuals.

Our school is committed to equality as well as safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In line with KCSIE guidance, all candidates who are shortlisted will be subject to an online search. This search is not part of the shortlisting process itself and all shortlisted candidates will have the opportunity to address any issues of concern resulting from the search.

Job Contact Information

Fax: 01580 891291

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

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.