Teaching & After School Club Assistant

Overview

Caldecott School is looking for an energetic and enthusiastic Teaching and After School Club Assistant.

If you would like to work Monday to Friday and term-time only, we would love to hear from you. We offer innovative, forward thinking, and friendly staff, great team working and a commitment to staff training.

‘’ Starting right from Nursery, children learn how to behave well. They show kindness and respect to each other as they go through the school’’.  (Ofsted March 2023)

This role of Teaching Assistant includes working closely with the class teacher and supporting both individual children with additional needs and groups of children across the provision. This role may involve 1:1 support for a pupil with SEN.

The successful candidate will:

• be happy providing a range of learning support to pupils
• be happy working in role which at times can be challenging and will require initiative and flexibility to suit the needs of the child/ren
• be committed to inclusion and equality of opportunity
• work with a team of committed TAs and in collaboration with other teaching staff under the direction of the SENCo to deliver a tailored curriculum and specific intervention and support for children with high level additional needs

After School Club duties include: -

• Organising games & activities for the children
• Helping prepare snacks
• Organising the safe handover of children to/from other areas of the school and to parents/carers at the end of the session.

A ‘can do’ attitude and sense of humour is essential!

The Important Stuff

For further details about the role please see the job description and person specification at the bottom of the page.  Experience preferred but not essential.

32 hours per week to be worked across the following days: -

Monday & Tuesday - 08:45 – 17:30

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday – 08:45 – 15:15

This is a grade 4 role, paid at £13.05 per hour. 

For more information about our lovely school please take a look at our website https://www.caldecott.oxon.sch.uk/

To apply, please complete the application form and email it to recruitment@caldecott.oxon.sch.uk. Please don’t forget to complete the ‘relevant skills & experience’ section of the application form and tell us what skills and experience you can bring to our school.   Applications will be assessed on arrival and successful candidates will be invited for interview.

Location

Caldecott Primary School
Caldecott Road
Abingdon
Oxon
OX14 5HB

Supporting documents

• Person Specification
• Job Description
• Application Form

Safer Recruitment

Oxfordshire Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post involves the type of work with children and young people that requires applicants to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All users are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed

Equal opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer. 

Job reference: Sept25