Teaching Assistant

Dovery Academy; Leighton Buzzard; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Dovery Academy invites applications for a Teaching Assistant role to join a growing, child-centred team in Leighton Buzzard. The successful candidate will support pupils with learning needs, assist with lesson planning for interventions, and help create an engaging, inclusive classroom environment.

We welcome graduates seeking teaching experience or experienced TAs looking for career development within our expanding school community and MAT framework.

Qualifications

• Experience in a primary school setting.
• Experience of working with children with SEN (special educational needs).
• Be organised, flexible, collaborative and resilient, and prepared to tackle challenges as we establish our schools.
• Have excellent Numeracy and ICT skills and demonstrate exemplary written and spoken English.
• Commitment to professional development and further training.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support small groups of pupils independently.
• Deliver and assist with planning external interventions.
• Support pupils with SEN as needed.
• Demonstrate strong Numeracy and ICT skills in daily tasks.
• Participate in staff training and CPD activities.

Skills

Organised

Flexible

Collaborative

Resilient

Education

Primary school experience

Tools

ICT skills

Job description

About this Role

Dovery Academy is a friendly, caring and lively community where children are enthusiastic learners, well-motivated and encouraged to think for themselves. We have an amazing and dedicated school team, with highly engaged parents and a fully supportive Governing Body. We are looking for someone who shares our passion and love of learning to join our team.

This could be the ideal role for a graduate seeking teaching experience prior to teacher training or an experienced Teaching Assistant looking for further career development in a growing organisation.

The successful candidate will:

• Believe that every child can, and will, succeed
• Ideally have experience in a primary school setting
• Ideally have experience of working with children with special educational needs (SEN)
• Be organised, flexible, collaborative and resilient, and prepared to tackle all challenges that arise as we establish our schools
• Have the highest ambitions for our pupils, the school and yourself
• Have a calm and professional manner with our pupils
• Be prepared to lead and support small groups of pupils independently
• Be prepared to deliver and assist with planning external interventions
• Have excellent Numeracy and ICT skills and demonstrate an exemplary standard of written and spoken English
• Have a commitment to professional development and further training

What we can offer you:

• High level of support and commitment from our friendly and hardworking leadership team
• A unique opportunity to be a founding member of staff and help build our school within KST
• A happy and highly professional working environment, with high expectations and standards
• A network of outstanding practitioners to collaborate with and learn from, and a supportive Head and governing body
• A team that is committed to the children and their development
• Children who are eager to learn in our creative and challenging atmosphere
• A forward-thinking MAT who support schools both within the trust as well as schools externally through our curriculum work and as a DfE appointed English Hub
• Continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities. Our TAs will be expected to attend and actively participate in staff training each week and on INSET days.