Job Introduction
Teaching Assistant and/or Breakfast and/or Afterschool Club Playworker
Closing Date: 16 December 2024
Shortlisting Date 17 December 2024
Interview Date: TBC
Job Start Date: ASAP following safeguarding and reference checks
Contract/Hours: Up to 45.5 hours per week
Salary Type: Support Staff
Salary Details: Gr 4, spinal point 4 £24404 to £24790 pro-rata (£12.65- £12.85 per hour)
Hours of Work: 7:15am - 5:00pm Monday – Thursday and Friday 7:15am – 3:15pm or any combination of these hours subject to agreement
Location of Role: Drayton Community Primary School
Join our wonderful supportive team and inclusive environment!
Drayton Community Primary is a thriving, oversubscribed school situated close to Abingdon in South Oxfordshire. This is an exciting time to join our school community following our recent Ofsted inspection and a new leadership team.
The school has excellent transport links and is conveniently located for the A34/M4, Oxford, Abingdon, Didcot, Wallingford and Wantage.
We are currently looking for a Teaching Assistant and Wraparound Care Playworker. These roles could be combined as follows:
- 7:15am – 8:45am Breakfast Club Playworker.
- 8:30am – 3:15pm A Teaching Assistant.
- 3:15pm – 5:00pm (Mon-Thurs) After School Club Playworker.
The school’s leadership team is committed to a coaching culture with regular opportunities for feedback and support to establish and maintain a safe and nurturing environment. Guided by research, we focus our time and energy on the things that make a difference.
Expectations and routines are thoughtfully developed and well implemented. Our school is therefore a calm and purposeful place in which to learn. Recent parent/carer and pupil surveys demonstrate that pupils feel safe, valued and that they have a deep love of learning.
Our recent Ofsted Inspection (September 2023) found that: 'Pupils are proud to attend this welcoming school where everyone flourishes. They understand the school’s values, which include kindness and teamwork. One parent expressed the views of many by commenting, ‘Drayton sits at the heart of the community.’ The school has high ambition for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils engage highly in lessons and value the support that staff provide. This helps them to typically achieve well across the curriculum. They love to share their learning and talk enthusiastically about the interesting topics they study.'
Visits to our school are encouraged. You can arrange a visit by calling (01235) 531316 or by emailing office.2560@drayton-pri.oxon.sch.uk
Drayton Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. If successful for this position you will be expected to apply for a disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service before an appointment is confirmed. References will be sought on shortlisted candidates before the interview.
Closing Date: 5pm on 16 December 2024. This advert may close earlier if sufficient applications are received.
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted via email.This is term time only
This is term time only
Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
