Teaching Assistant - The Priory CE Primary School

Teaching Assistant

Permanent - Required asap

XS 10.4 Grade 5 (£12.85 per hour minimum starting salary)

30 hours per week – Term time only 8:35am – 3:20pm

(less 15min morning break and 30min lunch)

We are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant on a permanent contract for 30 hours per week, starting from February 2025.

The prime responsibility will be to provide class-based learning support for children in EYFS and KS1.  There will also be a significant element of supporting children with additional needs and delivering high quality small group and 1:1 interventions in order to support individual pupils’ academic, social and emotional development.

Please note that supervising children at lunchtime is also a key requirement of the role.

You must have a genuine interest in working with children and entering the education profession. You will have lots of energy, resilience, be keen to learn and willing to have a go. We would welcome any specialist skills such as music, art, drama, dance or sport etc as we would work with you to ensure you get the opportunity to develop these with our children.  We would also welcome applications from recent school leavers or graduates who may be interested in pursuing a career in teaching. Set in the heart of Christchurch, The Priory Primary School offers a caring community, delightful children and a staff who aspire to achieve the very best. We are proud of our happy and popular school.

Visits are warmly encouraged. Please contact Mel Jones or Hayley Broom on 01202 484105 to arrange this.  For full details of the vacancy, you can visit our website http://www.prioryschool.dorset.sch.uk.

Please apply online through https://www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/ 

Candidates should complete the application form in full and so that it is received no later than midday on Monday 27th January 2025.

Closing date: Monday 27th January 2025 (Midday)

Interview date: Monday 3rd February 2025

The Priory CE VA Primary School

Wick Lane

Christchurch

Dorset

BH23 1HX

Telephone (01202) 484105

Email: [email protected]

Visits are warmly encouraged. Please contact Mel Jones or Hayley Broom in the School Office on 01202 484105 to arrange this.  For full details of the vacancy, you can visit our website http://www.prioryschool.dorset.sch.uk.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.