Working Hours: Monday to Friday 8:40 am to 1:10 pm (22.5 hours per week), 190 days (38 weeks) per year (term time)
Actual Pro-rata Salary: £12,349 per annum (SWAN grade PS3.3, FTE £23,576)
Start Date: 22nd April 2025 or as soon as possible
We are looking to appoint two experienced, enthusiastic, and caring Teaching Assistants to join our team. Working closely with and supported by the class teacher and an experienced Inclusion Leader and SENCO, your role will provide additional academic and emotional support for our pupils. The work may include a mixture of one to one and paired or small group work, both in and out of the classroom setting, general TA duties and lunchtime supervision.
For this post, applicants must demonstrate a positive, patient, and nurturing approach towards children, be confident, willing to work one to one and deal with challenging situations.
The successful candidate must demonstrate the following:
- A passion and enthusiasm to work with children
- A positive, patient, and nurturing approach towards children
- Be confident, able to work one to one and deal with challenging situations
- A desire and ability to contribute fully to school life and work effectively as part of a team
- Have high expectations of self and others
- Forward thinking and dynamic
- Possess excellent interpersonal skills
We can offer you:
- Experienced, supportive senior leadership team
- Clear pathways for personal development
- High quality training within the school and externally
- A friendly outstanding team with a strong ethos of working together to continually improve
- Excellent team of experienced support staff that assist in supporting the children’s learning
- Fantastic children who have a love of learning and excellent behaviour
- Supportive Governors and parents/carers
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
Goldworth Primary School is a leading inclusive school in the heart of Woking. We have a well-established reputation within the community for providing first class education for all our students, including those with SEND requirements. We are a happy high achieving school where our vision is to enable all children and staff to ‘Be the Best they Can Be’.
You are welcome to visit the school, prior to application. Please telephone the school office to book a visit.
Application closing date: Midnight Sunday 23rd March 2025
Interview date: To be confirmed with shortlisted applicants
An early application is recommended as candidates will be assessed and shortlisted as their application is received. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Goldsworth Primary School is part of The Swan Trust, a multi-academy trust which incorporates 10 schools within the Woking area. The schools work closely together and aim to support each other through purposeful collaboration that enhances educational opportunities and supports improvements in the quality of learning for all our children.
All schools within The SWAN Trust warmly welcome children, families, governors, and staff from diverse backgrounds within the Woking community. The schools within The Trust aim to ensure that every child feels safe and happy in school creating a culture where they can grow and develop.
Goldsworth Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to demonstrably share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Shortlisted applicants will be required to supply details of any unspent convictions and conditional cautions and any spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e., that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended). If you are appointed, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
All schools within The SWAN Trust welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.