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EYFS Teaching Assistant

£17,160 - £19,240 pro rata

Strood, Kent

Thinking Schools Academy Trust

EYFS Teaching Assistant

Location: Strood, Medway, Kent

Salary: TSAT Scale C Point 1 - 5 £17,160 - £19,240 pro rata

Start date: January 2020 temporary until end of Term 6 2020

Closing Date of Position: 6 January 2020

Interview Date: 10 January 2020

Working hours - Monday - Friday, 12:00 – 3:10pm 16 hours per week, 39 weeks per year)

We require an EYFS Teaching Assistant to join All Faiths Children’s Academy. You will be willing to take the opportunity to play a full part in the further development of our school and join us in our aims to make learning irresistible and to provide a nurturing and safe environment for everyone.

All Faiths Children’s Academy is a one form entry primary academy based in the Strood area. We are lucky enough have a passionate workforce at our school who all care for and respect our fantastic children. We are dedicated to school improvement and we all aim to provide a happy, safe and fun school environment for the children and our staff too. Our children are well-behaved and enjoy our purposeful learning environment. Visits to the school are encouraged.

What you will get from our Academies:

·The opportunity to work with happy and well behaved children who are excited about learning.
· Work with parents who are supportive of our school values and ethos.
· Vast support network from senior leaders and other teachers within the school and our Trust.
· Support from across the Trust to help you deliver outstanding teaching and learning through resources, mentoring and school visits.
·Benefit from an internationally accredited pedagogy approach to thinking and learning, which has been proven to enhance classroom practice.
· Excellent CPD opportunities, particularly through the New Horizons Teaching School’s alliance, which also offers a great support network for our staff.
·Free parking in our large staff car park.
· Reduced membership of a fully-equipped fitness suite and classes – located on the site of New Horizons Children’s Academy.
· A 24/7 employee assistance programme which provides counselling and support / advice on a wide array of areas.

As part of the Thinking Schools Academy Trust, we benefit from working cohesively as a family of schools for the benefit of our children and for the adults who work here too. The Trust supports with planning, Educational Visits, events, CPD and much more to ensure that all of our staff are fully supported, enabling them to ensure that they can deliver the best learning that we can offer.

Our mission is to “transform life chances”; at The Thinking Schools Academy Trust we believe education has the power to change lives and children only have one chance to benefit from primary education. To ensure all our academies focus on our mission school leaders translated our mission to core values that would be demonstrated and evident in all our Academies:

Child First, Aspire, Challenge, Achieve

What you will need to succeed:

· Relevant EYFS level 3 qualification or above.
· Dedicated to ensure that all of our children achieve their very best.
· Passionate about teaching and learning and have a positive outlook and interpersonal skills.
· Be able to plan and deliver a creative and stimulating curriculum.
· Excellent classroom practice with high expectations for achievements and behaviour.
· Good or outstanding practice, along with high expectations for yourself and the children.

We want to employ people who are great team members and are keen to seek CPD, an aspiring leader of learning and be happy to grasp exciting opportunities and contribute to the values, ethos and the development of our schools.

What you need to do now:

If you are interested in working in our Primary Academies, benefiting from a large support network and you are keen to progress your career, then please apply today!

We strongly encourage anyone who may be interested in working at our school to call Karen Holdsworth, our office manager to book a no-pressure tour of the school and to meet some of our staff.

We also encourage early applications and we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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