1:1 Teaching Assistant

**Park Grove Primary Academy**

**1:1 Teaching Assistant**

**Working Monday to Friday, 11.50am to 3.20pm, to be worked during the school term time**

**£24,790 - £25,584 pro rata**

**Actual salary £10,146 - £10,471**

**About the Trust**

Ebor Academy Trust is a family of schools located across North and East Yorkshire, York and the Humber region. We think of ourselves as being one school across many sites, working collaboratively to deliver high quality, rich and engaging education in our diverse communities. Our aims are to enable all our learners to flourish and to open doors for their very best futures.

We genuinely seek to live by our values of Excellence, Belonging, Opportunity and Respect; these underpin how we work and how we relate to each other. We have high ambitions for our learners and staff and aim to deliver this through a culture of continuous development, support, kindness and understanding. We are a friendly trust that puts people first.

**About the role**

Park Grove Primary Academy has an opportunity to welcome a Teaching Assistant into their team. This is to work Monday to Friday, 11.50am to 3.20pm, these hours will be worked during the school term time.

As a Teaching Assistant you will play a key role in the child’s day, you will be passionate about teaching and learning and believe in developing the true potential of all our children. You will have a calm and positive disposition, the ability to break down activities into small step by step teaching and will nurture, inspire, challenge and motivate pupils. Implementing clear boundaries and routines. You will use behaviour management in all areas around school.

You may work with the child in small groups or on a one to one basis, depending on their individual needs, this will be supported and guided by the Class Teacher.

You will be a calm, caring and patient person who is dedicated to helping children learn, grow and flourish.

**The job requirements**

You will have fantastic communication skills which will allow you to work closely and effectively with the children, parents and carers and the school team.

You will be able to multitask, help plan and deliver stimulating and interesting activities and be confident in playing with children and reading stories aloud.

Although experience of working with children would be an advantage it is not essential, however you will have a good understanding of how to support children's learning and behaviour, Special Educational Needs and Safeguarding.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our hard working and dedicated team here at Park Grove Primary Academy.

**Working with us**

All new starters with the Trust receive a thorough induction programme, followed by a programme of training which is targeted to the role. But it doesn’t stop there, all staff receive development on an ongoing basis and we actively encourage career development through a range of continuous professional development and longer programmes of learning, including apprenticeships.

We offer generous terms and conditions of employment. All our staff have access to a comprehensive Wellbeing Programme to help you and your family stay healthy. This includes access to free private GP and nurse appointments, exercise advice and classes, plus a variety of specialist clinics as well as counselling services. We also offer significant discounts on many high street shops, online retailers and travel agents, not to mention free car parking at all our schools, an enviable pension scheme, sick pay and family friendly policies.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 4 months

Pay: £24,790.00-£25,584.00 per year

Expected hours: 17.5 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 07/03/2025