Early Years Assistant - Woodlands Primary & Nursery School

Early Years Assistant

32.50 hours per week, working from 8.30 am - 3.30 pm

Scale 2, £12.00 per hour, £17,339 per annum. Term time plus 1 week

Temporary in the first instance, required as soon as possible. 

Woodlands are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, capable, and highly motivated individual, as a welcomed addition to our staff team. We are excited to be able to offer a vacancy within our outstanding Early Years Foundation Stage classes.

Experience of using a synthetics phonics scheme, such as Read Write Inc. is an advantage, but a willingness to learn and the commitment to our children’s education is essential.

The successful candidates will: - 

• Have a sound understanding of the relative curriculum knowledge and experience of working across phases or be willing to learn. 
• Be enthusiastic, highly motivated, enjoy working with young children and be passionate about making a positive difference to children’s lives.
• Be creative and committed to making learning interesting and fun!
• Inspire trust, instil confidence, and embrace challenges, to raise pupil expectation and attainment.
• Be able to work as part of a successful, hard-working, dedicated team.
• Have had experience of shared planning and assessment to enable the interpretation of data to support target setting and pupil tracking or be willing to learn. 
• Have a good sense of humour.
• Have English and Mathematics qualifications to GCSE level.
• Be prepared to support children’s care.

The appointment is subject to enhanced DBS check.

Woodlands Primary School and Nursery have a duty of care to ensure that the school community is kept safe from harm. We are committed to providing a secure and supportive environment and know safeguarding is an essential part of our comprehensive approach to ensure that children are protected.

“The school is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and satisfactory references (including one from your current employer).”

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such all applicants who are appointed to this post will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) before the appointment is confirmed. This check will include details of cautions, reprimands, or warnings, as well as convictions and non-conviction information. Once provisionally appointed, the successful applicant(s) may also be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure at predetermined intervals during the course of their employment whilst in this post.

CVs will not be accepted for this post.

TO APPLY:

For an APPLICATION PACK you can download the information from WM Jobs on - https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/jobs/education/telford/ or you can contact Vanessa Bradley, School Business Manager by email at vanessa.bradley@taw.org.uk. Completed forms are to be returned to Woodlands Primary School & Nursery School or e-mailed to the above person.

Closing date for the above post: Noon, Wednesday 2^nd October 2024

Interviews will take place: Friday 4th October 2024

Attached documents
Job Description
Application Form