Teaching Assistant- Year 3/4
| Posting date: | 16 July 2025 |
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| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 August 2025 |
| Location: | Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 4PL |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 09382ab6-1790-4a71-b614-7e9ffbaf9916 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
St James CE Primary Academy (part of St Chad’s Academies Trust) is recruiting a caring and empathetic teaching assistant with experience working with primary aged children. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in being able to effectively work with children within a primary setting and demonstrate effective ways of working with pupils to raise their attainment and consistently increase their enthusiasm for learning.
We are looking for a teaching assistant who is:
* Highly motivated to work in a school environment
* Confident interacting with a wide range of personalities
* Able to work independently and confidently with children and young people of all ages
* Able to use their initiative and take on additional responsibilities as and when necessary
* A personable and caring individual who is committed to providing excellence to children in their care.
What the school offers its staff
* Motivated, enthusiastic children with outstanding behaviour, who are eager to contribute, learn and are highly proud of their academy communities that live out their Christian values.
* Professional and dedicated colleagues
* A thorough and robust induction programme
* A welcoming environment
* Opportunities for training and professional development
* Supportive parents and Governors
* An academy with a clear vision for the future.
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.
St James CE Primary Academy (part of St Chad’s Academies Trust) is recruiting a caring and empathetic teaching assistant with experience working with primary aged children. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in being able to effectively work with children within a primary setting and demonstrate effective ways of working with pupils to raise their attainment and consistently increase their enthusiasm for learning.
We are looking for a teaching assistant who is:
* Highly motivated to work in a school environment
* Confident interacting with a wide range of personalities
* Able to work independently and confidently with children and young people of all ages
* Able to use their initiative and take on additional responsibilities as and when necessary
* A personable and caring individual who is committed to providing excellence to children in their care.
What the school offers its staff
* Motivated, enthusiastic children with outstanding behaviour, who are eager to contribute, learn and are highly proud of their academy communities that live out their Christian values.
* Professional and dedicated colleagues
* A thorough and robust induction programme
* A welcoming environment
* Opportunities for training and professional development
* Supportive parents and Governors
* An academy with a clear vision for the future.
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.