Teaching Assistant Vacancy

Location: Hempstalls Primary School Collard Avenue Newcastle-under-Lyme ST5 9LH
Required: Grade 4 Teaching Assistant in Early Years Department
Post Status: Fixed-Term Contract until 31/07/2022 (Maternity Cover)
Weekly Hours: 32.5 (37 FTE)
Salary: £19,312 to £19,698 (pro-rota, based on full time hours)
Pay Weeks: Term-time only
Start Date: 4th January 2022

Are you looking for an exciting creative new opportunity?

Hempstalls Primary School is seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join its professional and friendly team in the Early Years Department.

We are looking for someone who:

Has experience in Early Years

Will provide a warm and friendly welcome to all visitors to our school
Will contribute to creating a positive and creative learning environment
Is educated to GCSE (or equivalent) in numeracy and literacy skills
Is qualified to NVQ3 standard for Teaching Assistants
Has excellent ICT, communication and organisational skills
Fully understands and respects the importance of confidentiality
At Hempstalls we are proud of:
Our wonderful, friendly children and their achievements
Our positive and nurturing ethos and our clear values and vision
Our dedicated team of staff
Our inclusion policy for all
Our excellent relationships with parents and the wider community
Our very supportive governors
Our commitment to professional development.

Our Trust motto is ‘Come as you are and Leave as a Champion’. We are looking for someone who will willingly support this ethos.

Potential candidates for this role are warmly invited to visit the school. Please see the date listed below. Hempstalls Primary School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to certain vetting checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. It is an offence to apply for this role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Closing Date: Friday 10th December – 12 noon
Shortlisting: Friday 10th December
Interviews: Tuesday 14th December
To apply, please complete the application form and return to l.franks@hempstalls.staffs.sch.uk.
School Website: https://www.hempstalls.staffs.sch.uk/