Graduate Teaching Assistant

Join our team Are you interested in becoming a teacher but want to gain more experience working with children? We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and skilled Graduate Teaching Assistant to work throughout the school. In our most recent Ofsted Inspection in May 2025, we were again judged Outstanding in all areas and continue to thrive as an organisation. ‘The school is inclusive. A calm and purposeful atmosphere pervades the school. Pupils value their education. They work diligently in the classroom. They know what is expected of them and rise to the school’s high standards' - OFSTED 2025. You will: Be passionate about supporting children across the school Display warmth, care and sensitivity in dealing with children Be open-minded, self-evaluative and adaptable to changing circumstances and new ideas Be able to enthuse and reflect upon experience Have the ability to work flexibly Demonstrate drive, energy, and enthusiasm. Have the ability to prioritise and organise oneself Have strong interpersonal and communication skills Be child- centred and strive for the very best outcomes You must have a degree in a relevant area and have some experience working with children. Main Purpose of Job To work under the guidance of the class teacher to support teaching and learning in the classroom To provide general support to the class teacher in the management and organisation of the pupils and the classroom To assist the teacher in creating and maintaining a purposeful, orderly and supportive learning environment To promote the inclusion of all pupils, ensuring they have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school Main Responsibilities Support for the Pupils/ Families To deliver both whole-class and targeted academic support Support pupils to build resilience through a focus on developing SEMH and fostering excellent learning behaviours To understand the barriers which can disadvantage some children and the insight and drive to overcome them To understand the individual needs of children and be responsible for supporting the healthy development of the whole child To promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils within the classroom Encourage pupils to interact and work cooperatively with others and engage in all activities To read with individual children and groups and complete reading records as directed by the class teacher To work with small groups of children and to take responsibility for their learning To support children with disabilities or special educational needs To support children in mixed attainment groupings, ensuring that they understand tasks and learning objectives through adaptive teaching Support for the Teachers Within an agreed system of supervision, work with the teacher to develop lessons and the classroom environment To assess, provide feedback and record the achievements and progress of pupils through agreed monitoring systems To establish and maintain constructive relationships with parents/carers Supporting parental role in pupils’ learning Provide constructive feedback on pupils' progress and achievements to parents Facilitate parental support for their child’s attendance support home - school community links To develop behaviour management strategies. To be proactive in managing behaviour and promote self-control, independence and integration To support pupil transitions To accompany teachers and classes on educational visits To work with the class teacher to complete administration tasks and prepare working walls Support for the School To be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to safeguarding and child protection, health and safety, security and confidentiality, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person To contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school To contribute to appropriate out-of-school learning activities, which may consolidate and extend work carried out in class To attend and participate in regular meetings, in training and other activities as required To assist in the general care and maintenance of the school environment To assist with children at the beginning and end of the day and in the playground as required To support the appraisal system for support staff Within an agreed system of supervision, to facilitate learning during short periods of teacher absence for planned meetings Support for the Curriculum Within an agreed system of supervision, deliver learning and teaching activities and adjust these when necessary To use knowledge organisers to pre tutor key children To use and prepare specialist equipment, plans and resources necessary to support learning activities, taking into account pupil’s interests, language and cultural backgrounds To assist with the development of English, Maths and ICT skills and to support their use in learning activities To undertake broadly similar duties commensurate with the level of the post, as required by the school