About this Role
St Thomas’ is a special place with a group of dedicated staff who are committed to ensuring that our children receive the very best education and where our children grow to be confident, highly motivated and happy. As a Church of England school, our school vision 'Growing, Learning and Shining Together with God' underpins all that we do.
Core Purpose
The core purpose of a Teaching Assistant at a Manor MAT School is to enhance children's learning. It is to work alongside the teacher in the classroom, in support of pupil’s learning, including those with Special Educational needs under the direction and guidance of the class teacher. It is to make a contribution to the planning of the learning, to help pupils to access the tasks expected of them, to support as appropriate and to help monitor their progress. It is important that teacher and teaching assistant work closely together in order to make the best use of the time available in the classroom. These principles apply whether or not the pupils have Special Educational Needs.
Key Objectives
- To support and uphold the school’s vision and values.
- To help children of all abilities, including those with special educational needs to learn as effectively and independently as possible, both individually and in small groups.
- To run a range of interventions to support individuals and small groups.
- To prepare materials and resources to support individuals, small groups and classroom learning opportunities.
- To support children’s emotional development and resilience when approaching learning tasks.
- To support children’s behaviour in line with the school’s vision, values and positive behaviour policy.
- To have an awareness of and adherence to all school safeguarding procedures and participate in training as appropriate.
- To ensure the health and safety of the children and to report any concerns or details of accidents/incidents as necessary to the Headteacher.
- To implement and promote the schools equal opportunities policies at all times and to value diversity.
- To support the school’s wide range of extra - curricular activities; including helping to run a club.
