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Class Teaching Assistant

Job details
Posting date: 05 June 2025
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 23 June 2025
Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2DE
Company: Teaching Vacancies
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 06577dcd-c286-4cd9-b6da-dfef7e9e265a

Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

Skills/Knowledge

• Ability to work effectively within a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities


• Ability to build effective working relationships with all pupils and colleagues


• Ability to promote a positive ethos and role model positive attributes


• Good personal numeracy and literacy skills


• General understanding of school curriculum and other basic learning programmes/techniques (within specified age range/subject area)


• General awareness of inclusion, especially within a school setting


• Effective use of ICT to support learning

Valuing Diversity

• Ability to challenge behaviours and processes which do not positively advance the diversity agenda
• Ability to recognise people’s strengths, aspirations and abilities and help to develop their potential

Developing Self and Others

• Ability to request right training and development
• Willingness to respond positively to opportunities that arise and to support others’ learning and share learning with others

Experience/ Qualifications / Training etc

• Minimum of 1 year experience of working with &/or caring for children within the primary age range


• Willingness to complete DfES Teacher Assistant Induction Programme


• Willingness to participate in relevant training and development opportunities

Work Related Circumstances - Professional Values & Practices

• Suitability Requirements met for working with children - Satisfactory References, Right to work in the UK, Barred List and DBS check, Pre-Employment Health Check and Attitudes to Safeguarding Checked at interview.
• High expectations of all pupils; respect for their social, cultural, linguistic, religious and ethnic background and a commitment to raising their educational achievements


• Ability to build and maintain successful relationships with pupils, treat them consistently, with respect and consideration and demonstrate concern for their development as learners


• Demonstrate and promote the positive values, attitudes and behaviour they expect from the pupils with whom they work


• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and carry out role effectively, knowing when to seek help and advice


• Able to liaise sensitively and effectively with parents and carers recognising their role in pupil learning
• Able to improve their own practice through observations, evaluations and discussion with colleagues

Desireable Skills & Knowledge /Qualifications / Training etc

• Experience of resources preparation to support learning programmes

• Minimum of 2 years experience of working with &/or caring for children within the primary age range within an educational setting

• Training in special educational needs strategies

What the school offers its staff

Ongoing professional development in school through regular staff training.(First aid training, safeguarding etc.)

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.