Year 6 Teaching Assistant

We are currently recruiting for a Year 6 Teaching Assistant to work in one of our local Primary schools in the Wakefield area (WF11). The successful candidate start date will start in January 2023 on a 12-month contract earning up to £90 per day depending on experience.

The Role

Your role at the school would be to assist the Year 6 Class Teacher and possibly support other TA’s in the room throughout the school day. Your main duties will include helping pupils with their work, assistance in group work activities, providing an alternative environment for the pupils to work to promote the pupils progress and help them reach their full potential.

The School

The Schools main aim is to prepare children for challenged, opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life. The school do this by building on the children prior learning, providing first hand learning experiences, nurture children, recognise the importance of parent partnerships, promote the importance of healthy body and mind and ensure a language rich environment, allowing children to develop and resilience, creativity and independence whilst raising standards across the National Curriculum.

The ideal candidate for this role would be

• A calm and patient practitioner

• Professional or personal experience working with children with Special Educational Needs (SEN)

• Dedicated and committed to making a real change in young people’s lives

• Have some experience working with children in a school setting or similar

If you are interested in this role and would like to hear more or please contact Rav on the details below.

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