Are you passionate about supporting children to be the best they can be? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our highly motivated and forward-thinking team at Dunbury Academy. We are looking for a 1:1 Teaching Assistant who can inspire and motivate our learners with high expectations and a drive to enable pupils to flourish. This is a fixed term position until 31 August 2025. 6 hours per day, 30 hours per week, term time only, including INSET days, 39 weeks.
The successful candidate will be responsible for working across a discrete range of pupil need e.g. supporting learning in the classroom, providing sensory and/or emotional regulating breaks, and for the most part, this will be delivered on a 1-1 basis within the classroom. You will work with teachers /SENCO to promote individual pupils’ academic, social and emotional development through the provision of a stable, caring and supportive learning environment; to enable the pupil(s) to achieve their full learning potential and facilitate their personal, academic, social and moral development.
There may be a special needs element where you will work with pupils with disability, learning difficulties or behavioural problems. We pride ourselves on having high standards of conduct and behaviour at all times and are seeking a professional to join us in promoting this in our learning community.
We can offer you:
- support in a school that is forward thinking and innovative
- children who are motivated, enthusiastic and articulate in their learning
- a strong commitment to a drive for excellence
- an ethos focused on raising standards for all
- the opportunity to work in a team where enthusiasm, hard work and initiative are appreciated, but above all, one where the shared agenda of improvement is central
- a supportive SLT that has a strong ambition and vision for the school's future