Job Introduction
PPA Cover Teaching Assistant
Queen’s Park Infant Academy, Bournemouth
26 hours per week, Term Time only (including inset days)
8.15am – 3.15pm, Tuesday – Friday (with 30 minute unpaid lunch break)
Grade 6 SCP 16-22 (FTE £28,282 - £31,364 per annum)
Actual Salary: £17,017 - £19,383 pro rata
Commencing: September 2024
Permanent
Queen’s Park Infant Academy is a caring and happy school for children aged 4 to 7 years. We believe that the first years at school are vital for laying down positive attitudes towards life-long learning. Working together with parents/carers, we are committed to providing a high quality education for all our children. The school is part of Coastal Learning Partnership Multi Academy Trust; a vibrant, collaborative Partnership of twenty schools working together around shared goals, values and aspirations.
We are looking to appoint a talented PPA Cover Teaching Assistant to join a strong and supportive team of staff that is committed to providing the best possible learning opportunities for its children and staff.
The role will involve providing teaching cover and facilitating release time for teachers, on a regular timetabled basis, supporting the learning of groups of children and covering for occasional teacher absence.
Candidates should be dedicated to improving the life chances of every child; be a reflective practitioner and have a positive can-do attitude.
In return for your commitment, we can offer an environment in which you are encouraged to learn and progress, whether this be through professional qualifications or an ongoing programme of CPD. Our group of very different schools provides a range of opportunities for secondment and progression for staff.
Applicants: Please send a completed application to qpia.recruitment@coastalpartnership.co.uk
Closing Date: Sunday 1st September 2024
Interviews: Tuesday 3rd September 2024
Please note that the school office shall be closed over the summer holidays and emails shall not be routinely monitored. We shall contact all candidates on 2nd September. Thank you for your understanding.
To comply with our statutory safer recruitment practices and obligations, we are unable to shortlist incomplete applications. Please ensure you include a full employment and education history, details of two referees and explain any gaps in employment. CVs will not be accepted from external candidates.
Coastal Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment.
The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate that they meet the essential elements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks including a health check, and Enhanced DBS check, Child Barred List check and satisfactory references. We will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. Applicants are advised that it is an offense to apply for the role if they are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
CLP is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants who meet the person specification will receive equal consideration for employment. We value the fact that our schools are very different, as are our colleagues within them. Our culture is one in which colleagues serve and inspire each other in the spirit of professional generosity; colleagues are empowered to be themselves and to be their best. At CLP, everyone is welcome and encouraged to achieve and be heard.
