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Teaching Vacancies; Berwick-upon-Tweed; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Norham St Ceolwulf's invites applications for a proactive Level 2 Teaching Assistant to work across the school, supporting learning for all children, including those with SEND. You will contribute to an inclusive ethos and help deliver phonics and early interventions.

The successful candidate will have strong literacy and numeracy, excellent English, and thrive in a collaborative environment with families and professionals, ensuring pupil wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Have vision, values and tenacity to join our team.
• Promote our distinctive Christian ethos and values.
• Excellent literacy, numeracy and spoken English.
• Strong behaviour management and communication skills.
• Experience working with children/young people; TA qualification advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support learning across the school and for pupils including those with SEND.
• Implement work programmes (phonics and early interventions) with individuals or groups.
• Deliver learning activities for individuals, groups or classes and monitor progress and report outcomes.
• Encourage pupils to interact and work cooperatively with others.
• Put children’s safety and wellbeing first and be actively involved in school life.

Skills

Vision and tenacity

Literacy and numeracy

Behaviour management

Communication skills

Supporting SEND/ diverse needs

Education

Teaching Assistant qualification

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint a pro‑active, enthusiastic, energetic and skilled Level 2 Teaching Assistant to join our team, working across the school, supporting the learning of all of the children, including those with SEND.

The successful candidate will have the vision and drive to make a significant impact in our vibrant school and who is committed to making a difference to the lives of our children.

Applications are invited from candidates who:

• Are able to demonstrate that they have the vision, values and tenacity to join our team
• Can support and promote our distinctive Christian ethos and values
• Have excellent standards of literacy, numeracy and spoken English
• Can demonstrate excellent behaviour management and communication skills to support pupils with different needs and abilities, enabling them to overcome initial barriers to learning
• Implement agreed work programmes (including phonics and early interventions) with individuals/groups, in or out of the classroom
• Deliver learning activities for individuals/groups or for whole classes and monitoring pupils and assessing, recording and reporting on pupil’s achievement, progress and development
• Use specialist skills and training to support the pupils, encouraging pupils to interact and work cooperatively with others and engage all pupils in activities
• Put children’s safety and wellbeing first
• Be highly motivated with a commitment to securing the best outcomes for all children
• Be actively involved in all aspects of school life

We are looking for someone who has experience of working with children/young people, is interested in their development and learning and has good organisational and communication skills. Qualification as a teaching assistant (or equivalent) would be an advantage.

What the school offers its staff

In return, we can offer you the opportunity to join a successful school which has a strong inclusive ethos and an inherent drive for quality. Norham St Ceolwulf's is dedicated to delivering outstanding inclusive practice through a culture of co‑production, experiential learning and growth, where parents and professionals work together to support the holistic development of the child. Our children are proud citizens within their local community, care for each other, are focused on learning and enjoy coming to school. We have an incredibly strong team and thrive on working together to improve access to education and outcomes for our children.

This is a fixed term contract of 32.5hrs per week, term time plus 3 days

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.