Teaching Assistant - Primary School

Ivy Bank Primary School; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Ivy Bank Primary School in the United Kingdom seeks a dedicated role to support teaching staff by planning and evaluating learning activities for individuals and groups of pupils, enabling informed planning. The post involves supervising pupils in and out of the classroom, including educational visits, to ensure safety and support development.

You will monitor pupil progress, communicate with parents and carers, maintain pupil records, prepare learning equipment, display work, and participate in

Responsibilities

• Provide input into the planning and evaluation of learning activities for individuals and groups of pupils to enable the teaching staff to make informed decisions when developing their plans.
• Supervise the activities of individuals or groups of pupils both in and out of the classroom (including educational visits) to ensure their safety and facilitate their physical and emotional development in accordance with the school's behaviour management policy.
• Monitor individual pupil’s progress, achievements and development and report these to the teaching staff/line manager to inform decisions taken regarding the School Focus Plan, Behaviour Plans and Personal Care Programmes for a pupil.
• Liaise with parents and carers in conjunction with the teaching staff to ensure effective communication concerning the pupils' well-being.
• Record pupil information, as specified by the teaching staff/line manager to ensure the schools information systems are maintained.
• Attend to the personal, social and physical needs of pupils so that their well-being is maintained.
• Prepare and maintain learning equipment and ensure that the classroom is kept clean and tidy.
• Display and present the pupils' work, under the direction of teaching staff, so that it enhances the classroom environment and celebrates achievement.
• Attend staff and other meetings and participate in staff training development work and staff reviews as required
• Carries out basic administrative tasks; filing, laminating, binding, photocopying.

Job description

MAIN RESPONSIBLITIES

• Provide input into the planning and evaluation of learningactivities for individuals and groups ofpupils to enable the teaching staff to make informed decisions when developing their plans.
• Supervisethe activities of individuals or groups of pupils both in and out of theclassroom (including educational visits)to ensure their safety andfacilitate their physical and emotional developmentin accordance with the school's behaviour management policy.
• Monitor individualpupil’s progress, achievements anddevelopment and report these to the teaching staff/line manager to inform decisions takenregarding the School Focus Plan, Behaviour Plans and Personal CareProgrammes for a pupil.
• Liaisewith parents and carers in conjunction with the teaching staff to ensure effective communicationconcerning the pupils' well-being.
• Recordpupil information, as specified by the teaching staff/line manager to ensurethe schools information systems are maintained.
• Attendto the personal, social and physical needs of pupils so that their well-beingis maintained.
• Prepare and maintain learning equipment andensure that the classroom is kept clean and tidy.
• Display and present the pupils' work, under thedirection of teaching staff, so that it enhances the classroom environmentand celebrates achievement.
• Attend staff and other meetings and participatein staff training development work and staff reviews as required
• Carries out basic administrative tasks; filing,laminating, binding, photocopying.

Notwithstandingthe detail in this job description, the job holder will undertake such work asmay be determined by the principal/Governing Body from time to time, up to orat a level consistent with the Main Responsibilities of the job.