EYFS Teaching Assistant (Level 2)
Job Summary
Contract Type:
Fixed Term
Working Pattern:
Part time - term time
Advert Start Date:
27/11/2024
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 04/12/2024 12:00
Salary:
£24,790 - £25,183 FTE
Job Category:
Schools - Teaching Assistant
Employment Location:
Wylam First School
Further Information
Contract Type: Fixted term until end of academic year; 18 July 2025 Working Pattern/hours: Term time only, 28.5 hours per week (9am-3.15pm Monday-Friday)
Salary: £24,790-£25,183 Full Time Equivalent per annum, £16,003 - £16,256 pro rata Band 3, Level 2 (SG17)
Required: 6 January 2025
Closing date: 4 December 2024, 12 noon
Interview date: 9 December 2024
Wylam First School is a successful, small, inclusive first school, set in the historic Tyne Valley. We have enthusiastic, hardworking and friendly pupils, together with dedicated and hardworking staff and governors.
Wylam First School is part of the Tyne Community Learning Trust which comprises of six first schools, two middle schools and a high school, and we work closely with our partnership schools to provide the very best educational experience for all pupils. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching Assistant to support our successful Nursery team, to assist with a temporary increase in workload.
This position will start on 6th January 2025 and end on 18th July 2025. The main duties of this role are set out in the Job Description available from this website.
The successful candidate will have:
- Suitable and relevant Level 2 qualification or above
- Good standard of Literacy and Numeracy with good communication skills
- Knowledge and understanding of child development and how to effectively plan experiences to promote progress
- Experience of working with children with a variety of needs
- Ability to ensure that every child reaches their potential and thrives
- A commitment to developing the whole child
- Experience of working closely with parents and outside agencies
- High expectations of themselves and others
- Enthusiasm, flexibility and resilience.
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. An online search will be carried out on shortlisted candidates, prior to interview.
The Trust Safeguarding and Child Protection Policies and Employment of Ex-Offenders Policy can be found here.
Application forms can be downloaded from this website and are also available from the school by contacting the school office.
A curriculum vitae will only be accepted alongside an application form. Applications are invited from prospective candidates who are able to demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria set out in the person specification.
lease include in your covering letter and statement of additional information, your strengths as a Teaching Assistant and the experience you have that would make you a perfect candidate for the position at Wylam First School.
Applications can be returned via email to admin@wfs.cheviotlt.co.uk or to the school.
Visits to our school are welcomed and encouraged before the closing date. Please contact the school to arrange. Wylam First School, Bell Road, Wylam, Northumberland, NE41 8EH Tel: 01661 852771
Please note
This job is closed for applications.