Early Years Teaching Assistant - St Anne's Catholic Primary School

What is the job role?

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and well-organised EYFS teaching assistant to join the team at St Anne’s from September 2024. To support teachers and children in our wonderful Nursery and Reception classes.

In return we can offer you:

• Well behaved, happy pupils who enjoy coming to school

• A warm and welcoming Catholic environment

• Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community

• A supportive staff team who work with each other extremely effectively and who are willing and able to support and mentor.

• Excellent opportunities for personal development

• Someone that is passionate about improving children’s life chances

• Be hard-working, fair and compassionate

• Works well as part of a team

• Be able to demonstrate empathy, focus and commitment

• Able to support individual children, support children in small groups and support children as part of a whole class

• Have excellent Maths and English skills, both verbal and written

• Understand how children learn and recognise the abilities of different groups of pupils including more able and vulnerable groups of children

Who are we looking for?

Visits to St Anne’s are highly recommended and welcomed, so you can see for yourself what a wonderful and friendly school we are. Please call the school office on 02476302882 to arrange this.

Hours: 35 per week, 39 weeks per year term time only.

Please see below an application pack available to download. Completed applications should be returned direct to the school at sbm@st-annes.coventry.sch.uk

Closing date: 6th June 2024

Interview date: 11th June 2024

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

Following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for an additional pre employment check with effect 1 Sept 22, please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process.

Coventry City Council