Teaching Assistant including Breakfast Club

About the role

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, caring and committed Teaching Assistant including Breakfast Club to join our friendly team at St John's Infant and Nursery School.

Our TA's plays a crucial role across our school and make a real difference to our teachers and the children we work with. The Breakfast Club role is essential in providing care for our children at the beginning of the school day, ensuring that they are kept safe whilst supporting our parent/carer community.

Your main responsibility will involve spending a majority of the classroom time working with identified groups of children under the direction of the class teacher, and, you may also cover one-to-one support when needed. You will also cover lunchtime Midday Supervisor duties and your Breakfast Club duties will include you being involved in delivering a range of fun activities with the children in addition to supporting their pastoral needs and helping to prepare healthy snacks before the school day starts.

This position is perfect for someone in our local community who has a passion for working with children and is creative and engaging.

The hours are Tuesday and Thursday 7:45am to 3:30pm, term time only. This is a fixed term contract which will end on 22nd July 2027.

We are an inclusive school and pride ourselves on caring about each individual child and their family.

We will interview successful candidates on receipt of application.

The successful candidate will:

·        demonstrate good interactions with children,

·        have high expectations of all pupils no matter what their starting point is,

·        be inclusive in their practice,

·        be highly motivated,

·        build excellent relationships with the pupils, staff and parents,

·        work well in a team.

We can offer the successful candidate:

·        A forward thinking staff,

·        A well respected school with established links in the local community and external agencies,

·        A dedicated, supportive and enthusiastic team,

·        Friendly, well-motivated children who enjoy learning,

·        A highly supportive SLT, governing body and parents,

·        A culture of continual professional development.

If you think this could be the post for you please have a look at our website and the attached Job Description and Job Specification before making an application.

Visits are positively encouraged. Please contact the school office to make an appointment with Mrs Gillam, our Headteacher, on 01923856594 or [email protected]

St. John’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment; an enhanced DBS check will be required.  We are unable to accept CVs.  

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