Teaching and Learning Assistant

Ilketshall St Lawrence School; St Andrew, Ilketshall; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Ilketshall St Lawrence School invites applications from experienced teaching assistants, including those returning to the profession after a career break. The role focuses on providing children with the best possible learning opportunities while upholding high standards of classroom practice and behaviour management.

The successful candidate will support learning across the class, lead small group activities, adapt teaching methods to meet individual needs, monitor progress, and provide clear

Qualifications

• Experience as a teaching assistant or willingness to return to the profession after a career break.
• Ability to uphold high expectations and provide strong classroom practice.

Responsibilities

• Support learning in class, small groups or 1:1.
• Lead small group activities and adapt teaching approaches to individual pupil needs.

Skills

Classroom support

Behaviour management

Relationships with children

Small group instruction

Adaptive teaching methods

Job description

As a school we pride ourselves in the continuous professional development that we offer our staff and as a result we are welcoming applications from experienced teaching assistants and teaching assistants that might be looking to return back to the profession after a career break.

The person that we are looking for needs to:

• Be highly committed to providing children with the best possible learning opportunities
• Be a teaching assistant who exemplifies excellent classroom practice, behaviour management and high expectations
• Have the skills to build good, supportive relationships with children that are built on mutual understanding and respect
• Have the skills to follow and set clear boundaries and support children to self-regulate enabling them to learn effectively in class, small groups or individually
• Work with dynamic, forward thinking staff who have high aspirations for our children
• Have an understanding of monitoring children’s progress and can provide detailed next steps in learning
• Have high expectations and aspirations for all children
• Lead small group activities or one-on-one instruction
• Be able to adapt teaching methods to meet the needs of individual pupils
• Work well as a member of the whole school team
• Be able to demonstrate initiative
• Have boundless enthusiasm and a keen sense of humour

This post will be reporting directly to the Headteacher and will based at Ilketshall St Lawrence Primary

Please also see our website - www.ilketshallstlawrenceprimary.co.uk

ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children’s barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.