Teaching Assistant

Connex - Nottingham; Coalville; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Connex Education is seeking a Teaching Assistant for primary schools in Coalville. The role involves providing essential classroom support and helping to ensure students achieve their learning goals. This position offers a competitive daily rate, training opportunities, and the potential for longer placements. Ideal candidates should have relevant educational experience and strong teamwork skills.

Benefits

Competitive daily rate

Free access to Teaching Assistant Toolkit skills development

Funded formal qualifications

Career progression opportunities

Wellbeing programme

Trainee teacher apprenticeship opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working in an educational environment with children aged between 4 and 11 years.
• Ability to support on a 1:1 basis or in small groups.
• Organised and reliable with a current Enhanced DBS.

Responsibilities

• Provide general classroom support for all pupils in KS1 and KS2.
• Facilitate learning through play and small group interventions.
• Promote acquisition of learning goals alongside Class Teacher.

Skills

Teamwork

Behaviour Management

Knowledge of Phonics

Education

Experience with children aged 4-11

Job description

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Connex Education is in partnership with a vibrant Primary School within the Coalville area to recruit a Teaching Assistant to work on a regular relief cover basis starting ASAP.

You will have strong teamwork skills as the school in question has a key focus on teamwork and collaboration to be able to achieve student and school goals. This school is at the heart of a thriving and creative community, and you will need to meet high standards and match the ambitious expectations alongside the staff and the governors. A key ethos and aim for this school are to ensure all learners are provided focused support to ensure excellent progress is made.

Duties will include general classroom support for all pupils in KS1 and KS2, facilitating learning through play and small group interventions for pupils requiring additional help. The successful candidate must have the ability to work in close partnership with the Class Teacher in helping to promote the acquisition of learning goals.

At Connex Education we value the role Teaching Assistants have in Children’s improvement in school and confidence outside the classroom to reach their full potential.

Our fantastic Supply Teaching Assistant roles are due to start ASAP, apply now to be put forward! For the right candidate, many of our placements have the potential to extend to cover the term or the rest of the academic year, with the opportunity to go permanent.

Benefits of working with Connex Education

• Competitive daily rate
• Free access to our Teaching Assistant Toolkit skills development package comprising over 24 courses
• Funded formal qualifications, from Level 2 SEND, Level 3 Teaching and Learning, Level 4 HLTA and Level 5 TEFL
• Career progression via our TA to Tutor conversion course
• Wellbeing programme and refresher training for life in a 21st century classroom
• Trainee teacher apprenticeship opportunities

Person Specification

• Experience working in an educational environment with children aged between 4 and 11 years.
• Be willing to support on a 1:1 basis or work in small groups with children
• Have behaviour management skills
• Knowledge of Phonics and Read, Write Inc
• Be organised and reliable
• Have a current Enhanced DBS on the update service or willing to process a new one