Early Years Teaching Assistant
Job Summary
Contract Type:
Term-time only
Working Pattern:
Please see advert text
Advert Start Date:
05/05/2024
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 17/05/2024 15:00
Salary:
£19,259 - £20,594
Job Category:
Schools - Teaching Assistant
Employment Location:
New Hartley First School
Further Information
Early Years Teaching Assistant
Term time only
Variable hours contract range 25-35, initially 35 hours per week
Band 4 point 7 to point 11
£24,294 to £25,978 [FTE] per annum.
£19,259 - £20,594 pro-rata based on 35 hours per week.
New Hartley First School is a warm and welcoming school with a community feel. We pride ourselves on building strong and positive relationships with our families. Our children are enthusiastic, friendly and eager to learn and explore. We place high value in involving our families and the wider community in school life as this is very important to our team ethos.
Our newly refurbished Early Years unit compromises of a mix of nursery and reception children. Staff are dedicated and hardworking with positive attitudes to getting the best out of all of the children. We have a supportive and involved governing body. Further information about our school can be found on our website.
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated team member who is passionate about Early Years. The successful candidate will join our very successful Early Years team from September 2024 to support, inspire and contribute to the teaching and learning of our early year’s children.
Governors seek an individual who:
- has the highest expectations of pupil performance and attitude to learning
- is able to work well within a team demonstrating a positive attitude, enthusiasm and a sense of humour
- has excellent organisational and interpersonal skills
- demonstrates a commitment to enhancing the school in the wider community
- has a DfE approved EY qualification
- has excellent classroom management skills
- has knowledge of Read, Write, Inc.(desirable)
In return we can offer:
- an exciting opportunity to be a part of our welcoming and nurturing community
- the opportunity to further develop professional skills in a supportive and friendly work environment
- an enthusiastic, hardworking and supportive team of staff, governors, pupils and parents
We are strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are invited for interview, you will be required to disclose convictions that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. Certain spent convictions and cautions will be ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed. Full details on protected convictions and information about which convictions must be declared during job applications can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. You will be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed. This role will include Regulated Activities and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure is required for this post.
Our Child Protection Policy and Employment of Ex-Offenders Policy can be downloaded with the application pack online.
An online search will be carried out on shortlisted candidates, prior to interview.
Informal discussions or visits to the school prior to interview are encouraged. Please contact Mrs Jayne Henderson, Admin Assistant to arrange a visit. Tel: 0191 2371218.
Application forms can be downloaded from this website and are also available from the school by telephoning the school office.
Completed applications should be returned directly to the school either by post to:
Mrs Victoria Frost, School Business Manager, New Hartley First School, New Hartley, Whitley Bay NE25 0RD or by email to admin@newhartley.northumberland.sch.uk
Closing Date: 3.00pm on Friday 17th May 2024
Please note
This job is closed for applications.