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EYFS Teaching Assistant
Job Summary
Contract Type:
Fixed Term
Working Pattern:
Part time - term time
Advert Start Date:
30/01/2025
Advert End Date:
17/02/2025 12:00
Salary:
£11,230 - £11,408 pro rata
Hours per week:
20
Job Category:
Schools - Teaching Assistant
Vacancy ID:
275730
Employment Location:
Wylam First School
Number of posts:
1
Closing date:
17 Feb
Further Information
Contract Type: Fixed term contract to cover Maternity leave, to start 3rd March 2025 and will terminate when the substantive post holder returns.
Working Pattern/hours: Term time only, 20 hours per week (9am-3pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday)
Salary: £24,790-£25,183 Full Time Equivalent per annum, £11,230 - £11,408 pro rata Band 3, Level 2 (SG17)
Required: 3 March 2025
Closing date: 17 February 2025
Interview date: 19 February 2025
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 proud to be part of the Cheviot Learning Trust which comprises 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 team, to start on the 3rd March 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 skill
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.
Please 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.
Applications are to be in by Monday 17 February at 12 noon.
Interviews are to take place on Wednesday 18 February.
We also have a Wraparound Care Assistant vacancy that could be of interest to you and work around the hours offered for this role. Please see
https://www.cheviotlearningtrust.co.uk/vacancies
for more information.
Wylam First School, Bell Road, Wylam, Northumberland, NE41 8EH Tel: 01661 852771 Email:
admin@wfs.cheviotlt.co
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Supporting documents
Wylam EYFS TA Recruitment Pack 2025 (1).pdf
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