The Oaks Community Primary School is seeking to appoint a creative, highly motivated and enthusiastic Grade 4 Teaching Assistant to work as part of our school team.

We offer a welcoming, vibrant school; a friendly, hardworking team of staff and Governors; happy, enthusiastic children who enjoy learning and a broad, rich, varied and creative curriculum.

The successful candidate must be able to support teaching and learning in class and SEND interventions whilst working closely with the class teacher.

This role requires effective communication skills, excellent teamwork skills and high expectations and standards for attainment, achievement and behaviour.  The successful candidate is expected to be committed to all aspects of school life.

The position is term time only and temporary for one year to begin with.

Visits to the school can be arranged by telephoning the school office on 0151 305 5940

The role requires unsupervised working with children and is a regulated activity as defined in the latest version of Keeping children Safe in Education. 

The Oaks Community Primary School is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, employability check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and in addition to the Enhanced DBS, applicants will be required to disclose spent and unspent convictions when requested.  We are committed to not discriminating unfairly because of convictions, spent or unspent. 

We are committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and provider of education. 

Closing date is 12pm on 30th November 2023.