Vacancies

Senior Teaching Assistant – Grade 7, £17,080 to £19,235 per annum. 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per annum (term time plus INSET days). Permanent contract.  To start September 2020 

Christchurch Junior School are looking to appoint a flexible and enthusiastic Senior Teaching Assistant to join our expert team of Teaching Assistants in this 7 – 11 Junior School. 

The main responsibilities will be:

• to lead PE and Games lessons;
• to provide some extra-curricular sporting clubs and activities;
• to assist with inter-school sports events and fixtures;
• to supervise classes during the short-term absence of their usual class or subject teacher. 
• to act as a classroom teaching assistant to support groups of children in their learning;

This post is particularly well-suited to a candidate who is considering career development towards becoming a qualified teacher, and this has been the case for two previous holders of this post. 

The successful applicant would be expected to teach PE/Games lessons during at least 4 afternoons of the week between 1.00 and 3.05pm.  Normally at least 2 classes would be timetabled at the same time so that there would be at least one other teacher involved in the same session.

The school has a strong commitment to extra-curricular sport, including competitive fixtures.  The school provides a wide range of after school sporting activities, run either by our own staff (teachers or teaching assistants) or by outside providers. These normally take place between 12.10 and 12.55 or between 3.05 and 4.10pm.  The PE subject leader and another Senior Teaching Assistant co-ordinate this offer.

Our local school sports partnership offers regular opportunities for professional development and support.

We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. Christchurch Junior School is fully committed to safeguarding the welfare of all children and this post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service clearance in line with our commitment to safeguarding children.

We are a member of Twynham Learning - an exciting multi-academy trust of ambitious infant, junior and secondary schools serving the local community. Its aim is to offer this generation of children, young people and those involved in their education the very best leadership, teaching and learning, professional development and support services.

If you would like to find out more about us and to discuss the post in further detail, please do not hesitate to contact the school office on 01202 485579 or contact our HR team on recruitment@twynhamlearning.com.

You can apply for this vacancy by submitting an application form by email to: recruitment@twynhamlearning.com by 18^th May 2020 at 12 noon. 

Only applications on the Twynham Learning official Application Form –-Non-Teaching Posts’ will be accepted. You can download the form here: www.twynhamlearning.com/187/staff-vacancies

To keep our candidates and staff safe during this period of national lockdown, we are carrying out interviews using online video-conferencing technology, rather than meeting candidates in person.

Twynham Learning is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and inclusiveness. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We are committed to robust Safer Recruitment processes as part of our strong commitment to safeguard children and young people.