Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a teaching assistant to join our happy, friendly team to start as soon as possible. The post involves working to support individual pupils and groups of pupils. A strong background in maths and English is ideal for this role and previous experience of working with children in a primary setting would be an advantage but not essential.

This is a fixed term post commencing in January 2024 and ending on 31st August 2024; however the contract will be reviewed on March 2024.

Term time only

Salary Type: Bucks pay

Salary details: Range 1b Point 6 to 10 (depending upon experience) \xc2\xa320,297.00 to \xc2\xa321,223.00 pro rata 39 weeks per annum

Contract type: Fixed Term

Hours: Monday to Friday 8.40am to 3.15pm with half hour lunch break

Closing date: 05/01/2024 12:00

Interviews to be held: Week Beginning 8th January 2024

About us

We are a one form entry mainstream primary school set in a small village near Aylesbury. Our children are enthusiastic and motivated with exceptional behaviour for learning. We have beautiful school grounds and enjoy outdoor learning. We are fortunate to have exceptionally supportive parents who work with the school in the best interests of their children.

Our last Ofsted report rated us as \'Good\' and we are keen to work with creative and inspirational professional keen to strive for outstanding.

About the role

You will provide support to either a small group of pupils or 1:1 under the direction of the class teacher, mainly within the classroom.

You will assist in promoting the learning and personal development of pupils enabling them to make best use of the educational opportunities available to them.

This role may include regular intimate care - \'intimate care\' means doing tasks involving close personal contact that someone can\'t do independently. This includes changing nappies and helping a pupil use the toilet.

In addition, there will be a daily \xc2\xbd hour lunch duty and some mid-morning break duties.

About you

The successful candidate will have:
Essential

• A kind, caring and supportive nature.
• An enthusiastic commitment to the children and school
• A positive approach with patience and understanding
• A dedication to raising attainment and progress of pupils with whom you work.
• Flair, imagination, creativity, flexibility, positivity and an ability to work effectively as part of a team, to embrace and embed new strategies and approaches to support young people.

Desirable

• GCSE level in Maths and English (or equivalent).
• Experience of supporting young people in an educational setting

Other information

For further information, please contact the School Business Manager
Tel 01296 748340 Email:

Closing date for applications: Friday 5th January 2024

Interviews to be held: Week Beginning 8th January 2024

Please note that this deadline may be extended based on the needs of the school, or the application window closed sooner if a suitable candidate is found. Therefore, we strongly encourage any applicants to apply as soon as possible. We look forward to receiving your application.

Stone Church of England Combined School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Therefore, we expect all workers and employees to share this commitment.

All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced Criminal Records with Barred List check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

This role involves contact with children. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Please find our Child protection policy and our Safer Recruitment (which includes our policy on employing ex-offenders) on our school website here:

We will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to help identify any incidents or issues that are publicly available online.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to and the (see, in particular, the section titled \'Exceptions Order\').

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.

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