At a Glance
- Tasks: Support lower KS2 teacher, prepare resources, and run targeted interventions.
- Company: The Downs Malvern is a leading independent co-educational day and boarding school.
- Benefits: Full-time role with CPD opportunities in a supportive school community.
- Other info: Temporary contract for 1 year, term time only (34 weeks).
- Why this job: Make a real difference to children's learning and emotional development.
- Qualifications: Minimum Level 2 TA qualification and ELSA training preferred.
The predicted salary is between 27300 - 40000 £ per year.
Are you an enthusiastic, highly motivated, and qualified Teaching Assistant? We are seeking a dedicated professional to join our prep school team and make a real difference to children’s learning and emotional development, helping to ensure that every pupil can access learning, build confidence and achieve their full potential.
This is an exciting opportunity to primarily support a lower KS2 teacher and pupils. You will work in close partnership with the class teacher to prepare resources, deliver engaging learning experiences, run targeted interventions with groups of children and provide social and emotional support.
The successful candidate will hold a minimum of Level 2 TA qualification, have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a proactive and flexible approach, and a passion for supporting pupils to succeed. You will be confident managing pupil behaviour and supporting teaching within the lower KS2 age group. Ideally, the successful candidate will have ELSA training (or experience of delivering social and emotional interventions) and demonstrate that they can confidently facilitate ELSA/intervention sessions, with experience of working with pupils across KS2/Prep age group.
In return, we can offer a supportive, friendly, and inclusive school community with enthusiastic pupils who are eager to learn, plus CPD opportunities. This role is full time, term time only (34 term time weeks a year) including INSET days, and is a temporary contract for 1 year.
The Downs Malvern is a leading independent co-educational day and boarding school for around 190 pupils aged 3 -13 years. A significant proportion of pupils join the affiliated Senior School Malvern College; The Malvern brand is globally strong with sister schools in Qingdao, Chengdu, New Cairo, Hong Kong and Tokyo. In total, more than 4,200 pupils experience a transformational Malvern College education around the world.
With a new executive team in place (the College’s Headmaster from April 2019, the COO from April 2021, and The Downs’ Head from May 2022), the senior leadership team are now setting a course for the next decade, driven by our central, pupil-driven purpose to ‘Transform their World’.
Teaching Assistant- Children and Young People in Malvern employer: Malvern College
Located in Malvern, The Downs Malvern offers a friendly and inclusive environment for around 190 pupils. With a strong global brand and a focus on transforming education, the school provides excellent CPD opportunities and a supportive community for staff.
