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Ks1 Teaching Assistant - Full-time

The Discovery School, Kings Hill, West Malling

  • Ref:KCC886-2065-157S
  • Posted:20/09/2018
  • Pay:Kent Range 3
  • Start Date:Immediate
  • App Close Date:05/10/2018 at 12:00
  • Interviews:Weeks of the 8th October 2018

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We are looking for an experienced, full time KS1 Teaching Assistant to join our Year 1 and 2 team as soon as possible.

If you are hardworking, a team player, can use your initiative, full of patience, care and respect for children, able to work with targeted groups as well as individual children, have a good sense of humour and willing to go the extra mile for our children, then we can offer you:

  • A lovely school in a beautiful setting 
  • A genuinely happy place to work, where you will be valued and supported
  • Hardworking, motivated and well behaved children
  • A range of opportunities for professional development
  • Supportive, active parents and governing body
  • A commitment to ensuring a sensible work-life balance

Applicants will be expected to hold a relevant Teaching Assistant qualification (Level 2 minimum) or be on the pathway to completing a similar qualification. This is because we ask our TAs to cover teachers PPA time each week.

Visits to the school prior to application are welcome. The following dates and times are available for tours:

  • Tuesday 2nd October 4pm,
  • Wednesday 3rd October 9am
  • Friday 5th October 4pm.  

Please phone the school office (term time only) to arrange this.

Please fill out the online application form on Kent Teach. CVs will not be accepted without this.

Visit our school webpage to learn more about our school.  https://www.discovery.kent.sch.uk/

The Discovery School is committed to the safety and welfare of all of its children. Applicants for this post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Information about the school

The Discovery School is an outstanding and popular, three form entry school, beautifully situated in large, attractive grounds in the heart of the development of Kings Hill. We have recently been inspected by Ofsted (February 2023) and have been judged to be Outstanding in all areas, including overall effectiveness.

Our children are happy, confident and well-motivated and we expect the highest standards of behaviour and learning from all of them. We have an outstanding staff team who contribute with enthusiasm and dedication to the life of the school. Our motto is: Be the best that you can be, and this is what we all strive to do every day.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Miss Tina Gobell
  • Address:Discovery Drive , Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4GJ
  • Telephone: 01732 847000
  • Email: office@discovery.kent.sch.uk

Documents

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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.