Teaching Assistant

4 November 2016
Permanent
Full Time
Brookhill Leys Primary and Nursery School, Chewton Street, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, NG16 3HB
Grade 3 Point 14 – 18 (£16,481 - £17,891)

"Laugh often, dream big and reach for the stars!"

Headteacher: Mrs Jacqueline Sainsbury

January 2017 start

COME AND WORK IN OUR FOUNDATION!

Brookhill Leys is an amazing school with a large community of staff, children and families.

We have a 40 place nursery and a 60 place reception, with 3 class teachers and a team of support staff.

We are seeking to appoint an experienced and committed teaching assistant to join our foundation stage.

The successful candidate will be experienced in a primary school setting. They will work alongside and support the class teachers, making effective use of resources in order to achieve optimum standards of teaching learning and assessment for all children.

They will sing with the children everyday, like the outdoors as much as the indoors and put the children at the heart of everything they do.

They will have

• GCSE level C or above English, Maths and Science - extensive experience in EYFS in a primary school - a relevant EYFS qualification (level 3 or above) - ability to inspire and motivate

• Good working relationships with parents and carers - a full commitment to the school ethos, vision and raising standards

• A growth mindset

• Excellent work ethic, ability to work well as part of a team as well as self-motivation and ability to work independently

We offer

• A caring and supportive staff team

• Quality learning environment with lots of space and quality IT resources

• A full induction and ongoing CPD

• An amazing community to have the privilege to work in

WORK LIFE BALANCE

We expect all our staff to work hard but we also expect them to gain a healthy work life balance.  For this reason we keep this as a priority in our school development planning.

We have reduced staff meetings to fortnightly.

We have invested in ready planned maths, spelling and phonics schemes to reduce planning time.

We have reduced parent’s evenings to 1 formal meeting a year and 2 flexible open classrooms straight after school.

We have reduced the length of reports to one page.

We have invested in an electronic assessment system that links directly to the National Curriculum.

We welcome working parents to attend their own children's key events, whenever possible.

Take a look at our website, our school website is www.brookhillleys.com you may enjoy reading our class blogs and meeting the school dog ‘Roo’, in the headteacher blog.

Due to this post having access to children, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Visits to the school are welcome and encouraged.

Please contact the school office by email or telephone to arrange a visit.

School office: email: office@brookhill.notts.sch.uk Tel: 01773 713452

This is a fantastic school and the role will not be around for long, if you would like to apply for this great position please complete a Notts County Council application form and send with a letter explaining why you are the right person for this school and evidencing your experience to date f.a.o. the Head Teacher Mrs Jacquie Sainsbury by email: head@brookhill.notts.sch.uk.

Application packs are also available on the school website www.brookhillleys.com/jobs or by contacting the school office.

Closing date: Friday 4th November 2016 12.00 noon/ Interviews week commencing 7th November 2016

• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.

• All posts in Primary, Secondary and Special Schools are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. All posts in schools, unless stated otherwise, are suitable for a job share arrangement.

• The County Council encourages applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation. for posts within County and Controlled Schools and in Colleges.

This vacancy is closed to applications.