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Teaching Assistant

Job Summary
Contract Type:
Permanent
Working Pattern:
Part time - term time
Advert Start Date:
30/01/2025
Advert End Date:
07/03/2025 12:00
Salary:
£18,249 - £18,538 pro rata
Hours per week:
32.5
Job Category:
Schools - Teaching Assistant
Vacancy ID:
275731
Employment Location:
Broomley First School
Number of posts:
1
Closing date:
7 Mar
Further Information
Broomley First School, Main Road, Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43 7NN (3-9 Years First School, Mrs Katie Jacobs Executive Head Teacher).

Teaching Assistant, permanent Term Time only, 32.5 working hours per week (8.30am - 3.30pm Monday - Friday)
Band 3 (Level 2) £24,790 - £25,183 FTE £18,249 - £18,538 Pro-rata Applications are invited for the above post to start on 28th March 2025.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Teaching Assistant to support our school.

Broomley 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.

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
  • Working knowledge of the EYFS statutory framework and National Curriculum for KS1 and Lower KS2
  • 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. Visits to our school are welcomed and encouraged before the closing date. Please contact the school before the closing date to arrange. Application forms can be downloaded from the Trust website under the careers section. A curriculum vitae will only be accepted alongside an application form.

Please return completed application forms to admin@bfs.cheviotlt.co.uk

Closing date: Friday 7th March 2025 at 12 noon Interviews: Tuesday 11th March 2025