Job Introduction
Are you passionate about working with children? Are you calm and confident with enthusiasm to help children reach their potential? Are you self-motivated with a ‘can do’ attitude? Then this could be the role for you!
We can offer:
- A friendly and supportive working environment
- Training opportunities
- Great colleagues
In return the successful candidate will need to have:
- Good Maths and English skills
- NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualifications or experience
- Worked with children
- Worked in a similar role at a school/setting
- Computer literacy across Microsoft products
- Basic understanding of child development and learning
- Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities
- Ability to relate well to children and adults
- Work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these
- Flexibility in your working approach
- Enthusiasm and commitment
- The ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality and demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of all children
- An awareness of responsibilities for health and safety of yourself and others
- Successful and satisfactory background check received from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) after interview and before appointment
- A commitment to safeguarding children
Contract Type: Fixed Term until 31st August 2027, with potential for extension into 2027/2028 academic year
Working Hours: 8.45am – 3.15pm Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Start Date: 1st January 2027
Salary: Grade 4 Point 4: Actual Salary: £10,558.96
Age Range: Yr1 children
Closing date: Wednesday 11th November 2026
Interview: Week Beginning 16th November 2026
For the job description and person specification, please contact Helen Cole on 01844 213100 or pa@barley-hill.oxon.sch.uk
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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.
