TEACHING ASSISTANT

Teaching Assistants required for September 2024 start

If you can help with our aim for every pupil to flourish, with our core belief in the value of each and every person, then we are the school for you!

• Do you want to work in a rewarding school environment?
• Are you looking to add school experience to your CV?
• Do you want to use this job as a stepping stone into a career as a teacher?
• Do you want a job with the same holidays as your children?

At St Peter’s, we help our pupils grow academically, emotionally, socially, physically and spiritually. We can offer you:

• well behaved and enthusiastic learners, who get a wide range of opportunities
• a clear, broad and exciting curriculum, which takes full advantage of our stunning locality;
• a fantastic and involved school community;
• a very strong team of staff and lots of professional support and challenge for you.

What we are looking for

Teaching assistants

We are looking for teaching assistants who are capable of providing general support for pupils. This will include in-class assistance, small intervention groups, one to one work, or other work at the discretion of the class teacher/leadership team. The posts are likely to be based in KS2 in the first instance, but staff are expected to work across the whole school. They include play leader supervision at lunchtime.

You will need to be proficient in maths and English, with good communication skills. Experience of working with young children is highly desirable. 

 The roles are:

• Role 1 - Mon - Fri 08.45 - 11.30 and 12 - 3 - 27.5 hours
• Role 2 - Mon - Fri 08.45 - 13.15 - 21.25 hours

The pay is £11.98 per hour depending on experience.

Pro rota full time salary is approx £22,737 plus pension.

About the school

St Peter’s Church of England Primary School is an average-sized primary school (330 pupils) situated in the beautiful seaside location of Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Our locality has so much to offer: the seaside, the river, woodland, fantastic community groups and much more!

We are rated by OFSTED as a ‘good’ school, with an excellent reputation and rising standards.

Our site has lots of resources, including a swimming pool, a large field and playground, and much more! We have a comprehensive development package for staff, including training to Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) status.

Check out our school vision and curriculum.

Safeguarding

St Peter’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check, health screening and references.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• To work under direct supervision/instruction to support access to learning by:
•  Attending to the welfare and personal care of pupils including those with special educational needs
•  Working one to one and occasionally with small groups, including teaching Read Write Inc phonics.
• Undertaking general clerical/organisational support for the teacher
• Being adaptable and flexible to meet the specific needs of an individual pupil

Applying

For further information and an application form please click apply.

The deadline for applications is Monday 15th July at noon. Interviews will be on Thursday 18th July.