Ks2 Teaching Assistant - Full-time
Discovery Inc, Well Street, Kent
Ks2 Teaching Assistant - Full-time
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Discovery Inc, Well Street, Kent
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted today, 27 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: d4c096fd9a514c4886f250e6650f46d6
Full Job Description
We are looking for an experienced, full time KS2 Teaching Assistant to join our KS2 team from January 2025.
If you are hardworking, a team player, can use your initiative, full of patience, care and respect for children, able to work with targeted groups as well as individual children, have experience in the delivery of interventions and Phonics, able to lead a class for PPA time, have a good sense of humour and willing to go the extra mile for our children, then we can offer you:
+ A lovely school in a beautiful setting
+ A genuinely happy place to work, where you will be valued and supported
+ Hardworking, motivated, and well-behaved children
+ A range of opportunities for professional development
+ Supportive, active parents and governing body
+ A commitment to ensuring a sensible work-life balance
Applicants will be expected to hold a relevant Teaching Assistant qualification (Level 3 minimum) or be on the pathway to completing a similar qualification. This is because we ask our TAs to cover teachers PPA time each week.
If you think this is you, come and meet us and see what The Discovery School is all about!
Tours are welcomed and are available on request from the school office. Alternatively, please watch our school tour on our school website to get a feel for our school.
Please also visit it our school website for further information about The Discovery School as well. www.discovery.kent.sch.uk
We are a highly successful school and are committed to the welfare and the safeguarding of all children
We take safeguarding our children extremely seriously at The Discovery School, so applicants to this role will be subject to the usual rigorous DBS and reference checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe In Education (KCSIE) 2024.
In line with KCSIE 2024 guidance, as part of the shortlisting process, The Discovery School reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates, as part of our due diligence and any relevant information found concerning a candidate's suitability to work with children will be discussed at the interview.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early and proceed to interview upon receipt of a number of suitable qualified applications.
Please fill out the online application form on Kent Teach. CVs will not be accepted without this., The Discovery School is an outstanding and popular, three form entry school, beautifully situated in large, attractive grounds in the heart of the development of Kings Hill. We have recently been inspected by Ofsted (February 2023) and have been judged to be Outstanding in all areas, including overall effectiveness.
Our children are happy, confident and well-motivated and we expect the highest standards of behaviour and learning from all of them. We have an outstanding staff team who contribute with enthusiasm and dedication to the life of the school. Our motto is: Be the best that you can be, and this is what we all strive to do every day.