Hours: 32.5 hours (includes 1 hour per day mid-day duty) term time only / 38 weeks per year
Salary & Grade: G3 Points 5 to 9
Actual Salary: £22,271 - £23,574 p/a (based on FTE £29,436 - £31,158 p/a )
Contract: Temporary 1 year with the possibility of becoming permanent
Start Date: As soon as possible
Gidea Park is a friendly, successful primary school in need of a caring and committed teaching assistant to join our supportive team. In this role, you will be required to work alongside individual children, groups in class and take the lead in managing small groups of pupils for specific interventions as required. You will also be required to support children with Special Needs on a 1:1 basis. The senior management team offer a fully supportive system ensuring that high behaviour expectations are met.
Our successful candidate should be confident in working with children across the primary age range [4-11yrs].
You will:
* be confident in your ability to work as part of a team to support children with specific needs
* have a strong belief that inclusive practice is key
* be a dedicated teaching assistant who is able to raise and sustain high standards
* have excellent interpersonal skills with pupils, staff and parents
* be able to enthuse and inspire children
* contribute to a dynamic and hardworking team and work under your own initiative
* be versatile and flexible with a commitment to continuous professional development
* have experience of comparable work in a similar setting and hold at least NVQ2 or equivalent
We can offer you:
* a strong community ethos with staff who are friendly and work closely as a team
* a strong commitment to supporting continuous professional development
* a leadership team that values dedicated staff and supports your well-being
* staff who are recognised for their enthusiastic and rigorous approach to teaching and learning
* well-behaved children who thrive in a creative and challenging atmosphere
* parents and carers who are supportive and ambitious for their children
Visiting the school prior to applying is welcomed and encouraged. Please call Mrs Madden on 01708 743801 if you would like to arrange a visit.
Gidea Park Primary is committed to safeguarding our pupils and staff. This post requires a criminal background check via the Disclosures Procedure.
Please either telephone the school office or email if you have any further queries.
Closing date for applications: 1 st October 2025
Early applications are both welcomed and advised. Please be aware, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
Interviews will be held week commencing 7 th October 2025
Safeguarding
Havering Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The protection of our pupils from abuse is the responsibility of all staff within our schools, superseding any other considerations. Therefore Havering Schools comply with the Department for Education ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance.
It is an offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. Please be advised that, again in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, shortlisted candidates (who wish to accept an invite to interview) will be required to submit, prior to their interview, a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Upon submission of this information, online checks may be carried out.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from obtaining a position with the School.
Equal Opportunities
Havering Schools aim to promote and ensure equality of opportunity and equal treatment for all. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origins, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, responsibility for dependants, religious or political affiliation and trade union activities. All matters related to employment are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
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