Contract: Permanent

Hours/ Working Pattern: 32.5hours a week, Monday – Friday, Term time only

Pay: Grade CD, £12.00 - £12.38 per hour, £23,114 - £23,893 per annum full time equivalent + SEN allowance (Pay award pending)

Closing Date: 9am, Monday 4th November

Interviews: Week commencing 11th November

Start Date: As soon as possible

 

West Cliff Primary School is a warm and friendly community school that provides education from children aged 2-11. It currently has around 200 children on roll, divided into 8 classes (one for each year group). We also have the Rockpool, which is our Targeted Mainstream Provision for children with high level social, emotional and mental health needs. The school mainly takes children from the west side and the centre of Whitby but is accessible from all parts of the town.

 

We pride ourselves on providing a warm and welcoming environment for children and adults alike, and we strive to provide the very best standard of education possible for our children. The six principles of nurture run through our school. 

We are a Beach School as we believe that the beach is a fantastic resource that can be used, both to learn and have fun on. We are located a short walk from the beach and you can even see the sea from our upper-floor classrooms!

 

For more information about West Cliff, please visit our website    

Our Opportunity          

We are looking for a caring, nurturing Teaching Assistant to join our team. You will spend two days a week in our nursery class, you will be supporting pupils aged from two up to when they start reception at four years old. 

 

You will spend the other three days a week supporting pupils of various ages as part of our “Rockpool” -  Targeted Mainstream Provision (TMP) for children with an Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) for the primary need of Social, Emotional and Mental Health. 

 

The provision for each child is tailored to their individual needs, with academic input, work on their EHCP targets, and addressing the gaps in their Boxall profile. Each bespoke timetable created by senior staff will ensure that gaps in each child’s development will be reduced and that their strengths and abilities are nurtured and allowed to flourish within a small, safe environment. 

 

We also support children in moving between the Rockpool and the relevant mainstream class, so that our children can develop friendships with their peers and gradually increase the time spent with their year group cohort.

 

This is a wonderfully rewarding opportunity to see your positive influence upon the pupils’ development. You will work within our provision alongside the class teacher and other support staff.

 

You will work under the guidance of the class teacher and will also liaise with the SENCO, support staff and other professionals in order to provide appropriate support to our pupils.

 

We encourage applications from candidates who have a passion for primary education and wish to work in a setting which offers reward and challenge and where no two days are the same.

 

We were given the National Nurturing Schools Award in December 2023, following our work with Nurture UK. We received a glowing report, which included lots of positive comments, such as:

For queries please contact Chloe Bullen at Chloe.Bullen@northyorks.gov.uk or on 01609 536 964 

Chloe has been has been engaged to support us with recruiting to this exciting opportunity. We actively welcome you to contact us to chat through the role and talk informally about the school/post and how working here will make a real difference to the children and young people on the coast.

 

Please apply via NYC Jobs

An email will be sent to shortlisted candidates with details of the interview process / shortlisting outcome.

We do not accept CV’s

Please contact us if your need to apply in a different format. 

 

The supporting information section of your application should clearly evidence your ability to meet the requirements we have outlined in the job description & person specification. This will be used to shortlist applicants for this role and therefore it is imperative that you provide evidence as requested.

 

When completing your application, please provide two employment referees. Generally, this is your current and most recent employer. Please note your referee should ideally be a previous line manager or someone in a position of authority.