Teaching Assistant

We are seeking an enthusiastic and committed individual to join our school family as a Teaching Assistant supporting children with additional needs. The post is from Monday to Thursday (days negotiable) from 8.40am to 3.15pm with half hour lunch break. The post also includes attending INSET Days. Your role will be pivotal in providing essential support to small groups or individual children, helping them achieve their full potential academically, socially and emotionally. The successful candidate will be required to support in class, work with small groups or support individual children and some with special educational needs., You will provide support to either a small group of pupils or 1:1 under the direction of the class teacher, mainly within the classroom. You will assist in promoting the learning and personal development of pupils enabling them to make best use of the educational opportunities available to them., This role involves contact with children. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Please find our Child protection policy and our Safer Recruitment (which includes our policy on employing ex-offenders) on our school website here: https://www.stone.bucks.sch.uk/information/policies We will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to help identify any incidents or issues that are publicly available online. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled 'Exceptions Order').


• A good level of literacy and maths.
• A passion for working with children and helping them overcome challenges.
• Experience of supporting young people in an educational setting, ideally pupils with special educational needs would be an advantage.
• An enthusiastic commitment to the children and school.
• A positive approach with patience and understanding with good communication skills and a commitment to fostering an inclusive and supportive learning environment.
• A dedication to raising attainment and progress of pupils with whom you work.
• Flair, imagination, creativity, flexibility, positivity and an ability to work effectively as part of a team, to embrace and embed new strategies and approaches to support young people.
  
  We are a one form entry mainstream primary school set in a small village near Aylesbury.
Our children are enthusiastic and motivated with exceptional behaviour for learning. We have beautiful school grounds and enjoy outdoor learning. We are fortunate to have exceptionally supportive parents who work with the school in the best interests of their children. As part of our wonderful team you too can make a meaningful difference in the lives of our pupils as they strive to be the best they can be. Our last Ofsted report rated us as 'Good' and we are keen to work with creative and inspirational professionals keen to strive for outstanding. Website: http://www.stone.bucks.sch.uk