Teaching Assistant - Elangeni School

Overview

We are looking to appoint a two experienced Teaching Assistants who have the desire to promote a love of learning and the belief that every child will succeed. This support work will be a blend of supporting pupils on a 1:1 basis and supporting small groups of children, both in and out of the classroom or on the playground at break and lunch time, alongside supporting members of the teaching staff. We are fortunate to have wonderful, respectful pupils who are willing to learn in our well-resourced school and our beautiful spacious school site as well as a hugely supportive staff team. We would like our successful candidates to be post from after October half term.

The first post we are looking to fill is for:
- 25 hours per week, term time only (38 weeks) working Monday to Friday inclusive.
The second post is for:
- 20 hours per week, term time only (38 weeks) working Tuesday to Friday inclusive

Term time only

Salary type: Bucks Pay

Salary Details: Salary Range 2 ISN 11-15 pro-rated, dependent on experience

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Part-time

Closing date: 25/09/2025

Interviews to be held: Week commencing Monday 29th September

About us

At Elangeni, we are passionate about supporting our children to help them reach their full potential.  We strive to provide an exciting environment that encourages life-long learning, where every child feels listened to and equally valued.  In our friendly and caring community, we set challenging but realistic goals to ensure that the specific learning needs of each child are met through individual learning programmes and differentiation.

We are a vibrant, forward-thinking primary school committed to nurturing every child’s curiosity and confidence. Our dedicated team values creativity, collaboration, and a nurturing environment where every learner can thrive.

Website: www.elangeni.bucks.sch.uk

About the role

Our new Teaching Assistants will be based in one year group but will also be timetabled to work across different classes and different year groups in the school.

The core duties of this role, whilst working within established guidelines to support the teacher are:
• Supporting pupils with an Educational Health Care Plan
• Ensuring all pupils are safe and safeguarding procedures are followed
• Supporting the teaching and learning of the planned curriculum.
• Effective use of resources
• Supporting learning in the classroom either in small groups or on a 1:1 basis and leading intervention groups
• Providing supervision at break and lunch time either on the playground or in the dining room.
• Maintaining a welcoming classroom environment, encouraging pupils to work independently
• Meeting regularly with class teacher to plan work and raise/ resolve concerns.
• Closely monitor and track pupils progress in line with school procedure
• Undertake any tasks as directed by the Deputy Head Teacher/ SENDCo or Head Teacher which fall within the limits of the post.
• Can use technology (such as computers and iPads) to support with admin tasks, undertake online training and enhance learning.

Please also refer to the detailed job description and person specification.

About you

Our successful applicant must:

• Be passionate about providing a high quality and inclusive education for all children.
• Have a good level of English and Maths skills which is essential.
• Be a positive role model.
• Be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with pupils and staff and other professionals.
• Be positive, enthusiastic, committed and self-motivated.
• Be able to work effectively as part of a team, accept challenges and motivate others.
• Be flexible, resilient, adaptable and committed to working as part of a team
• Be able to enthuse and inspire a love of learning for all
• Have strong time management skills
• Have a strong personality to manage possible behaviour issues.

What we can offer you in return:
•a high level of support and commitment from our friendly and hardworking staff
•a commitment to personalised professional development
• staff who are committed to the children and their development
• amazing children who are eager to learn in our creative and challenging atmosphere
• a vibrant and supportive parent body and community
• a staff committed to supporting all in our school to maintain both good physical and mental health.

Ideally our successful candidate will also:
• Have prior knowledge and understanding of children with ASD, ADHD

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Once completed, please send your application form to the email address below.

Tel No: 01494 721436
Email: [email protected]

At Elangeni we believe that a policy on child protection is founded on the right of all children to be safe and feel safe, and that it is the fundamental obligation on all schools to robustly secure this right.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.