Teaching Assistant - Mount Primary School

Role Details

Level 2 Grade 5, 3 days a week & Level 3 Grade 6, 2 days a week

30 hours a week – Monday – Friday – 8.40-3.15pm

£17,568 per annum

The Severn Bridges Multi-Academy Trust and Governors of Mount Pleasant Primary School wish to appoint a dedicated and suitably experienced Teaching Assistant to join our enthusiastic and supportive staff team.

We have a wonderful, highly skilled staff of teachers and teaching assistants who form teams around key children with additional needs and we are looking for people to join these teams. The role will be exciting and rewarding and will enable you to support children both academically and pastorally.

The successful candidate will be passionate about achieving the best outcomes for all children and will have an understanding and experience of working with children in primary school or early years settings. They will also have worked with children with special educational needs, in particular with language and communication needs. They will be able to demonstrate a range of skills in supporting communication, and managing pupil’s emotions in a proactive, positive and supportive way, enabling them to get the very best out of their learning.

Successful candidates will be expected, working at Level 3, to lead the class during times such as PPA.

We are looking for candidates who will be part of our forward‑thinking and creative team and welcome new ideas and enthusiasm.

They must have experience supporting children with special educational needs, particularly language and communication needs, and be able to manage pupil emotions proactively and positively.

It’s a lovely place to work. We can offer a positive and thriving school environment, a great team of staff, a commitment to continuing professional development and some pretty fantastic children too!

The Severn Bridges Multi-Academy Trust and Governors of Mount Pleasant Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. These posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and will follow a safer recruitment policy. Should you be shortlisted, further information relating to criminal records, sanctions and disqualifications will be requested to be considered and discussed at interview.