Job Introduction
Teaching Assistant
8.45am to 11.45am and 12.45pm to 3.15pm Monday – Friday
Term Time Only
Position starts on the 25th February 2025 or later if a notice period needs to be served
Stanford in the Vale CE Primary School wishes to appoint a motivated and inspirational Teaching Assistant with the confidence and enthusiasm to ensure our pupils achieve academic success whilst enjoying their time at our school. We are delighted to offer the opportunity to join our thriving one form entry school in a beautiful village location in The Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire.
Stanford in the Vale CE Primary School is a caring, warm and friendly school with strong Christian values. Our school vision ‘Working together, Achieving together’ is intrinsic to school life.
We celebrated a good OFSTED inspection in December 2022 and an outstanding SIAMS inspection in June 2018.
We are looking to appoint a teaching assistant who:
- Is confident to supervise and provide particular support for pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities
- Can use strategies and resources, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals
- Can undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses
- Has a secure knowledge of a range of behaviour management strategies to ensure our pupils have consistent boundaries
- Can provide the necessary pastoral care to enable children to feel secure and happy
- Can administer routine tests and undertake routine marking of pupils’ work
- Can provide clerical/admin. support e.g. photocopying, typing, filing, administer coursework etc.
- Loves their job, showing passion and taking a pride in everything that they do
- Works well in a team, enjoying learning and collaborating with others to promote excellence throughout the whole school as well as in their own classroom
- Is motivated to do their very best
- Is able to maintain good, professional relationships with parents and multi-agency networks to enable every child to be the best they can
- Is committed to ensuring that excellence, inclusion and challenge are at the heart of everything we do.
We can offer you:
- A role in a school that is at the heart of the community
- A caring and supportive staff team and governing body
- A promise to ensure that workload is constantly considered and monitored for all staff
- Valuable support systems from a network of partner schools
- Opportunities for further professional development
Experience of working in a school is preferred.
Further details and application forms are available on the school website (www.stanford.oxon.sch.uk).
For assistance with the application process contact Wendy Jeffs or Emma Payne on 01367 710474 Mon – Fri 8.00am – 4.30pm.
The Oxfordshire County Council Support Staff application form must be completed as we do not accept CVs, applications to be returned to headteacher.3240@stanford.oxon.sch.uk
Please include a statement to support your application within the ‘relevant skills and experience’ section.
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged and warmly welcomed, please contact Wendy Jeffs or Emma Payne in the school office on 01367 710474 or email: headteacher.3240@stanford.oxon.sch.uk
Closing date: Wednesday 12th February
Interviews: Friday 14th February
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.
