Classroom Assistant

**Academy**:Charles Darwin Primary

**Category**:Teaching Assistant

**Start Date**:November 2024

**Closing Date**:Sun, Nov 3, 2024

**Job Weeks**:Term-time plus one week

**Hours**:32.5 hours per week

**Type**:Permanent, Part Time

**Job Reference**:OCT20245054

**Salary: Support Staff Pay Scale C: £17,466 to £17,756 pro-rata per annum (Actual) (£22,737 - £23,114 full time/full year equivalent)**

**Part Time: 32.5 hours per week / 5 days**

**Working Weeks: Term Time plus 1 week (39 weeks)**

Charles Darwin Primary is an outstanding school based in the heart of Norwich. We are looking for an enthusiastic, and inspiring Classroom Assistant to join our team. You will be an inspirational practitioner who is passionate about raising achievement through motivating and inspiring students, who will also contribute to the vision and values of the school.

The role involves supporting children in the classroom and small group interventions to support our children to make accelerated progress. You will also be required to teach RWI phonics to a small group. You should be able to work effectively as part of a team, following the direction of the teachers as well as working under your own initiative.

**The main responsibility of this role will be**:
To work under the instruction/guidance of teaching/senior staff.

To work within the overall ethos of the Academy.

To undertake care and learning programmes and activities to support individuals or groups of pupils, including more specialised support for those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) or EAL (English as an Additional Language).

To enable access to learning for pupils and assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.

Good numeracy/literacy skills

Experience of working with children

Experience supporting children with high needs SEND and behaviour needs

Experience of leading interventions to support learning

Ability to use a range of relevant technology

Experience of teaching RWI phonics scheme would be desirable.

Charles Darwin Primary School and Nursery is a free school, in the heart of Norwich, which received an outstanding judgement from Ofsted in 2019. Children who graduate from Charles Darwin will be resilient, independent and will be valued individuals who are confident to express themselves creatively and be provided with a wealth of experiences outside of a typical classroom to ensure they are happy and engaged. Charles Darwin offers an innovative curriculum that encourages children to thrive, with a strongly academic approach paired with a rich range of culture and sport.

Charles Darwin has close links with the successful Jane Austen College and Sir Isaac Newton Sixth Form College.

Although there is no parking on site, the school and Nursery are located a very short walk from Norwich Train Station and is on several bus routes as well as there being several paid for parking options very close by.

We are part of the Inspiration Trust, twice ranked as the country’s top family of comprehensive schools for pupil progress, and strongly believe in the importance of giving the widest educational opportunities to all young people, regardless of their background. We have strong networks across the Trust, with opportunities to work with a diverse range of schools and partners. We are committed to offering excellent professional and learning opportunities for our staff, with a busy programme of continuing professional development courses delivered by some of the country’s best educational thinkers and practitioners.

The Inspiration Trust is a Multi Academy Trust, committed to delivering the very best educational experience for the young people of Norfolk and Suffolk, across 17 schools. We are ambitious for our schools and communities and want to create Britain’s highest performing federation of 3-19 schools and transform education in the East. Inspiration Trust specialises in transforming schools in disadvantaged areas and taking academies from failing to outstanding.

For information on what it is like to live and work in Norwich, click here. Charles Darwin Primary has been judged as an Outstanding school by Ofsted. The school opened in September 2016 and was inspected in June 2019, achieving Outstanding in all areas.

When you join Inspiration Trust's thriving network of talented teachers, leaders and support staff, you join an organisation that supports you to be the best you can be. The Trust offers a varied professional development programme for employees.

We are committed to offering excellent professional opportunities for our staff, through careful support and personalised CPD. We offer a structured and specific induction programme.

**The Trust also offers**:
Generous holiday entitlement

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions

Employee Assistance Programme which provides a fully confidential service which includes 24/7 free telephone support and access t