Educational Teaching Assistant (ETA)

Batley Multi Academy Trust; Batley; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Batley Multi Academy Trust is seeking an Educational Teaching Assistant (ETA) to provide guidance, care and support to Pupils at Manorfield Infant and Nursery School in Batley. The role focuses on SEND needs and welfare, working within a team that includes teaching and associate staff to support learners’ learning journey.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong interest in primary education, patience, resilience and effective teamwork to help pupils achieve positive outcomes in a

Qualifications

• Experience with SEND and supporting young learners.
• Ability to work as part of a team with teaching staff.
• Demonstrates efficiency, enthusiasm and resilience in challenging situations.
• Strong interest in primary education.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance, care and support to young learners.
• Support learning and welfare as part of a teaching team.

Skills

SEND experience

Teamwork

Communication

Primary education

Job description

Batley Multi Academy Trust's sole purpose is to provide a great education for Primary and Secondary learners throughout a local family of schools. The Trust is passionately committed to the communities of Batley, Birstall, Dewsbury and our surrounding areas, serving our local learners and their families in order to secure excellent educational outcomes, partnered with high aspirations. Batley Multi Academy Trust currently comprises Batley Girls' High School; Batley Grammar School; Upper Batley High School; Healey Junior, Infant and Nursery School; Field Lane Junior, Infant and Nursery School; Manorfield Infant and Nursery School; Purlwell Infant and Nursery School and Hyrstmount Junior School. The Trust also operates two community centres called The Fields and the Yorkshire Rose Teaching Partnership for adult education and the Smart Academy. We provide high quality education for all our young people regardless of their background or starting point. Collaboration across our Trust family of
schools enables us to share expertise, knowledge and best practice to ensure academic and pastoral excellence, with all schools embracing the same overall ethos and values, whilst maintaining their own unique characters.

Manorfield Infant and Nursery School is a large 2-7 school in the centre of Staincliffe, Batley. We are proud of our caring school ethos. The children at Manorfield school show very positive learning behaviours and we work hard to ensure that the very youngest children get the best start to their educational journey. Our school values are resilience, confidence, inclusive, nurturing, transformational and respect. We try to embody our values in everything we do.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced, dedicated and enthusiastic Educational Teaching Assistant (ETA) to provide the very best guidance, care and support to young people in our school. The successful candidate will work as part of a team including teaching and associate staff, to support the learning and welfare of our learners. Excellent team working skills, along with the ability to deal with difficult situations are essential.

The successful candidate will need to have strong knowledge and experience of SEND, along with being able to demonstrate efficiency and enthusiasm, with a keen interest in Primary Education.