Teaching Assistant

Woodside Park; London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Woodside Park as a Teaching Assistant and make a significant impact on pupils' lives. This role involves supporting children with varied needs in a nurturing environment, preparing learning materials, and facilitating classroom activities. Enjoy a rewarding career with a competitive salary, a commitment to staff wellbeing, and a supportive team atmosphere.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Pension scheme

Mental health support services

Health checks

Cycle to Work Schemes

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Paid fertility treatment support

Qualifications

• Ready to work in various classroom roles.
• Strong focus on the emotional and physical needs of pupils.
• Ability to run classroom activities and support individual learning.

Responsibilities

• Connect with pupils to guide their learning journeys.
• Prepare learning materials and run classroom activities.
• Support pupils' emotional and physical development.

Skills

Adaptability

Empathy

Teamwork

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Enjoy a rewarding education career and have a real impact on pupils’ lives. Join an amazing team creating supportive, nurturing environments where our pupils achieve far more than they ever expected.

As aTeaching Assistant, you will connect directly with the brilliant pupils we care for, helping to make sure they get the very best from their education. Each individual has varied and complex needs and so much potential - they will rely on you to guide their learning journeys bespoke to them.

You will help prepare learning materials and run classroom activities, with plenty of hands-on experience and some supervision too. You will take responsibility for their emotional and physical needs, supporting them to develop as individuals and engage with the world.

You will face challenges and overcome them as you flourish and thrive, sharing your skills and learning from others as your career takes you as high as you always dreamed you could go.

Every day will be different, but you will have all the support you need, with lots of skills and experience to draw on along with valuable advice and guidance too.

Who we are looking for

The successful applicant will be adaptable and ready to work in a variety of classroom roles, both indoors and outside according to individual needs.

Taking a responsive and caring approach, you may be running classroom activities, leading outdoor experiences, or supervising pupils as they explore further afield. Our schools are built on great teamwork and mutual support.

About Us

Woodside Park School is a brand-new school underAcorn Education and Outcomes First Group. Acorn Education has more than thirty-five schools across the UK, and Woodside Park is the company’s first venture in London, and there are over 50 schools under OFG across Britain.

Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit