Advanced Teaching Assistant

**Salary**:
Salary shown above is pro rata, based on an Full Time Equivalent of £24,404 to £25,183 (Grade D, Scale Points 04-06)

**Job type**:
Part Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
22 April 2025

13 March 2025

**Job overview**:
We are looking to appoint a Advanced Teaching Assistant in Early Years for 23 Hours (4 days) per Week on a Term Time only basis to join our team at Poppleton Ousebank Primary School.

We need an Advanced Teaching Assistant who:

- Has a passion for child development and truly wants to ‘make a difference'
- Can nurture and engage positively with all children, including those with special educational needs, on a regular basis
- Has experience of working with children on a 1:1 basis and in groups, across a range of abilities
- Is an exemplary staff member who is able to secure high standards of engagement, effective communication with children, staff, parents and visitors
- Is highly motivated and dedicated to achieving outstanding care
- Is an individual who is willing to ‘go that extra mile’ to better the life chances of our children
- Is able to demonstrate energy and dynamism and keen to make a difference
- Is someone who sets high standards for their own work.
- Is a team player who listens to and values the opinions of others, while bringing their own ideas and initiative.

In supporting our school you will get:

- To work with amazing children who are respectful, kind and friendly at all times
- To work with a very supportive and dedicated team of staff who 'go over and above' to ensure all children get the very best
- To work in a community with team spirit in abundance, where parents actively encourage and help our children and staff
- Access to professional development and training
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme offering counselling and wellbeing support
- To work with very supportive governing body, parents and children

**Job Details**

Hours of Work: 23 Hours per Week, (Mon, Tues,Thurs,Fri) Term Time Only

Position Type: Permanent Post

Line Manager: Phase Leader

Travel Required: No

The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information

**Application Process**

Interviews will take place soon after the closing date

Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.

**About**Poppleton Ousebank Primary School**:
**Poppleton Ousebank Primary School**
- Main Street, Upper Poppleton, York
- North Yorkshire
- YO26 6JT
- United Kingdom

+44 1904 795930

We recognise that children learn in different ways, that they learn best when their emotions are engaged and that learning should be fun, creative and relevant. Our curriculum provides a wealth of stimulating learning opportunities that are underpinned by key basic skills - truly a winning formula and a clear pathway to future success.

Our school enjoys being at the heart of the community, where every child matters. We share the responsibility with parents and carers for teaching our children and preparing them for the future. We believe that all children at Poppleton Ousebank are special: no two are the same - they are all unique and individual. Like parents, we want the very best for them.

We pride ourselves on working together with everyone involved with our school. Our School Council empowers children of all ages, encouraging them to voice their ideas and opinions. They meet regularly with members of the school’s Leadership Team and even have a column on the school’s newsletter. We have a thriving group of parents (Friends) who dedicate their spare time to organising successful fund raising events to provide additional resources for the pupils in school.

We have a dynamic Governing Body who work in partnership with the Headteacher and Leadership Team to sculpture and develop the school - making it the very best that it can be.

This is our school - a place where we ‘Capture the imagination of young minds’.
A place where everyone shines with possibility.