Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant

The Pre-Prep Teaching Assistant is an exciting role which offers to opportunity to assist in the education, social and moral development of pupils.

The successful candidate will:

• Assist in setting up and preparing activities, including planning and resource management as necessary.


• Teach individual pupils or groups of children as directed by the teacher.


• Assist in the compilation of assessments, records and reports.


• Cover classes using work planned by teachers.


• Assist with IT in the classroom.


• Assist with display work and general administrative duties as required by the teacher for the smooth running of the class.


• Assist on educational visits.


• Break/Play time supervision as requested.


• Lunchtime supervision in the dining room and/or outside.


• Undertake Professional Development in line with the School Development Plan and personal requirements.


• Follow the whole school Health and Safety policy, Child protection policy and Behaviour Management policy.


• Attend planning and staff meetings when necessary. These may be outside school hours.


• To undertake other duties from time to time as the Head requires.
  
  Essential


• Minimum Grade C/4 in GCSE Maths and English



• Qualified to Level 3 in Early Years or similar



• Knowledge of the EYFS curriculum



• Flexible, team-working disposition



• Genuine love of children



• Willingness to support the Christian ethos of the school
  
  Desirable


• In date with Safeguarding training



• In date with Emergency First Aid training


Our school is part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools, aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialist, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resources, helping to simply work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

We will offer you:

• A friendly and supportive working environment


• On-going professional development opportunities


• Active and supportive governors


• Employee benefits such as Perkbox, Westfield Health Cash Plan and Confidential Care Support


• Daily lunch is provided


• Onsite parking


We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required alongside other pre-employment checks for all successful applicants.