Teaching Assistant
Uffculme School
• Fixed Term until July 2027, term time only (38 weeks per year + 3 days)
• 32.5 hours per week (5 days per week, 8.30am to 3.30pm with 30-minute unpaid lunchbreak)
• £24,796 FTE; actual salary £18,459.89 (NJC point 3)
Start date: As soon as possible.
Uffculme School wishes to appoint a Teaching Assistant to provide support for pupils within mainstream classes and in small groups.
We are looking for people who
• Are able to provide a genuine caring approach to students
• Are resilient, flexible and able to work under pressure
In return we can offer you
• Eligibility to join excellent Local Government pension scheme
• Access to a range of continuous professional development opportunities
• Access to staff wellbeing provision
• Free car parking.
• Discounted membership at our on-site gym
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free tea and coffee.
Please see the application pack for further details.
Closing date 9.30am Monday 7th September; interview date to be confirmed.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all candidates are expected to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.
Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
References: References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.
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