Working Pattern: Part-time, term time only

Actual Salary Range: £21,035 - £22,274 p.a. inc.

Hours: 30 hours x 39 weeks per annum

Starting: January 2025

 

Are you a Teaching Assistant who looks to inspire a love of learning in the children you work with?

 

At George Spicer, we empower our staff with the skills necessary to provide our children with the support and challenge they need to access our curriculum.

 

Everyone in our school community shows a willingness and dedication to improve their individual knowledge, skills and abilities. 

 

We are looking to appoint Scale 4 Teaching Assistant to join our support staff team. This candidate will be working with children with identified SEMH needs. This may be in the form of 1:1 work or small group work outside and inside the classroom.

 

The ideal candidate will:

• Resonate with our principles of: Inspire – Empower - Improve
• Be caring, enthusiastic and patient;
• Show commitment and enthusiasm for working with all children;
• Demonstrate good understanding of inclusive practice to enable children with SEND to access learning and make good progress;
• Have excellent communication skills;
• Be able to use initiative to adapt learning to the specific needs of the children;
• Have experience of working with children with SEMH needs;
• Have experience of delivering high quality intervention;
• Be a team player who relishes contributing as part of a larger collective;
• Be flexible and adaptable to work across the primary age range and in collaboration with other members of staff.

 

George Spicer will offer you:

• Enthusiastic, well-behaved, friendly children who love their learning and make us proud to be at George Spicer;
• An experienced and supportive team who work hard to continue to develop our school;
• A school which cares about staff wellbeing and a positive work life balance;
• Access to a broad and varied programme of CPD.
• A friendly, supportive and committed staff team

 

If this resonates with you, then we strongly encourage you to explore our website and come to see us in action.

Applicants should have achieved a level 2 or Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification or GCSE grade 4 (formally Grade C) in English and Mathematics. 

Please ensure your supporting statement demonstrates how your knowledge, skill and experience meet the person specification and job description for this role.

 

For further information or to arrange a visit to our school, please telephone 020 8363 1406

Please click ‘Apply now’ to submit your application.

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

 

Closing date for application: Wednesday 8^th January 2025

Interviews Week Beginning: 13^th January 2025

If you do not hear from us, please presume that you have not been shortlisted.

 

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references are required for this post.