Teaching Assistant

Are you ready to inspire the next generation while helping in a smooth and productive classroom environment? Join our committed team of professionals at Wroughton Academies Job Title: Teaching Assistant Location: Norfolk Salary: NJC Scale 5 to 6 £19,694 - £20,024 actual (£23,500-£23,893 FTE) Start date: January 2025 Contract type: Fixed Term until 31 August 2025 Working Pattern: Full time About our School: At Wroughton Academies, our mission is clear: 'Through the highest expectations, we ensure that children have the knowledge, understanding and skills to be confident and successful.' This mission, created collaboratively by all staff at Wroughton Infant and Junior Academies, underpins everything we do. We believe that the culture at Wroughton is a key ingredient in ensuring children achieve excellence. Our approach to education encompasses:

• Academic Excellence: Delivering a challenging curriculum that fosters critical thinking and intellectual curiosity.
• Emotional Intelligence: Cultivating a supportive environment where children develop resilience and self-awareness.
• Physical Wellbeing: Promoting healthy lifestyles through physical education and nutritional guidance.
• Creative Expression: Encouraging artistic and musical talents to flourish.
• Social Competence: Developing strong interpersonal skills and a sense of community responsibility.
About you and the role We are looking to appoint a Teaching Assistant:
• Under the instruction/guidance of teaching or other senior staff and within the overall ethos of the school, undertake care and learning programmes and activities to support individuals or groups of pupils.
• To provide specialised support for those with SEND where appropriate, enable access to learning for pupils and assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.
• Liaise with teachers, other support, health and education specialists, parents, visitors and volunteers.
Requirements: To apply for the role of Teaching Assistant, you must:
• Have experience of working in a supportive role across EYFS, Key stage 1 or Key stage 2.
• An understanding of the EYFS.
• Proven capabilities in supporting the learning of SEND pupils.
About Creative Education Trust: Creative Education Trust was established in 2010 to work in England's post-industrial and coastal towns and cities. We are now a network of 17 schools educating 14,500 children and young people. We have chosen to work with schools in challenging circumstances. We have successfully transformed schools previously deemed to be inadequate into good ones in order that all our students can have the best start in life. We are committed to providing educational opportunity for children of all abilities and to building cultural capital through a wide range of co-curricular activities. Curricular innovation through our Knowledge Connected programmes promotes creative, integrated and pro-active thinking so that our students are equipped for the challenges of the 21st century. CET Benefits & Continual Professional Development: CET are committed to your learning and development, which is a continuous process that starts with your induction. The opportunities include a wide range of subjects from middle leadership and DSL training to autism awareness. We run annual conferences including Safeguarding and Learning and Teaching and have regular network meetings across the Trust. We have a wide range of benefits that you are more than welcome to explore further in our Staff Benefits brochure attached. Next Steps Application Closing Date: 24 November 2024 Interview Date: 29 November 2024 Please submit your application through our website using the direct online application method. We warmly welcome visits to our school or if you would like to arrange a confidential conversation with the Line Manager of this position, please contact our HR team on norfolkhr@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk who would be happy to assist in arranging this. Essential Information: Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility. All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview. The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.

To apply for the role of Teaching Assistant, you must:
• Have experience of working in a supportive role across EYFS, Key stage 1 or Key stage 2.
• An understanding of the EYFS.
• Proven capabilities in supporting the learning of SEND pupils.
  
  At Wroughton Academies, our mission is clear: 'Through the highest expectations, we ensure that children have the knowledge, understanding and skills to be confident and successful.' This mission, created collaboratively by all staff at Wroughton Infant and Junior Academies, underpins everything we do.
We believe that the culture at Wroughton is a key ingredient in ensuring children achieve excellence. Our approach to education encompasses:
• Academic Excellence: Delivering a challenging curriculum that fosters critical thinking and intellectual curiosity.
• Emotional Intelligence: Cultivating a supportive environment where children develop resilience and self-awareness.
• Physical Wellbeing: Promoting healthy lifestyles through physical education and nutritional guidance.
• Creative Expression: Encouraging artistic and musical talents to flourish.
• Social Competence: Developing strong interpersonal skills and a sense of community responsibility., Creative Education Trust was established in 2010 to work in England's post-industrial and coastal towns and cities. We are now a network of 17 schools educating 14,500 children and young people.
We have chosen to work with schools in challenging circumstances. We have successfully transformed schools previously deemed to be inadequate into good ones in order that all our students can have the best start in life. We are committed to providing educational opportunity for children of all abilities and to building cultural capital through a wide range of co-curricular activities. Curricular innovation through our Knowledge Connected programmes promotes creative, integrated and pro-active thinking so that our students are equipped for the challenges of the 21st century. CET Benefits & Continual Professional Development: CET are committed to your learning and development, which is a continuous process that starts with your induction. The opportunities include a wide range of subjects from middle leadership and DSL training to autism awareness. We run annual conferences including Safeguarding and Learning and Teaching and have regular network meetings across the Trust. We have a wide range of benefits that you are more than welcome to explore further in our Staff Benefits brochure attached.