About the role
Are you ready to join a highly motivated and skilled team? Do you want to work in a vibrant and fast paced environment? Do you want to support the development of new approaches to teaching and learning in a passionate and risk taking school? If so, we are the right school for you.
We wish to appoint a dedicated, hard-working and motivated teaching assistant. The contract will be term time only, fixed term, ending 31.8.2024 in the first instance.
You will be a valuable member of the team working with the class teacher to support the children. You will also be part of the lunchtime team for ½ hour each day. The successful applicant will need enthusiasm, patience, caring and understanding.
Experience working with children and a willingness to work in all year groups of the Federation is required.
Please come and visit us, it is the only way to truly realise how special we are. We received an overall ‘Good’ rating from Ofsted in January 2019.
Please contact Mrs Miller, Tel 01223 518330 or e-mail: finance@kingshedges.cambs.sch.uk to arrange a visit.
You can download the application pack from our website: www.kingshedgesprimary.org.uk
Closing date – Tuesday 12th March 2024
Interview date – Tuesday 19th March 2024
What will you be doing?
You will be a valuable member of the team working with the class teacher to support the children. You will also be part of the lunchtime team for ½ hour each day. The successful applicant will need enthusiasm, patience, caring and understanding.
Experience working with children and a willingness to work in all year groups of the Federation is required.
About you
This role is classed as regular activity. Before you proceed with your intention to apply for a position or to support us please take full consideration of the following points.
- All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, including a Barred List check where applicable to the role. Where you have been shortlisted for a role, you will be required to complete a Declaration of Offences Form, disclosing all relevant previous criminal convictions and cautions. Please contact the Head teacher to discuss this step further if you wish.
- If you are shortlisted for the position you are applying for, we will carry out an online search against you, for information that is publicly available online and usually before interview. This will include social media accounts you may hold.
- We will assess your knowledge of safeguarding by asking specific questions about this area of our role during the interview process and your answer to this question will form part of our decision-making process.
- You will be provided with an induction process, and you are expected to engage with this monitored process.
- Our safeguarding policies and procedures will be explained during your induction and on a regular basis.
- Kings Hedges complies the Childcare Act 2006 and the Childcare (Disqualification) and childcare (Early Years Provision Free of Charge) (Extended Entitlement) (Amendment) Regulations 208. All shortlisted candidates whose role will involve the responsibility for the provision or management of such childcare (including teaching) shall be required to declare that they are not disqualified from undertaking such work.
- Application forms must be completed in full. Please pay particular attention to your work history and inform us of any gaps in employment. CVs will only be accepted alongside a completed application form.
- Please ensure you state full details of your qualifications.
- References may be taken up prior to interviews and any discrepancies will be addressed during the interview process.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
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