Position: Teaching Assistant / Inclusion Support

Academy: St Thomas’ Cof E Primary Academy

Salary:  Grade 4 £10,082 - £10,266  Actual  (FTE £21,575 - £21,968)

Contract: Temporary until July 2023, 20 hours per week, Term Time + 6 days

Start date: Immediate

We are looking to appoint an inspirational and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant / Inclusion Support Assistant to join the academy team.

The successful candidate will, under the guidance of the class teacher and SENDCo, work to provide support for

• teaching and learning activities in the classroom
• the development and implementation of  Individual Education/Behaviour Plans.
• individual pupils with an EHCP

We are looking to appoint someone who -

• has a passion for working with children
• is flexible, enthusiastic, have lots of energy and a real sense of fun and are calm and patient
• has a good understanding of SEND
• has the ability to work as part of a team and to show initiative
• is keen to be involved in all aspects of school life
• has excellent interpersonal and communication skills with children and parents
• has excellent English and Maths skills as well as being creative
• has a thorough understanding of the need for confidentiality and the importance of safeguarding
• can support the Christian ethos and values of the academy.

Prospective applicants are welcome to visit the academy - please telephone 01782 787099 to arrange an appointment.

Please post or email applications FTAO: Mrs L Fry, Principal:

office@st-thomas-kidsgrove.staffs.sch.uk

St Thomas CofE Primary Academy,, Poplar Drive, Kidsgrove, Stoke on Trent, ST7 4HT.

Closing date: 9am on Thursday 2^nd March 2023

Interview date: w/c 6^th March 2023

Telephone: 01782 787099

Email: office@st-thomas-kidsgrove.staffs.sch.uk

Three Spires Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Section 128 direction check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.