Graduate Teaching Assistant

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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