EYFS Senior Teaching Assistant Level 3

Teaching Vacancies; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

Arbourthorne Community Primary School in Sheffield is seeking an enthusiastic teaching assistant to join our friendly, dynamic team. The role is likely to be in FS2/Reception, working alongside an experienced team to provide in-base support and enable smooth lesson delivery.

The successful candidate will have very good literacy and numeracy skills and hold NVQ 3 for teaching assistants or equivalent qualifications or experience.

Qualifications

• Very good literacy and numeracy skills.
• NVQ 3 for teaching assistants or equivalent qualifications or experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide in-base support alongside the class teacher.

Skills

Literacy

Numeracy

Teamwork

Education

NVQ 3 for teaching assistants

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Come and enjoy being part of our friendly dynamic team. We have a rare opportunity for the right person to join our wonderful school and be based in our excellent Early Years Foundation Stage working alongside an experienced team. The post is likely to be in FS2/Reception in the first instance. You may be at the start of your career or very experienced and looking for a change of setting. You may have worked in nurseries or a school based EYFS- we are just looking for the right person!

You will be required to have very good literacy and numeracy skills, an NVQ 3 for teaching assistants or equivalent qualifications or experience.

You will be an excellent teaching assistant working alongside your class teacher to provide in base support.

What the school offers its staff

We offer high quality training in a supportive and caring environment where children are warmly welcomed and inclusion sits at the very heart of our practice. We are an innovative school working closely with our community and enjoy partnerships with schools across the country as well as universities and businesses as we develop our focus on being ‘more than a school’ and a community hub.

Arbourthorne Community Primary School is an OfSTED rated good school with outstanding Personal Development. We have approximately 456 pupils on roll but manage to create a ‘family’ atmosphere despite being a larger than average primary school. 43% of our children are on the SEND register, 68% are entitled to pupil premium. 44% of our population are global majority and 38 languages are spoken across school.

There is a strong sense of team in our school and a very positive and friendly atmosphere. There is a good balance of really experienced and newer early career teachers. The school serves an area of high social disadvantage and staff have worked with great determination to improve the life chances of our pupils. Behaviour is excellent in the school and an outstanding pastoral team provide additional support for the most vulnerable children and families. We all have a strong sense of collective responsibility to our pupils and every child is everybody’s business!

We offer excellent facilities for our children and families. We have a healthy budget and are resource rich and are able to offer high quality training opportunities for colleagues. We welcome both experienced or colleagues new to their career.

We have a 78-place full-time equivalent Nursery. We have two classes per year group and colleagues plan together. We also have a 15 place Integrated Resource Unit for pupils with special educational needs. Staff enjoy working in phase teams.

The school is well known locally and nationally for its inclusive approach to education. We believe in the value of parents, children, governors and staff closely working together.

We have a strong representation of parents on the governing body. We offer a variety of courses in school for our parents and community and have significant numbers of volunteer parents across all activities in school.

Staff work incredibly hard at this school to provide an excellent all round education. We have annual residentials for Y6 and Y3 pupils and trips which put the City of Sheffield at the heart of the planning. We have developed an off‑site house which is our life skills centre, offering pupils and their families training in health, well-being and life skills and have beautiful school grounds with an extensive growing area developed and supported by our teacher gardener and environmentalist. We have a community kitchen which supports nutrition and food education.

Children throughout school are involved in performance to develop their confidence and speaking and listening skills and there is a tradition of performing at the Montgomery theatre. We work closely with a range of partners to offer other additional opportunities for our pupils, including Latin, music, drama, dance, sports and subject specialist expertise.

We have a long‑established artist in residence who delivers literacy through visual arts through family art projects and ‘An Even Better Arbourthorne’, which has developed a Community Fridge and growing opportunities and we have recently built a community kitchen.

We welcome applications from anyone who is committed to working closely with parents, governors, children and staff and is keen to support us in providing a high quality education for everyone at Arbourthorne.

Applicants are welcome to visit the school and to drop in to lessons to see for themselves the way we work.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced and Barring Service Check. We will carry out online searches for shortlisted candidates in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. A criminal record self declaration form will be required to be completed if shortlisted, and discussed at the interview if necessary. We welcome applications from everyone. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.