Your new company
Hays Recruitment are proud to be supporting a single-form entry mainstream primary school in Runcorn as they are looking to appoint a motivated and experienced teaching assistant to support pupils within a mixed reception and nursery class. This is a full-time long-term temporary contract (32.5 hours per week) starting in September that will last the length of the academic year.
Your new role
As a teaching assistant in a mixed nursery and reception class, you will be supporting pupils between the ages of 3 - 5. You will work alongside the class teacher to offer a stimulating and engaging learning environment by taking a pupil-centred approach to education and utilising an array of learning equipment such as white boards, puppets and academic toys. As you will be supporting the early years department as an experienced core member of the team, you will take a lead on phonics, offer small group assessments using the read write scheme and fresh start, including 1:1 sessions to lower or mixed ability pupils. As well as supporting with phonics, you will work alongside colleagues to complete observations and learn through play sessions to aid in your pupils' social and emotional development. A number of pupils within the class have SEN with EHCP's in place, with a number of pupils on intake requiring further assessment process. To aid the SENCO you will identify and give valid input o...