Join our team

Are you interested in becoming a teacher but want to gain more experience working with children? We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and skilled Graduate Teaching Assistant to work throughout the school.

In our most recent Ofsted Inspection in May 2025, we were again judged Outstanding in all areas and continue to thrive as an organisation.

‘The school is inclusive. A calm and purposeful atmosphere pervades the school. Pupils value their education. They work diligently in the classroom. They know what is expected of them and rise to the school’s high standards' - OFSTED 2025.

You will:

Be passionate about supporting children across the school
Display warmth, care and sensitivity in dealing with children
Be open minded, self evaluative and adaptable to changing circumstances and new ideas
Be able to enthuse and reflect upon experience
Have the ability to work flexibly
Demonstrate drive, energy, and enthusiasm.
Have the ability to prioritise and organise oneself
Have strong interpersonal and communication skills
Be child- centred and strive for the very best outcomes
You must have a degree in a relevant area and have some experience working with children.

Main Purpose of Job

To work under the guidance of the class teacher to support teaching and learning in the classroom
To provide general support to the class teacher in the management and organisation of the pupils and the classroom
To assist the teacher in creating and maintaining a purposeful, orderly and supportive learning environment
To promote the inclusion of all pupils, ensuring they have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop
To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school

Main Responsibilities

Support for the Pupils/ Families
To deliver both whole-class and targeted academic support
Support pupils to build resilience through a focus on developing SEMH and fostering excellent learning behaviours
To understand the barriers which can disadvantage some children and the insight and drive to overcome them
To understand the individual needs of children and be responsible for supporting the healthy development of the whole child
To promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils within the classroom
Encourage pupils to interact and work cooperatively with others and engage in all activities
To read with individual children and groups and complete reading records as directed by the class teacher
To work with small groups of children and to take responsibility for their learning
To support children with disabilities or special educational needs
To support children in mixed attainment groupings, ensuring that they understand tasks and learning objectives through adaptive teaching

Support for the Teachers

Within an agreed system of supervision, work with the teacher to develop lessons and the classroom environment
To assess, provide feedback and record the achievements and progress of pupils through agreed monitoring systems
To establish and maintain constructive relationships with parents/carers
Supporting parental role in pupils’ learning
Provide constructive feedback on pupils' progress and achievements to parents
Facilitate parental support for their child’s attendance
support home - school community links
To develop behaviour management strategies.
To be proactive in managing behaviour and promote self-control, independence and integration
To support pupil transitions
To accompany teachers and classes on educational visits
To work with the class teacher to complete administration tasks and prepare working walls

Support for the School

To be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to safeguarding and child protection, health and safety, security and confidentiality, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
To contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school
To contribute to appropriate out-of-school learning activities, which may consolidate and extend work carried out in class
To attend and participate in regular meetings, in training and other activities as required
To assist in the general care and maintenance of the school environment
To assist with children at the beginning and end of the day and in the playground as required
To support the appraisal system for support staff
Within an agreed system of supervision, to facilitate learning during short periods of teacher absence for planned meetings

Support for the Curriculum

Within an agreed system of supervision, deliver learning and teaching activities and adjust these when necessary
To use knowledge organisers to pre-tutor key children
To use and prepare specialist equipment, plans and resources necessary to support learning activities, taking into account pupils’ interests, language and cultural backgrounds
To assist with the development of English, Maths and ICT skills and to support their use in learning activities
To undertake broadly similar duties commensurate with the level of the post, as required by the school

Graduate Teaching Assistant

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